Physicians, Women

"Physicians, Women" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Women licensed to practice medicine.

Descriptor ID	D010822
MeSH Number(s)	M01.526.485.810.820 M01.975.790 N02.360.810.820
Concept/Terms	Physicians, Women Physicians, Women Physician, Woman Physicians, Woman Woman Physician Woman Physicians Women Physicians

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Physicians, Women".

Named Groups [M]
Persons [M01]
Occupational Groups [M01.526]
Health Personnel [M01.526.485]
Physicians [M01.526.485.810]
Physicians, Women [M01.526.485.810.820]
Women [M01.975]
Physicians, Women [M01.975.790]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Personnel [N02.360]
Physicians [N02.360.810]
Physicians, Women [N02.360.810.820]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Physicians, Women".

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Bar chart showing 38 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2024

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	1	1
1996	0	1	1
1998	0	1	1
2000	0	1	1
2004	1	0	1
2006	1	0	1
2010	1	1	2
2011	1	1	2
2015	1	0	1
2016	1	0	1
2019	3	1	4
2020	7	0	7
2021	2	1	3
2022	3	0	3
2024	6	2	8
2025	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Physicians, Women" by people in Profiles.

Harris H, Tan I, Qiu Y, Brouwer J, Abelson J, Sosa JA, Yeo H. Change Is Hardest Right Before the Glass Ceiling Breaks: An Update on Women Pursuing Careers in Academic Surgery at a National Level. Ann Surg. 2025 Aug 01; 282(2):176-183.

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Loyal J, Beagan R, Dias M, Asnes A. "No One Really Prepares You": Lived Experiences of Women Division Chiefs in Academic Medicine. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2025 03; 34(3):e401-e408.

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Farid H, Gagliardi E, Atkins KM. The impact of the pandemic on female physicians: "I just don't think I will ever feel the same". BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Nov 27; 24(1):1480.

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Slanetz PJ, Belfi L, Catanzano TM, Mullen LA, Deitte LA. Navigating professional growth for women in radiology: A practical guide for mentorship, sponsorship, and coaching. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2025 Jan-Feb; 54(1):45-50.

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Frintner MP, Freed GL, Byrne BJ, Leslie LK, Starmer AJ, Gottschlich EA, Olson LM. Differences in Pediatricians' Income by Sex Over Time. Pediatrics. 2024 Nov 01; 154(5).

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Sharma ND, Young KC, Feld LD, Rabinowitz LG. Patched but Still Leaky: An Update on the Pipeline for Women in Gastroenterology. Dig Dis Sci. 2024 Oct; 69(10):3661-3669.

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Laraja K, Mansfield L, Lombardi K, Ford S, Simoncini L, Simas TM. A Novel Approach to Mentorship in Pediatric Cardiology: A Group for Women. Pediatr Cardiol. 2025 Aug; 46(6):1608-1615.

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Hanson MN, Hughes D, Alseidi A, Bittner JG, Romanelli J, Vassiliou M, Feldman LS, Asbun H. The joy of surgery: how gender influences surgeons' experiences. Surg Endosc. 2024 08; 38(8):4624-4632.

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Chowdhury D, Bansal N, Ansong A, Baker Smith C, Bauser-Heaton H, Choueiter N, Co-Vu J, Elliott P, Fuller S, Jain SS, Jone PN, Johnson JN, Karamlou T, Kipps AK, Laraja K, Lopez KN, Rasheed M, Ronai C, Sachdeva R, Saidi A, Snyder C, Sutton N, Stiver C, Taggart NW, Shaffer K, Williams R. Mind the Gap! Working Toward Gender Equity in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease: Present and Future. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 05 07; 13(9):e032837.

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Faria I, Montalvan A, Kazimi M, Martins PN, Eckhoff D. Representation of Women Authorship in the Top 5 Transplantation Journals in the United States. Transplantation. 2024 03 01; 108(3):802-812.

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