One of the greatest challenges for women who hope to advance to leadership positions is the double standard that many face. This is known as the double bind; and it is essentially the idea that if a female leader acts…
I was diagnosed with a debilitating autoimmune disease in my first trimester of medical school. It would eventually leave me disabled during residency, requiring a medical leave of absence. It was during this time that I met with a Program…
There are nearly 6,000 emergency residents in the United States, and around 2,000 of us are women.1 We work in a variety of practice environments, and learn unique methods of managing patients. Some of us have scarcely seen a patient…
As a physician, I’m accustomed to both giving care and maneuvering within a complicated healthcare system. Despite my background, I was not adequately prepared to assume care of my parents. Healthcare is a topic currently at the forefront of the…
This is the second in a two part piece on role models, leadership and one stellar medic. Women need and want strong female role models. Let’s share the stories of our own personal, female role models It is in this context that…
This is the first in a two part series on role models, leadership and one stellar medic. During Ann’s emergency medicine residency, she was often given feedback about the lack of her leadership presence or the inability to “take control”…
As a female first-year attending, I am 100% about women’s equality in the workplace, but that’s just not everyone’s reality right now. Over the last year while working at a community hospital in rural CT, I’ve heard many unabashed, gender-biased…
Jeremy Samuel Faust wrote an article entitled, “What Is Your Name? Where Are We? Who Is President? Oh God.” Regarding his experiences performing the mental status exam today, published in February 2017. He describes the spectrum of emotions that he…
By FemInEMs, for FemInEMs
Arian Nachat, MD 
Dara Kass 
Demis Lipe, MD 
Teresa Y. Smith, MD, MSEd, FACEP 
Tanya Belle, MD 
Tricia Smith, MD 
Tracy Sanson, MD 
Melody Glenn, MD 
Nupur Garg, MD 
Meghan Liroff, MD 
Dr. Mobola Kukoyi 
