Five Strategies Leaders in Academic Medicine Can Implement Now to Enhance Gender Equity

Jessica M Allan   ^{1, 2 *} , MD ;   Amber K Brooks   ^{3 *} , MD ;   Cindy Crusto   ^{4 *} , PhD ;   Lauren D Feld   ^{5 *} , MD ;   Amy S Oxentenko   ^{6 *} , MD ;   Nancy D Spector   ^{7 *} , MD ;   Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez   ^{8 *} , MD ;   Julie K Silver   ^{9 *} , MD

¹ Department of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA, United States

² Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, United States

³ Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States

⁴ Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States

⁵ Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States

⁶ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States

⁷ Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States

⁸ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States

⁹ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

*all authors contributed equally