https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/what-happens-when-female-physicians-gather/

On a recent warm fall day, hundreds of female physicians from all of the New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) campuses in New York City convened for the first time at the New York Academy of Medicine to discuss the overt and covert benefits and challenges of being a female physician in academia. This was not a meeting that encouraged or even provided a platform for whining or preaching to the choir. Instead, every session provided tangible steps the participants could take to overcome barriers prevalent among female physicians while also offering nuggets of inspiration.

Convening with such a homogenous group was a first for many including the participants and the organizers—three female surgeons, including Rache Simmons of Weill Cornell Medicine; Christine Rohde of Columbia Presbyterian and Laura Forese, executive vice president and chief operating officer of NYP. As an organizer (Rache Simmons) and an invited guest (Ruth Gotian), we decided to unveil what happens behind the curtain when female physicians get together.