Women in Academic Child Health Leadership: Personal Experiences, Perspectives and Predictions

What pathways can we forge to address gender leadership and pay disparities in pediatric leadership?

Dr. Valerie Opipari brings together an esteemed group of female leaders to discuss solutions, experiences and predictions for the future in this special episode of Pediatric Insight.

Hear how they’re challenging inequities and charting a new path forward for the next generation of female leaders.

Moderator: Valerie Opipari, MD

Guest panel: Nancy Spector, MD; Kenya McNeal-Trice, MD; Mariana Meyers, MD; Peggy Troy, MSN, RN; Michelle C. Starr, MD; Leslie Walker, MD; Danielle Laraque-Arena, MD; Kathryn M. Edwards, MD

Segments:
00:00 Introduction

2:38 How is or will the current pipeline in academic medical fields impact medical school and hospital leadership? Nancy Spector, MD; Kenya McNeal-Trice, MD

10:26 Have the opportunities for leadership advancement changed in the last decade for women and if so, how? Mariana Meyers, MD; Peggy Troy, MSN, RN, Nancy Spector, MD

16:57 What career opportunities in leadership are women seeking? Michelle C. Starr, MD, Kenya McNeal-Trice, MD, Peggy Troy, MSN, RN

25:04 Who inspired you to take a leadership position and why did you seek a leadership role? Leslie Walker, MD and Danielle Laraque-Arena, MD

36:18 Your perspectives on the opportunities and challenges present in medicine and health-related fields for women. Kathryn M. Edwards, MD, Leslie Walker, MD, Mariana Meyers, MD, Michelle C. Starr, MD

48:56 Best practices that you have seen or engaged in to support emerging or women currently leading. Nancy Spector, MD, Kathryn M. Edwards, MD, Leslie Walker, MD, Mariana Meyers, MD

53:13 Closing comments, Valerie Opipari, MD and F. Bruder Stapleton, MD