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.

MeSH information

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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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Physicians, Women" by people in this website by year, and whether "Physicians, Women" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 35 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2014 and 2021

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	1	1
1997	0	1	1
1998	1	0	1
2000	0	1	1
2001	0	1	1
2002	1	0	1
2004	1	0	1
2007	1	1	2
2008	1	0	1
2010	1	0	1
2011	2	0	2
2012	1	0	1
2014	3	0	3
2015	1	0	1
2016	1	1	2
2017	1	0	1
2018	1	1	2
2019	1	1	2
2020	1	1	2
2021	3	0	3
2022	1	1	2
2024	1	0	1
2025	2	0	2

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

Heybati K, Chang A, Mohamud H, Satkunasivam R, Coburn N, Salles A, Tsugawa Y, Ikesu R, Saka N, Detsky AS, Ko DT, Ross H, Mamas MA, Jerath A, Wallis CJD. The association between physician sex and patient outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Health Serv Res. 2025 Jan 17; 25(1):93.

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Jalloh K, Bader A, Okorji LM, Kelz R, Tatarian T, Altieri MS. Gender gap in surgical societies awards. Surg Endosc. 2025 Feb; 39(2):1318-1322.

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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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McNamara MG, Bridgewater J, Goyal L, Jacobs T, Wagner AD, Goldstein D, Shroff R, Moehler M, Lowery M, Bekaii-Saab T, Kelley RK, Furuse J, Rimassa L, Morizane C, Lamarca A, Hubner R, Knox J, Valle J. What is the gender representation in authorship in later phase systemic clinical trials in biliary tract cancer (BTC)? - a retrospective review of the published literature. BMJ Open. 2022 10 26; 12(10):e064954.

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Ponzio DY, Bell C, Stavrakis A, Skibicki H, Czymek M, Ong AC, Post ZD, Bishop ME. Discrepancies in Work-Family Integration Between Female and Male Orthopaedic Surgeons. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2022 03 02; 104(5):465-472.

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Fleishman R. Yesterday. Chest. 2021 12; 160(6):2332.

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Amarasekera DC, Lam SS, Rapuano CJ, Syed ZA. Trends in Female Authorship in Cornea From 2007 to 2019. Cornea. 2021 Sep 01; 40(9):1152-1157.

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Lin JC, Bowser KE, Drudi LM, DiLosa KL, Yi J. Equal pay for equal work: Disparities in compensation in vascular surgery. J Vasc Surg. 2021 08; 74(2S):21S-28S.

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Sridhar J, Kuriyan AE, Yonekawa Y, Berrocal A, Khan MA, Chan RVP, Haller JA. Representation of Women in Vitreoretinal Meeting Faculty Roles from 2015 through 2019. Am J Ophthalmol. 2021 01; 221:131-136.

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Andersen JP, Nielsen MW, Simone NL, Lewiss RE, Jagsi R. COVID-19 medical papers have fewer women first authors than expected. Elife. 2020 06 15; 9.

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