Women in Medicine Month

Dr. Michele Barry, Director of the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health, discusses the impact of female leaders and the importance of fostering women's leadership in global health and medicine.

Louise Sun, MD, chief of the Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Anesthesia at the School of Medicine, is a trailblazer as one of the nation's few division chiefs overseeing a team of 55% women, making it one of the most gender-balanced programs...

In celebration of Women’s History Month, Stanford Medicine Children’s Health honors the women in medicine who are making a difference in patient care, research, and community advocacy. Their stories of mentorship and dedication inspire us all.

We celebrate Women in Medicine Month each September in recognition of women who are accelerating discovery, expanding human knowledge, improving quality of lives through patient care, and in countless other ways delivering on our missions to bring...

Mary Bennett Ritter (1860 - 1949) received her MD in 1886 from Cooper Medical College in San Francisco -- the school that later became Stanford University’s School of Medicine. Learn more about Dr. Ritter at the Medical History Center in Lane...

Stanford Medicine is celebrating Women in Medicine month and highlighting our high rate of women in high-level roles.

In this podcast episode, Carla Pugh, MD, Professor of Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine, shares what sparked her interest in pursuing a career in medicine, her insights into what helped her succeed, and the challenges minority women...

Beginning September 1, the Department of Medicine will continue its tradition of celebrating the American Medical Association’s Women in Medicine Month.

Adelaide Brown (1868 - 1939) received her MD degree from the school that later became Stanford Medicine. A public health advocate for California women, she had a lasting impact at Stanford and throughout the state.