2023 HEALTH CARE EDITION
WOMEN IN THE FIELD
AREASOF SPECIALTY Women physicians are the majority in several elds, but comprise only about a fth of surgeons.
The number of female physicians has grown since 2007, but women are still in the minority among physicians. In The Woodlands, women comprise 52.7% of the population.
64.3% 35.7%
Percentage of female physicians nationally
Percentage of women physicians in medical elds Women Men
40%
32.6%
Pediatrics
35%
28.3%
36.3%
30%
58.9% 41.1% 54% 46%
25%
0%
2007
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2009
Child and adolescent psychiatry
Obstetrics and gynecology
SOURCES: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL COLLEGES, U.S. CENSUS BUREAU AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY COMMUNITY IMPACT
52.8% 47.2%
22% 78%
all medical professions, not just specialty areas, said Michael Dill, the AAMC’s director of workforce studies. “We have a good deal more work to do in terms of gender equity,” Dill said in the report. “If the majority of female physicians are still concentrated in a handful of specialties, then we haven’t
gotten where we need to be.” Jason Glover, vice president of operations at Memorial Hermann The Woodlands, said the need for more practitioners in the wom- en’s health sector will be a contin- ued focus for growth among area hospitals. “As we look forward to the future, women’s services is one
of those key items that we know there’s a huge need in this area. So it really rises to the top of the list when we start to think about, ‘Hey, what does our next expan- sion look like?’” Glover said.
Neonatal- perinatal medicine
General surgery
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SOURCE: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL COLLEGES COMMUNITY IMPACT
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