Stanford Medcast Episode 57: Hot Topics Mini-Series - Women in Medicine Part 2

In honor of Women's History Month, in this episode, we continue to focus on sharing stories of women in medicine. Today, we speak with Dr. Carla Pugh who is a Professor of Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine. Our discussion will focus on when Dr. Pugh first considered pursuing medicine and what sparked her interest. Dr. Pugh will share her journey with us, her insights into what helped her get to where she is today and the she will also talk about the issues facing minority women in medicine today.

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1. Develop a diverse mentorship pool to support your medical career and academic goals.

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References/Bibliography
1.Berry, C., Khabele, D., Johnson-Mann, C., Henry-Tillman, R., Joseph, K. A., Turner, P., Pugh, C., Fayanju, O. M., Backhus, L., Sweeting, R., Newman, E. A., Oseni, T., Hasson, R. M., White, C., Cobb, A., Johnston, F. M., Stallion, A., Karpeh, M., Nwariaku, F., Rodriguez, L. M., … Jordan, A. H. (2020). A Call to Action: Black/African American Women Surgeon Scientists, Where are They?. Annals of surgery, 272(1), 24–29. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000003786
2.Riner, A. N., Herremans, K. M., Neal, D. W., Johnson-Mann, C., Hughes, S. J., McGuire, K. P., Upchurch, G. R., Jr, & Trevino, J. G. (2021). Diversification of Academic Surgery, Its Leadership, and the Importance of Intersectionality. JAMA surgery, 156(8), 748–756. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2021.1546
3.Butler, P. D., Pugh, C. M., Meer, E., Lett, E., Tilahun, E. D., Sanfey, H. A., Berry, C., Stain, S. C., DeMatteo, R. P., Vickers, S. M., Britt, L. D., & Martin, C. A. (2020). Benchmarking Accomplishments of Leaders in American Surgery and Justification for Enhancing Diversity and Inclusion. Annals of surgery, 272(6), 897–903. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000004151
4.Campbell, K. M., Hudson, B. D., & Tumin, D. (2020). Releasing the Net to Promote Minority Faculty Success in Academic Medicine. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 7(2), 202–206. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-020-00703-z

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Ruth Adewuya, MD
Managing Director
Stanford University

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Carla Marie Pugh, MD
Professor of Surgery
Stanford University School of Medicine

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Stanford University

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