Addressing Sexism in Emergency Department Operations

“Even when there is a lack of difference in ability or competence as measured by in-service exam scores and milestone … More

Empowering women to take control of their own health

It was such a humbling experience being invited to write a chapter for the upcoming book Taking Care of You: … More

Why the Time is Now For Equity in Medicine

Below is the text of an abridged version of my talk for the opening plenary session of the Association of … More

Student Protests Reveal a Systemic Disease

As medical students, we recognize that bias in medicine is doubly damaging: it burdens our peers and it harms our … More

On sexists who don’t know they’re sexists: say something!

Originally posted on Being a Woman in Professional Pakistan:
My company’s bank representative was misbehaving with me, and I had had it. After multiple inappropriate…

Power, Privilege, and Clinical Reasoning

“What has been your favorite part of medical school so far?” To my surprise, I did not hesitate, swiftly responding, … More

“the cumulative stress of racism is taking a toll on African American families even before they are born”

“Even when doctors did not force poor or nonwhite women to accept sterilization as a method of contraception, social and … More

Sick of hearing the “those poor oppressed Muslim women” rhetoric

Great paper by one of my favorite professors at Columbia who encouraged me to switch from an engineering major to … More

A War on Women

We are in an economic recession. While some monetary sacrifices for governmental agencies are inevitable, the latest push to deprive … More