#225 Women in Medicine: COVID Edition

Listen as our expert guests, Kelly Graham, MD, MPH (@KellyGrahamMD) and Lekshmi Santhosh, MD MAEd (@LekshmiMD), detail the professional and personal challenges faced by women in medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Credits

• Produced by: Leah Witt MD & Shreya Trivedi MD 
• Written by: Molly Heublein MD, Isabel Valdez PA-C, Leah Witt MD & Shreya Trivedi MD
• Infographic & Cover Art: Edison Jyang
• Hosts: Leah Witt MD & Shreya Trivedi MD, Justin Berk MD, MPH, MBA
• Editor: Molly Heublein MD and Matthew Watto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
• Guests: Kelly Graham, MD, MPH; Lekshmi Santhosh, MD MAEd 

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Episode Breakdown

• Intro, disclaimer
  
• Introduction and bio for Kelly Graham, MD, MPH
  
• Introduction and bio for Lekshmi Santhosh, MD MAEd
  
• One-liner for Kelly Graham, MD, MPH
  
• One-liner for Lekshmi Santhosh, MD MAEd
  
• Gender Awakening Moments
  
• Picks of the Week*
  
• Case from Kashlak
  
• Difficulty with lack of childcare while working
  
• Hippocratic Oath paradox
  
• Dr. Santhosh’s 3 Ps
  
• Motherhood penalty-fatherhood bonus
  
• Two Pandemics, One Response
  
• Breadwinner-homemaker bias
  
• Female physician burnout
  
• Minority Tax
  
• Silver Linings
  
• Take home points and Outro