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There are few things in one’s life that compare to answering the call to serve in the United States Armed Forces. In this week’s blog post, Tameka Pyles, MD (currently deployed in [...]

Ladies stand up! Let’s balance the scale. Today’s pendulum has swung in an unexpected direction.  Recent statistics suggest only 29 percent of applicants applying to podiatry schools are female.  [...]

There are two questions that students frequently ask me about becoming a doctor.  One is, “What did you do to become a doctor?” and “How did you stay motivated?”  I often tell students attending [...]

Before dreaming of a career in medicine, women had to begin by being granted admission to medical school. Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to accomplish such a feat, the result of a [...]