PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Farheen, Amtul S.
AU  - George, Ilena C.
AU  - Singhal, Divya
AU  - Troxell, Regina M.
AU  - Pillai, Jyoti
AU  - Schneider, Logan
AU  - Lomen-Hoerth, Catherine
AU  - Graves, Jennifer S.
AU  - Sandrone, Stefano
AU  - Nobleza, Christa O'Hana S.
TI  - Current Status and Future Strategies for Mentoring Women in Neurology
AID  - 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012242
DP  - 2021 Jul 06
TA  - Neurology
PG  - 30--37
VI  - 97
IP  - 1
4099  - http://n.neurology.org/content/97/1/30.short
4100  - http://n.neurology.org/content/97/1/30.full
SO  - Neurology2021 Jul 06; 97
AB  - The American Academy of Neurology's (AAN) 2017 Gender Disparity Report identified improving mentorship as a key intervention to fill the leadership and pay gaps for women in neurology. Here we summarize the literature on mentoring women, provide an outline of ideal components of programs geared toward closing gender gaps, and present a mentoring program for AAN members. The strategies discussed share similarities with those for closing gaps related to race, ethnicity, and religion. Developing effective mentorship and sponsorship programs is essential to ensure a sufficiently diverse pool of academic faculty and private practitioners and to establish equal representation in leadership roles in this field.AAMC=American Association of Medical Colleges; AAN=American Academy of Neurology; EVU=education value unit; iWiMS=International Women in Multiple Sclerosis; NCS=Neurocritical Care Society; SGM=sex and gender minority; URM=underrepresented in medicine; WiN=Women in Neuro-Oncology; WINCC=Women in Neurocritical Care; WoMEN=Women Mentoring Excellence in Neurology