On February 3, 2016, many physicians on social media took a moment to celebrate the first ever National Women Physician, timed to coincide with the 195th anniversary of the birthday of pioneer, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell.
I began the day with a Facebook post wishing all my fellow women physician friends and colleagues a happy #nwpd and adding, “May today be the last day someone says to any of us ‘you look too young to be a doctor’ while we are standing next to male colleagues a decade younger than us.” This comment started a conversation that lasted all day, with female physicians lamenting the gender inequalities, large and small, they face daily at work, from to being constantly confused for nurses to being addressed as “Ms.” instead of “Doctor” by patients.
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