Author: Abhaya Trivedi, MD

Abhaya P. Trivedi, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at Rush University Medical Center and is the Associate Program Director for the Pulmonary/Critical Care Training Program. She is a Public Voices Fellow through The OpEd Project.

Dr. Mom: Female Physicians Need Support in Their Roles

It’s clear the medical profession needs women. Patient mortality and hospital readmission rates decrease when women physicians care for them, compared to their male counterparts.

But women in medicine need support, especially as they embark on parenting. Among physician parents, women are more likely to be responsible for household tasks and schooling or childcare compared to men during the pandemic. The women also experienced greater depressive and anxiety symptoms.