Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 5 , Pages 560-568 , May 2007

How Gender Impacts Career Development and Leadership in Rehabilitation Medicine: A Report From the AAPM&R Research Committee

  • Amy K. Wagner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Amy K. Wagner, MD, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, 3471 Fifth Ave, Ste 202, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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  • Jacinta McElligott, MD

      Affiliations

    • National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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  • Leighton Chan, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, National Institutes of Health Clinical Research Center, Bethesda, MD
    • ,
  • Eugene P. Wagner II, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Neil A. Segal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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  • Lynn H. Gerber, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Study of Chronic Illness and Disability, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

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 Supported by the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(07)00022-6

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.01.014

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 5 , Pages 560-568 , May 2007

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