Women physicians at Baylor University Medical Center

Cara East, MD, and Debbie Bridges, MD

Women physicians have had to endure a learning process, which might have been harder due to the lack of other female physician role models and active networks and support systems for women physicians. Women physicians also carry the additional burden of actively practicing medicine and nurturing their families. For women physicians at Baylor University Medical Center (BUMC), by and large, the travails have been worthwhile. Most women physicians love their careers and greatly appreciate the opportunity to practice at a world-class medical and research institution like BUMC. This next century of BUMC?s history thus promises to bring even more excitement and challenges for women physicians.