About Women Leading Medicine |
How Women Leading Medicine Started:
WLM was started by a group of women doctors in the Houston area as a professional organization for all women doctors to include doctors in chiropractic, clinical psychology, dentistry, medicine, optometry, and osteopathic medicine. At a time where women represent 50% of most graduating classes, we are not equally represented by leadership in our own professional organizations. This posed the question, who or what is representing women doctors? While participating in our professional organizations is important the change needed to truly represent women doctors could be too slow to protect our and our patients best interests. Another issue we face is not having the same opportunities, or having greater obstacles to access those opportunities. However, women doctors have been shown in research to be better at caring for their patients. This organization was founded on the principle of women supporting women in promoting networking, education, leadership and companionship.
Our Mission
To promote common interest of women private practitioner doctors, including medical doctors, dentists, chiropractors and osteopathic doctors and other similar doctors who are interested and able to become private improving business candidates and interest of women who are, or aspire to be private practitioner doctors.Empower and promote women doctors who are or inspire to be in private practice. |