"Navigating parental leave can be challenging in all fields of medicine, but it can be especially challenging for leaders balancing clinical, research, and administrative duties. As women take on more leadership roles, we have the opportunity to better define the current challenges and identify potential strategies for navigating successful parental leave while balancing the demands of leadership. "

During this Zoom session, hosted by the Heersink School of Medicine Office for Diversity and Inclusion American Medical Women's Association (AMWA), five women will discuss their manuscript which "provides a commentary on the challenges and strategies for navigating parental leave in leadership positions in radiology, an important topic for shaping how parental leave is both viewed and valued in the future."

Session Leaders:
Kierstin Kennedy, M.D., MSHA, FACP, SFHM is a med-peds trained academic hospitalist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham where she holds a rank of clinical associate professor of medicine and serves as Chief of Hospital Medicine.

Cheri Canon, M.D. is a Professor and Witten-Stanley Endowed Chair of Radiology at the UAB School of Medicine and sits on UAB Medicine Joint Operating Leadership Council.

Aparna Singhal, M.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology at UAB that she joined after completing her neuroradiology fellowship training.

Anna Sorace, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the Division of Advanced Medical Imaging Research.

Kristin Porter, M.D., Ph.D., joined the Abdominal Imaging faculty at the University of Alabama Birmingham in 2016, where she serves as the MR Modality Chief. 

To read the article prior to the discussion, visit: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0899707121004137