A recent Cardiology article discusses how Roxana Mehran, MD, FACC, and Marie Claude Morice, MD, FACC, made a promise to improve the working conditions for women in cardiology worldwide.

The resulting lack of diversity, and thereby missing talent pool, in cardiology has consequently been consistent for decades. Although this issue was increasingly recognized by professional organizations, with many forming working groups, the lack of an aligned effort meant progress was lagging and inefficient.

Thus, Mehran and Morice created Women as One, an independent, nonprofit organization that works to promote talent in medicine by providing unique professional opportunities to women physicians. Read more.

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