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Speaker: Women in medicine should not wait for permission to lead

CHICAGO — Women working as physicians should not wait to be asked to take on leadership positions at their practices, according to a presenter at the Women in Medicine Summit. "I was just a regular old, middle-of-the-pack person for most of my life," Christine DeSanno, DO, chief of service in the department of emergency medicine at NYU Langone Health, told Healio.

Speaker: Women in medicine should not wait for permission to lead

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CHICAGO — Women working as physicians should not wait to be asked to take on leadership positions at their practices, according to a presenter at the Women in Medicine Summit.

"I was just a regular old, middle-of-the-pack person for most of my life," Christine DeSanno, DO, chief of service in the department of emergency medicine at NYU Langone Health, told Healio.

"I did not seek out leadership positions." However, after working as an emergency medicine physician for several years, DeSanno began to look for professional development opportunities.

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CHICAGO — Women working as physicians should not wait to be asked to take on leadership positions at their practices, according to a presenter at the Women in Medicine Summit. "I was just a regular old, middle-of-the-pack person for most of my life," Christine DeSanno, DO, chief of service in the department of emergency medicine at NYU Langone Health, told Healio. "I did not seek out leadership positions." However, after working as an emergency medicine physician for several years, DeSanno began to look for professional development opportunities.

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