“Women surgeons are more likely to use assisted reproductive technology, have fewer children,” by Michele Sullivan, provides the results and analysis of a survey conducted by Dr. Elizabeth A. Phillips on the reproductive health of female surgeons. Dr. Phillips and her colleagues found that female surgeons delay childbearing and are three times more likely to use reproduction techniques to conceive, compared with the general population. She presented the results at the ACS Clinical Congress in October 2013. The article also includes commentaries from three female physicians who reflected on the choices they have made or think they will make in the future. “Many women physicians regret delaying reproduction,” by Neil Osterweil provides the results and analysis of a survey conducted by Dr. Natalie A. Clark of female physicians and their choices and timing for conception. Mr. Osterweil’s story also includes an analysis of the study results by an infertility specialist and a professor of obstetrics and gynecology. Of the women surveyed, many said they would have had children earlier in their career. Dr. Clark presented the study findings at the joint meeting of the International Federation of Fertility Societies and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in October 2013.
