A summary of articles and links that provide the reality of challenges women face in cardiology, inspiring stories of women who have become leaders within the field, and articles to provoke thought as to how you can and do make a difference. 

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Awards

AHA Women in Cardiology Trainee Award of Excellence

Application Deadline: June 30, 2009

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3021298

AHA Women in Cardiology Mentoring Award

Nomination Deadline: June 30, 2009

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3020711

Women in Leadership

• An esteemed career, In Memoriam Mary Allen Engle, M.D., F.A.C.C.: http://www.acc.org/about/memoriam_engle.htm
• Women in Cardiology, a profile, Betsy Nabel, MD: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/director.htm

Programs are marketing their valuable resource, female cardiologists

•  University  of Chicago: http://www.uchospitals.edu/specialties/heart/services/women/problem.html
•  NYU: http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/536828/

Articles of Interest