SCAI 2026 Women in Innovations-Mentee Experience, Dr. Chaudry

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An interventional cardiologist reflects on her career path and the mentors and sponsors who shaped it. She distinguishes mentorship, which offers advice and feedback, from sponsorship, which actively advocates for opportunities. In a male-dominated field, she describes how male mentors provided inclusion, technical growth, and allyship, while female mentors offered representation, shared experiences, and balance. She highlights data showing women are significantly undersponsored in academic medicine, leading to fewer leadership roles, lectureships, grants, and pay equity. Her message: mentorship is necessary, but sponsorship is transformative, and everyone can help close the gap.

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interventional cardiology

mentorship

sponsorship

women in medicine

leadership equity