Catherine DeAngelis, MD, MPH, has over forty years of experience in the medical field, and her career has been full of adventure, compassion, and courage.
DeAngelis was born to a family of Italian immigrants in rural northeastern Pennsylvania. Every year she would ask Santa Claus for a doctor's kit. Every year she would receive a nurse's kit. It was only when her father turned one such gift into a doctor's kit that DeAngelis was truly happy. With her father's faith in her, DeAngelis had the confidence to apply to medical school.
The road ahead would not be easy-it would be fraught with uncertainty, prejudice, and even Chechen hostage takers! Along the way, DeAngelis gained more and more confidence in her ability as a doctor but remained frustrated by the lack of opportunities available to women in her field. In Pursuing Equity in Medicine: One Woman's Journey, she uses examples from her own life to passionately argue for equal treatment for all men and women.
This memoir is a must-read for any woman in the medical profession determined to break the glass ceiling-and any man who wants to understand what his female colleagues must endure.
About the Author: Catherine DeAngelis, MD, MPH, has been a pediatric doctor for over forty years. She is a Johns Hopkins University distinguished service professor emerita and a professor emerita at the Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine (pediatrics) and Public Health (health policy and management).
DeAngelis graduated with an MD from the University of Pittsburgh and an MPH from Harvard University. She received her pediatric specialty training at Johns Hopkins.
DeAngelis is especially concerned with the intersection of human rights and medical policy. She has received the Ronald McDonald Award for Medical Excellence, the Catchers in the Rye Humanitarian Award, the Armstrong Award, the St. Geme Award, the Howland Award, and a lifetime achievement award from the American Association of Medical Colleges for her service.
DeAngelis was the first-ever female editor in chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association, where she currently serves as editor in chief emerita.
