My clinical work is spilt between attending on our resident service, our direct-care team, and working some overnight shifts. I do some clinical work outside PHM in our Craniofacial Center. I also oversee many improvement efforts in our Division and have a role in UCSF’s Office of Graduate Medical Education.

I think the most important thing men can do is listen with humility when our female colleagues share their experiences. I worry that the barriers and challenges experienced by women in pediatrics are sometimes generalized as “junior faculty” issues without recognizing the differential impacts on women specifically. Men in leadership roles can also sponsor women for new leadership roles. If female candidates are perceived to be “not the right fit” for a position, it’s important to consider whether the role was designed to fit traditionally male attributes and behaviors. It may be time to rethink what it meant by “fit” and how the position can be re-envisioned.

I am one of the more senior members in our group, and as a result my clinical role has been primarily attending on the resident teams during day shift. This year we hired several new faculty, primarily women with young children. They were hired because we had additional clinical needs, especially on overnight shifts. In order to create opportunities for these new faculty to also have time on the resident teams during day shifts (more desirable), I stepped back and began working some night shifts as well as direct-care service weeks.

My current favorite is the "NA-groni" – a non-alcoholic negroni made at a local San Francisco bar called ABV. Their alcoholic negroni is pretty great too!