Female Dean of UCF Medical School is breaking the mold to produce hundreds of women doctors

Bye-bye “Bros”

March 1, 2022

You know, some professors would say, 'Well, you’re taking the place of a man — someday you will just have babies and you won’t practice, you are a waste of time.”

—Dean Dr. Deborah German

The gist:

Nationally, “only 36% of registered physicians are female,” per the Federation of State Medical Boards.

But the Dean of the University of Central Florida's College of Medicine is changing that. From her own firsthand experience as “one of the only women in her class at Harvard Medical School,” Dr. Deborah German went on to found the School’s medical program and has established the following track record: over the last 13 years, under her leadership, the school has consistently graduated 50% women per class. She believes the greatest effect will be on the future, “one woman doctors will help create.”

Photo: Krisandra Hardy (right) receives her white coat from med school dean, Dr. Deborah German: UCF

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