Male physicians receive significantly higher payments from medical companies compared with female physicians, according to a study published Sept. 28 Jama Surgery.

Patients are more likely to refer to female physicians by their first name in electronic messaging compared to male physicians, a study published Oct. 5 in JAMA Network Open found.

Neal Nathanson, MD, the former vice dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and pioneering HIV/AIDS and polio researcher, died of leukemia and pneumonia on Aug. 11, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Oct. 4. He was 94.

The U.S. healthcare system should "radically reorient" around relationships rather than viewing patient care as a series of individual encounters, three physicians said in an Oct. 4 Mayo Clinic Proceedings article. 

Physicians serving medical facilities in Santa Clara County, Calif., are speaking out against county management for the second time this year.

A California bill signed into law Oct. 3 gives physicians more time to interpret test results, allows patients to pick how they would like to receive medical scans and adds protections for sensitive teen data.

Steven Shelov, MD, will be retiring as dean of NYU Long Island School of Medicine on Jan. 2, 2023, it said Oct. 3.

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh will launch a pediatric cancer research institute after a $5 million gift from the Mario Lemieux Foundation.

Healthcare systems have started residency programs and partnerships to address workforce shortages.

On Sept. 30, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that could revoke the licenses of physicians who spread COVID-19 misinformation. 

Boston University School of Medicine will be renamed to the Boston University Aram V. Chobanian and Edward Avedisian School of Medicine after Mr. Avedisian donated $100 million to the school, The Boston Globe reported Sept. 29.

The burnout rate among U.S. physicians spiked from 38.2 percent in 2020 to 62.8 percent in 2021, an increase of 24.6 percentage points, according to a Sept. 13 analysis from Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

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Baltimore-based Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital plans to open a new medical school at historically Black college Morgan State University, also in Baltimore, CBS affiliate WJZ reported Sept. 27.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine identified four new research focus areas identified by the research strategic planning steering committee and the Academic Medical Center of the 21st Century research steering committee.

Physicians who are compared to one another report lower job satisfaction and higher levels of burnout, according to a Sept. 28 research brief in UCLA's Anderson Review. 

Saadia Sherwani, MD, has always had diversity in medicine at the forefront of her mind.

All surveyed participants in a pilot program for physicians who are also parents saw an improvement in their productivity, according to a Sept. 26 Healio report. 

Six factors in particular are driving physicians' high burnout rates, and they existed well before the pandemic's onset, according to Paul DeChant, MD. 

Here are 10 contributions to medical schools in 2022 that Becker's has covered since Feb. 8: