TSGE Committee
GI Women
Connecting, supporting and advancing women in gastroenterology across Texas
The GI Women’s Committee is a place for female TSGE members to have their voices heard and their concerns addressed. The committee identifies and evaluates the issues that affect women practicing gastroenterology in Texas, and works to advance female gastroenterologists within TSGE and the specialty.
Any female TSGE member is welcome. There is no application and no minimum time commitment.
What We Do
Mentorship
Connecting early-career physicians and fellows with women who have built practices across Texas.
What We Do
Leadership
Building a path into TSGE leadership roles and encouraging women to step into them.
What We Do
Education
Sessions on the issues members raise — negotiation, workplace safety, difficult conversations.
What We Do
Advocacy
Learning the legislative process and advocating for Texas GIs and their patients.
Committee Meetings
The GI Women’s Committee meets by video call a few times a year, usually in the evening so it works around clinic. Meetings are announced by email to TSGE members, and the connection link is sent out ahead of each one.
Want to be on the list? Let the TSGE office know and we’ll make sure you get the invitation.
Past Sessions
Recorded Webinar
Workplace Violence
A discussion of workplace violence in the clinical setting and what physicians and practices can do about it.
Slides
Brave Conversations
Slides from the Brave Conversations session on navigating difficult conversations at work.
Resources
Recommended Reading
How Women Rise
Sally Helgesen and Marshall Goldsmith
Women Don’t Ask: The High Cost of Avoiding Negotiation — and Positive Strategies for Change
Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever
Ask For It: How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want
Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever
Lean In
Sheryl Sandberg
Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
Kim Scott
Organizations & Websites
American Medical Women’s Association
Professional organization for women physicians and medical students.
AMA Women in Medicine
Resources and advocacy from the AMA Women Physicians Section.
HeForShe
UN Women’s global solidarity movement for gender equality.
Join the GI Women’s Committee
Open to every female TSGE member. Let us know you’re interested and we’ll add you to the committee list so you get meeting invitations and session announcements.