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41 FINANCE CMO / CARE DELIVERY 50 Cities With the Largest, Smallest Gender Wage Gaps for Physicians By Emily Rappleye F emale physicians earn 26.5 percent less than their male counterparts on average, according to new data from Doximity, a medical social network whose membership includes 70 percent of the nation's physicians. In a Doximity survey of more than 36,000 physicians across 48 specialties in the U.S., female physicians reported an annual average shortfall of $91,284 compared to their male counterparts. Women did not earn more than men in any specialty. e data also shows the magnitude of the gen- der pay gap varies significantly based on where a physician lives. However, what is striking is that gender parity in pay does not exist in any of the metropolitan areas included in the survey. For example, Sacramento, Calif., boasts the smallest gender wage gap. However, female physicians in Sacramento earn 19 percent less than male physicians in Sacramento on aver- age, according to Doximity, which comes out to about $63,283 per year. On the flip side, female physicians in Charlotte, N.C., are los- ing out on about twice as much money each year than female physicians in Sacramento. In Charlotte, the wage gap is 33 percent, and female physicians earn an average of $125,035 less than their male counterparts each year, according to the data. Doximity broke down the wage gap by ma- jor metropolitan area. Here are the 25 metro areas with the largest physician gender wage gap, according to the data. 1. Charlotte, N.C. — 33 percent 2. Durham, N.C. — 31 percent 3. Orlando, Fla. — 30 percent 4. Pittsburgh — 30 percent 5. Bridgeport, Conn. — 29 percent 6. Louisville, Ky. — 29 percent 7. Houston — 29 percent 8. New Orleans — 29 percent 9. Charleston, S.C. — 29 percent 10. Atlanta — 28 percent 11. Nashville, Tenn. — 28 percent 12. Columbus, Ohio — 28 percent 13. Kansas City, Mo. — 27 percent 14. New York City — 27 percent 15. Birmingham, Ala. — 27 percent 16. San Jose, Calif. — 27 percent 17. Jacksonville, Fla. — 27 percent 18. Cleveland — 27 percent 19. Chicago — 27 percent 20. Detroit — 27 percent 21. Seattle — 27 percent 22. Denver — 27 percent 23. Washington, D.C. — 27 percent 24. Tampa, Fla. — 26 percent 25. Los Angeles — 26 percent Here are the 25 metro areas with the smallest gender wage gap, according to Doximity data. 1. Sacramento, Calif. — 19 percent 2. Minneapolis — 20 percent 3. Portland, Ore. — 21 percent 4. Rochester, N.Y. — 21 percent 5. Phoenix — 21 percent 6. Indianapolis — 21 percent 7. Ann Arbor, Mich. — 22 percent 8. Hartford, Conn. — 22 percent 9. Milwaukee — 22 percent 10. Boston — 23 percent 11. Riverside, Calif. — 23 percent 12. San Francisco — 23 percent 13. Dallas — 23 percent 14. Baltimore — 24 percent 15. Cincinnati — 24 percent 16. Providence, R.I. — 24 percent 17. San Diego — 24 percent 18. Austin, Texas — 24 percent 19. New Haven, Conn. — 25 percent 20. San Antonio — 25 percent 21. Miami — 25 percent 22. Salt Lake City — 25 percent 23. Philadelphia — 26 percent 24. Virginia Beach, Va. — 26 percent 25. Las Vegas — 26 percent n Resignation of 3 Physicians Sparks Great Concern in Small Iowa Community By Emily Rappleye R esidents of Akron, Iowa, are fighting to keep three local family medicine physicians from Akron (Iowa) Mercy Medical Clinic in business, according to a re- port from the Sioux City Journal. The physicians submitted their resignations March 14 to Mercy Medical Center Sioux City (Iowa), the facility that leases the clinic, according to the report. They plan to work through the end of their contracts, which expire June 30. However, when news of the resignations hit the town of 1,464, petitions began to circulate at local businesses, as well as online, according to the report. The online peti- tion garnered more than 250 signatures as of early May. It calls for Mercy and Akron Health Care, the entity that owns the clinic, to terminate the clinic building lease and cede control. "That will enable the Akron clinic to return to local control so we can keep the doctors we know and love in our community," the petition reads. Two of the three physicians — Cynthia Wolff, MD, and David Wolff, MD — opened the clinic in 1991, and the third physi- cian Allison Schoenfelder, MD, joined the practice in 2006, according to the report. A Mercy spokesman told the Sioux City Journal the medical center plans to continue to operate a clinic in Akron and staff it with highly qualified physicians. n