PHILADELPHIA — Penn Medicine has been named #2 on Forbes magazine’s first-ever “America's Best Employers for Women” list, which ranks employers across the nation.
Penn Medicine – which includes the University of Pennsylvania Health System and Perelman School of Medicine – offers a culture dedicated to professional development and mentorship, creating pathways to leadership and empowerment for staff and faculty of all kinds. One special initiative cited by the magazine is the FOCUS on Health & Leadership for Women program, which supports the advancement and leadership of women in academic medicine and promotes education and research in women’s health and women’s careers.
Leadership development and mentorship is a critical part of onboarding and continuing education efforts for faculty and staff throughout Penn Medicine, where five of seven entities are led by female CEOs.
Forbes partnered with market research firm Statista to identify the companies who are the most successful at supporting and growing their female workforce. Statista surveyed 40,000 Americans, including 25,000 women, working for businesses with at least 1,000 employees. The survey included questions related to working conditions, diversity and how likely they’d be to recommend their employer to others.
The full list of “America's Best Employers for Women” list is available online. Earlier this year, Penn Medicine was also named #6 on Forbes magazine’s annual “Best Employers in America” list, up from #7 in 2017. The full list for that honor is also available online.
Penn Medicine is one of the world’s leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, excellence in patient care, and community service. The organization consists of the University of Pennsylvania Health System and Penn’s Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine, founded in 1765 as the nation’s first medical school.
The Perelman School of Medicine is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $550 million awarded in the 2022 fiscal year. Home to a proud history of “firsts” in medicine, Penn Medicine teams have pioneered discoveries and innovations that have shaped modern medicine, including recent breakthroughs such as CAR T cell therapy for cancer and the mRNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccines.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System’s patient care facilities stretch from the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania to the New Jersey shore. These include the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Chester County Hospital, Lancaster General Health, Penn Medicine Princeton Health, and Pennsylvania Hospital—the nation’s first hospital, founded in 1751. Additional facilities and enterprises include Good Shepherd Penn Partners, Penn Medicine at Home, Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital, and Princeton House Behavioral Health, among others.
Penn Medicine is an $11.1 billion enterprise powered by more than 49,000 talented faculty and staff.