Volume 2 Issue 3

Six years ago, Kirk Withrow, MD, had never heard of cigar box guitars. Today, he has made over 100 of the quirky instruments and recorded a number of albums featuring them. He also holds down a day job as a head and neck surgeon and assistant professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine.

Are female physicians less ambitious than their male counterparts, or are they pursuing different professional goals that may benefit the profession in the long run?