This study investigated the social network structures of 34 women in academic medicine, a male-dominated field, at two career stages. The women in this study sample were self-identified as leaders who would make steady upward career progression toward the highest levels of academic medicine. The research literature indicates that social network structure is integral to leadership success. In male-dominated fields, such research is critical for understanding the advancement of women. The rare study that documented the networks of professional women (Burt, 1998, 2000; Raider & Burt, 1996)...