Currently, only 4.5% of all interventional cardiologists are female. Recently this has garnered significant attention as the percentage of female medical students continues to increase. Several factors may be leading to the low number of women in this profession including concerns about radiation exposure, especially during child bearing years. Dr. Cindy Grines, noted interventional cardiologist and chair of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions' Women in Innovations (WIN) group, recently penned an article analyzing the potential reasons for these small numbers and discussing new technologies including robotics that may attract new female physicians into the specialty.