Women in Surgery

While women represent more than 35% of all doctors, there’s one place where they’re noticeably absent: the operating room. In the U.S., only about 8.5% of neurosurgeons and 6.5% of orthopedic surgeons are women. So why are there still so few female surgeons? Watch as three women describe their journeys to becoming surgeons, what unique traits they believe women bring to this specialty, and what needs to be done to break barriers for future women in medicine.



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