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Tag: women in hand surgery

Keeping the Lessons Close

By Amber R. Leis, MD, FACS I credit my career as a hand surgeon to two women: Dr. Frances Sharpe and Dr. Sharon Kalina. I rotated with them during my third year of residency, and they were among my earliest exposures to the specialty. Dr. Kalina was an extremely thorough teacher, regularly pulling me into […]

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Gender Disparities Affect Us All

By Ines C. Lin, MD For National Women’s History Month, I would like to recognize some of our female leaders in the American Society of Surgery of the Hand: Dr. Marybeth Ezaki, former ASSH president, and Drs. Amy Ladd, Jennifer Wolf, Tamara Rozental, Jennifer Waljee, and Amy Moore, who represent the 13% of Bunnell Traveling […]

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Trailblazing in Orthopedic Hand Surgery

By Julie A. Melchior, MD When I was accepted to an orthopedic surgery residency in 1991, I and two other women from my class who had also matched to orthopedic surgery were invited out to dinner by one of the senior orthopedic surgery residents who was a woman. She gave us some advice I’ve often […]

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I’m a Girl. What’s Your Superpower?

By Anjali M. Murthy, MD “If I have seen further, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants” -Sir Isaac Newton I am blessed indeed to be able to do what I love and love what I do. I am able to inhabit this space because I stand on the shoulders of pioneering women […]

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Tribute to a Trailblazing Hand Surgeon

By Hollie Power, MD, Jana Dengler, MD, Emily Krauss, MD, and Amy M. Moore, MD Mentors are critically important on our journey to becoming skilled hand surgeons. This comes in various forms over the course of our careers and in many facets, gender is inconsequential. However, it comes as no surprise that despite the increasing […]

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Inspiration

By Tamara D. Rozental, MD My very first case in hand surgery as a third year medical student was deftly performed by a female surgeon. I watched in admiration as Michelle Carlson executed an EIP to EPL transfer and knew I was hooked. The months of worrying about what surgical specialty to pursue suddenly melted […]

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Thanking Men

By Carrie R. Swigart, MD Yesterday was International Women’s Day and this month Perspectives has asked for submissions highlighting women who have inspired us and impacted our careers. I’ve given this quite a bit of thought. I’ve mentally retraced the key decision points of my training and career, and I’ve come to what some may find […]

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Lack of Interaction

By Lindsey Urband, MD, FAAOS I am honored to have the opportunity to provide a perspective on my personal journey into the field of hand surgery during Women’s History Month. I was first introduced to hand surgery while on a surgical mission to Chimaltenango, Guatemala in medical school.  “Dr. Leo,” as the patients referred to him, […]

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Girls Aren’t Good at Math

By Christina M. Ward, MD I first realized there were different gender expectations at a math contest in 5th grade. After completing a series of tests, I was one of the top six students in the state called up to the stage to receive an award. The emcee announced the finishers in reverse order, pausing before the […]

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Mentors and Heroes

By Renata V. Weber, MD, FACS Women of influence in hand surgery would not be complete without mentioning Dr. Susan Mackinnon. She is a trailblazer. She was, until recently, the chief of plastic surgery at Washington University. She holds numerous patents, NIH grants, a fully established basic science research lab. She has a past president of […]

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