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Tag: women

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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What I Focus On

By Jennifer Wozniczka, MD My perspective as a female hand surgeon who has been in practice for about four years now is to simply say a “thank you” to all the women surgeons who led the way and who have made my path a whole lot easier to navigate by providing examples of what women […]

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Thank You To The Women Of Hand Surgery

By Kathleen McKeon, MD Thank you to the women of hand surgery who came before me. Paving that road must have been lonely and uncomfortable. I have been in practice for four years. I am the first female surgeon in a large private practice all-orthopedic group in the deep South. I am just over five […]

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