SAN FRANCISCO -- Dr. Laura Scrimgeour had never met a female cardiothoracic surgeon until she met Dr. Amy Fiedler. While more than 50 percent of all medical school students are women, the gender gap ...
STEUBENVILLE — Trinity Health System has welcomed Dr. Akhila Yarramneni as its newest cardiothoracic surgeon. Yarramneni ...
Dr. Amy Fiedler was finishing up a standard heart transplant surgery in December — putting the dressings on the patient and getting ready to transport her the intensive care unit — when she noticed ...
San Francisco — Dr. Laura Scrimgeour had never met a female cardiothoracic surgeon until she met Dr. Amy Fiedler. "I think it's a real problem for women in medicine in all fields, but particularly in ...
Dr. Africa Wallace, director of thoracic surgery at Capital Health, has been appointed as president of the Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society (ECTSS), and is the first Black female to occupy the ...
SAN ANTONIO, TX—Female cardiothoracic surgeons have fewer children and are more likely to face infertility when compared with their male counterparts, according to new survey data. Additionally, when ...
A Black woman is breaking barriers for other minorities in surgical fields. Dr. Africa Wallace, director of Thoracic Surgery at Capital Health, was tapped as the president of the Eastern ...
Women with severe coronary heart disease causing narrowing or blockages in the arteries may derive greater long-term benefits ...
When Dr Kudzai Kanyepi qualified as Zimbabwe’s first female cardiothoracic surgeon four years ago, she was filled with pride and anticipation after succeeding in an area long dominated by men. She was ...