Celebrating Women Physicians Day

Nationwide Girls Physicians Day on February 3, acknowledges the trail girls medical doctors have paved within the U.S. through the years. The date commemorates Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the primary lady to obtain a medical diploma within the U.S. in 1849. Right this moment we mirror on the achievements of ladies in medication, and likewise present our help for the subsequent technology. We requested three Dignity Well being Medical Group physicians to share what celebrating today means to them. Right here’s what they needed to say.

Cerine Jeanty, MD, Dignity Well being Medical Group — Saint Francis/St. Mary’s

“I come from an extended line of robust girls. My great-grandmother was a part of the resistance motion throughout World Conflict II, hiding British troopers in occupied Nazi territory. My grandmother graduated from medical faculty in 1952 and was a plastic surgeon in Belgium at a time when there have been few girls physicians. She had a productive profession creating the method for vertical mammoplasty in breast discount. My mom immigrated to the US and excelled within the subject of nuclear medication, changing into the president of the society of nuclear medication, in addition to the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Nuclear Drugs. It’s all the work and accomplishments of the ladies earlier than me which have made it potential for me to imagine that I might be a common surgeon alongside my male counterparts. I’m endlessly indebted to these girls and hope that my daughters may have much more alternatives out there to them sooner or later.”

Srilakshmi Madhusudhan, MD, Dignity Well being Medical Group — Bakersfield

“Right this moment we take the chance to have fun and honor all of the hardworking feminine physicians who make a distinction within the lives of their sufferers day-after-day, whereas working exhausting to take care of their very own work-life steadiness. I hope to see a future the place feminine physicians are equally represented in all medical specialties. I strongly imagine that we’re getting nearer to that objective day-after-day.”

Lily Zeng, MD, Dignity Well being Medical Group — Dominican

“Right this moment we have fun transferring towards equal illustration within the medical subject. We additionally have fun the range we see in our sufferers. I’ve realized in my tenure that the most effective affected person care comes from the enter of a heterogenous medical workforce. Girls Physicians Day honors our continuous objective of assembly the varied wants of sufferers from all walks and phases of life.”