Dr. Lisa Lowery can't forget the meal she shared with a fellow orthopedic surgeon during her first year of practice in Columbus. "He said, 'I'm not so sure women should be surgeons or even go into ...

Dr. Shasta E. Henderson knows she is a rare commodity. In fact, it's a circle small enough that they gather regularly on Zoom calls. Henderson, a surgeon with Trident Orthopedic Specialists, is one of ...

It is not unusual for patients to ask Dr. Karen Wu if she is strong enough to perform surgery. “It always seems to be in a half-joking kind of way. I tell them, ‘There’s no problem,'” said Wu, one of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . With the proportion of female orthopedic surgeons increasing at a rate of 2% annually, the orthopedic profession ...

In the U.S., female orthopedic surgery residency attrition is double the rate for males, according to an Oct. 8 report published by the Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research.  Gender bias and ...

Northwestern Medicine partnered with The Perry Initiative to host a forum Feb. 28-29 that aimed to inspire more women to join the field of orthopedic surgery. The forum was held at Northwestern ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — People in certain careers would say there's a stigma surrounding female workers in STEM fields. This Thursday, a day before National Women Physician's Day, two local ...

Boeing Jacksonville has delivered the first modified Increment 3 Block 2 P-8A aircraft to the U.S. Navy. In 1970, only eight percent of doctors were women. Today, it's 30 percent. Despite this surge, ...

Weber with a skeleton on a recent trip to Antarctica. LAS VEGAS — Kristy Weber, MD, has not been one to shy away from obstacles during her career in orthopedic surgery. And now she is stepping up to a ...

Shriners Hospital for Children in Greenville says its latest addition to the staff is its first female orthopedic pediatric surgeon. “Dr. (Lauren) Leffler is the first woman in our hospital to ...