WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW!
- A team of all-female health care professionals performed a heart transplant on a female patient in California.
- The team was led by Dr. Amy Fiedler, who is the first female cardiac surgeon at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
- The team hopes their story will inspire more women to pursue careers in medicine.
A groundbreaking moment occurred at a California hospital when an all-women team of health care professionals performed a heart transplant on a female patient. Led by Dr. Amy Fiedler, the team included six other women with various specialties in the medical field.
The five-hour procedure was successful, and it wasn’t until the end of the operation that the team realized they had made history by being an all-female team. The team hopes that their story will inspire more women to pursue careers in medicine and break down barriers that have historically limited women in the field.
Source: goodmorningamerica.com
Blog Comments
George E Himes, Jr
March 3, 2023 at 6:17 am
A Blessing from God to demonstrate that all people, e.g., medical female professionals possess the same knowledge-capabilitiess as other male heart surgeons. Barriers to change need to escalate to heal and bring together all people of the world created by his hands of love.