International Women’s Day Photos & Quotes

As one of the 6% of female orthopedic surgeons in the United States, I have had a lot of experience with gender inequity and have worked hard to be a good role model to women interested in Orthopaedic Surgery. I am fortunate enough to work with several other strong women in my office and OR.  I am proud to have helped start a women’s sports medicine mentorship program and I mentor my female residents and fellows. I was also able to manage orthopedic residency while pregnant and with an infant. I was the second woman to ever do this in my program.

– Samantha Muhlrad, MD’04

This story, Closing the Women’s Heart Health Gap highlights two decades of friendship and collaboration between two BU med alumni cardiologists, Jennifer Mieres, MD’86 and Stacey Rosen, MD’85 . Both working together to advance women’s heart health.

– Jennifer Mieres, MD’86

My story of resilience is also a story of courage, curiosity, community, faith and love. As a Black woman in leadership and student role, I often explore ways to navigate spaces as a reflective listener and a brave teacher.

– Pilar Tucker, MD’16

A woman practicing medicine for over 40 years, helping to pave the way for future generations.

– Lauren, MD’80 and Keith Lerner, MD’80

First-year medical students from Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine attend the Annual American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) Northeast Regional Conference 2024 held in Providence, Rhode Island.(Left to Right: Asritha Sure, Iman Iqbal, Sabah Choudhury, Sowmya Potluri, Priscilla McElhinney, Seli Bekui, Ana Herning, Rutva Bhatt)

– Priscilla McElhinney, ’27

Professionally this is the first time I am sharing my history of childhood PTSD. Not to complain. Instead to confirm that one can overcome anything, and as I have, one can experience a full AMAZING life from traveling the world, living part-time in London to walking the Red carpet.

– Hellen Kim, MD’91

My wife and I have lived in Hanoi, mostly half-time, for 23 years. I am involved in the world of the cultures of the minority groups in VN, especially those in the mountains north of Hanoi. There is demand for their embroidery work, but the older women often cannot create work (for use or sale) because their eyes lose the ability to focus close-up. This can be remedied by reading glasses. This allows women physically unable to work in the fields to contribute financially to the family.  I buy hundreds at a time (for around $.60 cents each) from RestoringVision.org. My wife and I have sent over 9,000 pair to minority mountain communities. Either I do it myself or give the glasses (plus a protocol for determining correct strength of lenses) to like-minded tourists visiting the mountains.

– Mark Rapoport, MD’70

– Victoria Izzo, MD’21

Happy to be supporting, with Resurge Int., this remarkable group of women surgeons from Mozambique, Canada, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh and Nepal

– Andrew Wexler, MD’80

I balanced three full time jobs, family doc, family doctor’s wife (Ross Ramey, MED 78), mother of three, plus mentoring students, coaching sports and scouts , and am most proud of three kind, smart adult children.

– Lisa Ramey, MD’79