Accolades
This space lets department chairs and senior educators share their thoughts about the women they have trained. Their pride is evident.
The page is expected to grow significantly over time.
From Pioneers to a Pipeline: Women of New York Orthopaedic Hospital and Columbia Orthopedics
In the spring of 1944, Allied casualties from the battle of Monte Cassino poured into a British military hospital in Pompeii. Among the surgeons working nearly around the clock was an American orthopedic surgeon from Columbia named Barbara Bartlett Stimson, MD.
The "Long" Arrival of Women at Jefferson Orthopedic Surgery
Written by: Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD, MBA
Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Jefferson Medical College
Rothman Orthopaedics President
June 6, 1960, marked the date when the Board of Trustees of Jefferson Medical College approved admitting women into the college. Only 15 months later (September 1961), 9 women enrolled in medical school, and 8 of them graduated in 1965. The first woman admitted to Jefferson, and the first to receive her medical school diploma, was Nancy Szwec, later Nancy Szwec Czarnecki.
Women Leaders in Orthopaedic Surgery Trained at George Washington University
Written by: Robert Neviaser, MD
Emeritus Professor and Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, the 11th oldest medical school in the country, graduated its first woman, Clara Bliss Hinds, in 1887. It has been a favorable place for women ever since.
Women of Distinction in and from Mayo Clinic Orthopedic Surgery
Department Chair and John and Posy Krehbiel Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Across generations, women connected with the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester have have advanced patient care, research, education, mentorship and leadership. The profiles below recognize selected pioneers, faculty, residency alumnae, and fellowship alumnae whose careers reflect Mayo’s commitment to integrated care, rigorous inquiry, and patient needs.