People in the photograph from left to right (Dr Christine Lai: chair women in surgery, myself deputy chair of RACS, NSW, Ministery Pru Goward, Mary Harney CEO RACS, Dr Upeksha Desilva
A “hidden curriculum” that discouraged women from pursuing the male-dominated profession, and a lack of female role models could be depriving the surgical profession from some of the best and brightest young medical minds, Ms McLain’s research suggests.
A.Prof Mukherjee is the ENT Research Lead at the RPA Institute of Academic Surgery, where she works on innovative solutions to problems encountered by surgeons in clinical practice.