Chronology History Pioneer Trailblazer Women in European Neurosurgery Women in neurosurgery
Abstract :
[en] Neurosurgery as a distinct speciality has been around for 100 years. Some of the earliest women neurosurgeons were European, emerging from the 1920 0 s onwards. Here we detail the rise of women in neurosurgery across Europe with a decade by decade account of big events and firsts across the continent. The emerging themes are seen in stories of pioneers with enormous resilience, camaraderie, trailblazing and triumphing in a system with great obstacles and challenges. Our journey through this chronology brings us to the modern day, where most European countries have or have had a woman neurosurgeon and the future for women in neurosurgery in the continent is very bright.
Disciplines :
Neurology
Author, co-author :
Hernández-Durán, Silvia; Department of Neurosurgery, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany ; European Association of Neurosurgical Societies, Diversity in Neurosurgery Task Force, Brussels, Belgium
Murphy, Mary; Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom
Kim, Eliana; University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, United States
Al-Shehhi, Noora; Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Broekman, Marike; Department of Neurosurgery, Haaglanden Medical Center ; Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands ; Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden ; Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands ; Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
De Praeter, Mania; Department of Neurosurgery, Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen, Edegem, Belgium
Dubuisson, Annie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques
Emery, Évelyne; Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Caen, Caen Normandie University, Caen, France
Gazioglu, Nurperi; Department of Neurosurgery, Demiroglu Bilim University -Medical School, _ Istanbul, Turkey
Grossman, Rachel; Department of Neurosurgery, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Janssen, Insa; Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Karampouga, Maria; Department of Neurosurgery, Nicosia General Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus
Lambrianou, Xanthoula; Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Larissa, Thessaly, Greece
Lippa, Laura; Department of Neurosurgery, Ospedali Riuniti di Livorno, Livorno, Italy
Magnadottir, Hulda; Upper Valley Neurology Neurosurgery, Lebanon, United States
Mihaylova, Stiliana; Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital ''St. Ivan Rilski" Sofia, Bulgaria
Pajaj, Ermira; Department of Neuroscience, University Hospital ''Mother Theresa", Tirana, Albania
Rabiei, Katrin; Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom ; Institution of Neuroscience & Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenberg, Sweden
Rodríguez-Hernández, Ana; Department of Neurological Surgery, Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
Tasiou, Anastasia; Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Larissa, Thessaly, Greece
Vayssiere, Pia; Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom ; Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Rosseau, Gail; Department of Neurosurgery, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, United States
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