CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) -- It was not that long ago that there were no Black women serving as pediatric surgeons in the United States. Not one. That statistic could still be, if not for one woman's ...

PROSPER, Texas — Dr. Kanika Bowen-Jallow finished four years of undergraduate school and four years of medical school before she met another Black surgeon. “It wasn’t until I jumped into actually ...

Shriners Hospital for Children in Greenville says its latest addition to the staff is its first female orthopedic pediatric surgeon. “Dr. (Lauren) Leffler is the first woman in our hospital to ...

Dr. Kanika Bowen-Jallow, a board-certified pediatric surgeon at Cook Children’s Pediatric Surgery Center in Prosper, TX, is now the ninth Black female pediatric surgeon in the United States, according ...

Dr. Kanika Bowen-Jallow is the only ninth Black female pediatric surgeon in the United States. (KPRC) Dr. Kanika Bowen-Jallow is breaking barriers every day. According to the American Pediatric ...

UCSF Children’s Hospital Surgeon-in-Chief Diana Farmer, MD, will be inducted as a fellow into the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSE) on January 20—becoming only the second US female surgeon ...

Dr. Andrea Hayes-Jordan was confused when she didn’t match into a pediatric surgery training program. She had it all: research, publications, strong references. “You know why you’re not getting in?” a ...

UCSF Children’s Hospital Surgeon-in-Chief Diana Farmer, MD, is profiled in the San Francisco Chronicle, appearing on the front page of the Sunday paper on May 23. The article, now online at SFGate, ...

Dr. Rowena Spencer, a pioneering pediatric surgeon who worked tirelessly to get the best possible treatment for the patients she called her babies, died Tuesday (May 13) at Mount Vernon Nursing and ...

PROSPER, Texas — Dr. Kanika Bowen-Jallow finished four years of undergraduate school and four years of medical school before she met another Black surgeon. “It wasn’t until I jumped into actually ...