Ep 5: Women in Vascular Surgery

vascularPODCAST by Radcliffe Vascular

In this month’s episode, host Ramesh Tripathi meets with four key female figures in vascular medicine, Julie Freischlag (Wake Forest Baptist Health, NC, US), Erica L Mitchell (Uni of Tennessee, US), Bernadette Aulivola (Loyola University, IL, US) and Shipra Arya (Uni of Stanford, CA, US) to discuss what it means to be a woman in vascular surgery today. They discuss their personal experiences as women in vascular medicine, share the challenges and issues they have faced as a result of gender bias and consider how leadership principles and society support can help move the dial to remove these barriers for future generations. Listen now for the latest episode from the vascularPODCAST series. Submit your questions/feedback via: [email protected] Follow us on social media for the latest updates on the next episode @RadcliffeVASCU today! In this episode they discuss: [02.05] Their journeys into medicine [06.00] Importance of sponsorship and mentorship [15.00] Challenges [32.00] SVS initiatives to improve inclusion and diversity [48.00] Diversity in publishing Produced by Radcliffe Vascular. Sponsored by Medtronic.