Darwazeh Rami, Darwazeh Mazhar, Kato Yoko, Sbeih Ibrahim, Bakhti Souad, El Abbadi Najia, Sun Xiaochuan, Chao You
Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China; Department of Neurosurgery, Arab Women's Union Hospital, Nablus, Palestine.
Department of Neurosurgery, Arab Women's Union Hospital, Nablus, Palestine.
World Neurosurg. 2019 Apr;124:414-422. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.12.163. Epub 2019 Jan 10.
The aim of this study is to detail the background, training, and career of Dr. Georgette Kidess, the first and still the only female neurosurgeon in Palestine. In addition, we mention the obstacles that women face during their neurosurgical career and how to overcome them. Also, we discuss different methods to attract female medical students to neurosurgery.
Information was gathered only from direct face-to-face interviews with Dr. Kidess.
Georgette Kidess was born on May 2, 1952, in Nablus, Palestine. She received the degree of Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) at Eberhard Karls Universität, Tübingen, Germany in 1979. She worked as a neurosurgeon at the Hadassah EinKarem Hospital in Jerusalem and subsequently established the first neurosurgical department at the Ramallah Governmental Hospital in Ramallah in 1986. Thereafter, she has continued a career in private practice, currently at Saint Luke's Hospital, Nablus. Dr. Kidess played a major part in establishing neurosurgery in Palestine. She was among the founders of the Palestinian Neurosurgical Society in 2014.
In this article, we recount Dr. Kidess's contributions and achievements to neurosurgery in Palestine. Her commitment, persistence, and diligence enabled her to overcome great odds and become the first female neurosurgeon in Palestine. We hope that her story will inspire and open the doors for subsequent women to enter and enhance neurosurgery, especially in the Middle East.
本研究旨在详述巴勒斯坦首位且仍是唯一的女性神经外科医生乔吉特·基德斯博士的背景、培训经历及职业生涯。此外，我们还将提及女性在神经外科职业生涯中面临的障碍以及如何克服这些障碍。同时，我们将探讨吸引女性医学生投身神经外科的不同方法。
信息仅通过与基德斯博士的直接面对面访谈收集。
乔吉特·基德斯于1952年5月2日出生在巴勒斯坦的纳布卢斯。1979年，她在德国图宾根的埃伯哈德·卡尔斯大学获得医学博士学位。她曾在耶路撒冷的哈达萨·艾因卡勒姆医院担任神经外科医生，并于1986年在拉马拉的拉马拉政府医院建立了首个神经外科科室。此后，她继续从事私人执业，目前在纳布卢斯的圣卢克医院工作。基德斯博士在巴勒斯坦神经外科的建立过程中发挥了重要作用。她是2014年巴勒斯坦神经外科学会的创始人之一。
在本文中，我们讲述了基德斯博士对巴勒斯坦神经外科的贡献和成就。她的奉献、坚持和勤奋使她得以克服重重困难，成为巴勒斯坦首位女性神经外科医生。我们希望她的故事能够激励并为后续女性打开进入并推动神经外科发展的大门，尤其是在中东地区。
