Department of Neurosurgery, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Parkville, Australia.
University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, United States.
J Clin Neurosci. 2021 Apr;86:357-365. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2021.02.002. Epub 2021 Feb 20.
At the end of the first 100 years of neurosurgery as a specialty, it is appropriate to look back and then imagine the future. As neurosurgery celebrates its first century, the increasing role of women neurosurgeons is a major theme. This article documents the early women pioneers in neurosurgery in Asia and Australasia. The contributions of these trailblazers to the origins, academics, and professional organizations of neurosurgery are highlighted. The first woman neurosurgeon of the region, Dr. T.S. Kanaka of India, completed her training in 1968, not long after the trailblazers in Europe and North America. She heralded the vibrant communities of neurosurgical women that have developed in the vast and diverse nations of the region, and the many formal and informal groups of women in neurosurgery that have introduced and promoted talented women in the profession. Contributions of women neurosurgeons to academic medicine and society as a whole are briefly highlighted, as are their challenges in this male-dominated specialty. The region is home to many deeply conservative societies; in fact, some nations in the region have not yet trained their first woman neurosurgeon. The fortitude of these individuals to achieve at the highest levels of neurosurgery indicates great potential for future growth of women in the profession, but also demonstrates the need for initiatives and advocacy to reach the full potential of gender equity.
在神经外科学作为一个专业存在的第一个 100 年结束之际，回顾过去并展望未来是恰当的。随着神经外科学庆祝其第一个百年，女性神经外科医生的角色日益重要，这是一个主要的主题。本文记录了亚洲和澳大拉西亚的早期女性神经外科先驱者。这些开拓者对神经外科学的起源、学术和专业组织的贡献被突出强调。该地区的第一位女神经外科医生是印度的 T.S. 卡纳卡博士，她于 1968 年完成培训，这与欧洲和北美的开拓者相差不远。她开创了在该地区广阔而多样化的国家中发展起来的充满活力的女性神经外科学社区，以及许多正式和非正式的女性神经外科学团体，这些团体在该专业中引入并培养了有才华的女性。本文还简要强调了女性神经外科医生对学术医学和整个社会的贡献，以及她们在这个男性主导的专业领域所面临的挑战。该地区有许多非常保守的社会；事实上，该地区的一些国家尚未培训出第一位女性神经外科医生。这些女性在神经外科领域达到最高水平的坚韧不拔，表明该领域未来女性的发展潜力巨大，但也表明需要采取举措和倡导，以充分实现性别平等的潜力。
