Department of Surgery, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, New York.
Department of Surgery, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, New York.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Sep;112(3):1023-1028. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.03.096. Epub 2021 Apr 24.
Cardiothoracic surgery is a clinical and scientific discipline that has evolved enormously over the last decades. Cardiac problems that were historically death sentences can now be addressed with approaches that only continue to improve. In the late 1950s, while cardiothoracic surgery was still a nascent field, Nina Starr Braunwald emerged as a pioneer for this exponential improvement. As the first woman cardiac surgeon in an era in which general surgery and surgical specialties were dominated by men, Dr Braunwald not only made revolutionary contributions to cardiothoracic surgery, but also did so while balancing roles as a dedicated mother and supportive partner.
心胸外科学是一门临床和科学学科，在过去几十年中得到了巨大的发展。历史上被视为死刑的心脏问题，现在可以通过不断改进的方法来解决。20 世纪 50 年代末，心胸外科学仍处于起步阶段，Nina Starr Braunwald 作为这一指数级改进的先驱崭露头角。作为一个时代的第一位女性心胸外科医生，当时普通外科和外科专业主要由男性主导，Braunwald 博士不仅对心胸外科学做出了革命性的贡献，而且在平衡作为一个敬业的母亲和支持伴侣的角色的同时也做到了这一点。
