Symposium Schweizer Spitzenmedizin 7. Oktober 2016

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Maximizing the Female Potential
North American Perspective
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Leesa M. Galatz, MD
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Mount Sinai Professor of Orthopedics
Leni and Peter May Department of
Orthopedic Surgery
Icahn School of Medicine
Mount Sinai Health System
New York, NY
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COI Disclosure Information
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Leesa M. Galatz, MD
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Research Support- National Institute of Health
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Editorial Position- JSES- Associate Editor for
Basic Science
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Leesa Galatz, MD
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• Raised in Las Vegas, Nevada
• University of California, Berkeley
• George Washington University School of
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• Intern, Residency
• University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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– Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
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Passion for horses….
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• Ryan Finlay, MD
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• David Finlay, MD
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Leesa Galatz, MD
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Leesa Galatz, MD
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• Mount Sinai Health System
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– 16 years
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• Washington University
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– First woman chair of orthopedic program
– First woman Chair of Orthopedic Department in a
Health System- 7 hospitals
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North American Perspective
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• We don’t have this figured out.
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• Lucy Sanders- Women in Technology
• Sheryl Sandberg- CEO of Facebook
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• <5% of CEO’s are women
• <10% of Orthopedic Surgeons are women
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Official Message
Government and Universities
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• Typical maternity leave-12 weeks
• Residents in hospitals-6 weeks
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• Compare to Canada and Europe- little time
• Bad thing??? I’m not sure…
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Dual Career Marriage
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• Academics and community practice
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• Logistical challenge
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• Child care
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– Schedule of vascular surgeon
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– Logistical nightmare- faculty meetings,
committees
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Call Responsibility
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• Real simple- I didn’t take call
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– His fellowship year
– I advanced out of call eventually
– One of our greatest challenges
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Demands on a Surgeon
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• Time in the morning
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• The 3:30 PM anxiety hour…
• Dinner-someone please decide!!
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My Personal Experience
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• Support
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– Brought me to the edge…
– Sleep deprivation
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• First year in practice
• First year of Ryan’s life
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– Family
– Work – I never asked, no one really asked me
– Mistake?
– AAMC- definitely different than other fields of
medicine
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My Personal Experience
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• Why me?
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– Grit
– Never tried to compete with men other than
academically and surgically
– My family
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• Horses-anything is possible with hard work
• Expectations
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Thoughts
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• Unconscious bias
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• Men are not evil
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• Women are not broken
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– Both men and women
– Children vs Shoulder!!!!!
– CV study-Heidi Roiken
– Advanced placement test- gender
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Thoughts
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• Your partner in life
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You can’t help who you fall in love with, but if
you choose to partner with someone who
expects a traditional relationship,
It will derail
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Thoughts
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– Work
– Play
– Family
– Never perfect
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• How I organize my life
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Women in Science
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MLK
JFK
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Change the way you see yourself!
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This is how women will attain
leadership roles
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Mentoring
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• Women don’t need women mentors
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– Dad in the barn
– Getting my fellowship
– Getting my first grant
– RHG- complications
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• Inspirational moments
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– My opinion
– Not cheerleading, just letting me into the circle
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conclusions
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• Inspire
• Unconscious bias
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– It gets easier
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• Every Monday morning, how can I make this
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• I never make it
• With children-no good time
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Thank you