Behind the knife, the Surgery Podcast, where we take a behind the scenes intimate look at surgery

from leaders in the field. Welcome back to Behind the Knives, Apsa 50th anniversary series. We hope you are enjoying the interviews and talks so far.

Today our guests are a panel of phenomenal surgeons and leaders.

Dr. Catherine Anderson attended

Cambridge University where she earned a Bachelor and Masters of Arts before moving to

the United States. She then attended Harvard Medical School, followed by an

internship in Pediatric Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital because she was denied a surgical internship.

After a year, she joined the Georgetown University Hospital General Surgery Res residency, but left after two years due to gender discrimination.

After working in community hospitals with a higher volume of operative time, she completed a Pediatric Surgery Fellowship at Children's National Medical

Center.

She went on to become Professor and Chair of Surgery at Children's National, Surgeon and Chief

at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles, chair of the

Surgery section of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She's on the editorial

board of the Journal of Pediatric Surgery. She was the first woman to rise in the ranks of the American

College of Surgeons and the American Pediatric Surgical Association. On top of

all of this, she was a surgeon scientist with research interest in esophageal

replacement. We also have Dr.

Diana Farmer, who was one of the first guests on Behind the Knife back in June 2015,

episode 11. She is an internationally renowned fetal and neonatal surgeon, chair of the Department of Surgery at UC Davis, and a very active surgeon scientist.

She earned her bachelor's at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, followed by her MD at the University of Washington.

She then completed her general surgery residency at UC San Francisco,

followed by Pediatric Surgery Fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Michigan.

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