Hello, I'm Dashiani Navanayagam, and welcome to the conversation.
The program that brings together two extraordinary women from around the world and allows them to share their personal stories and experiences with each other and us.
Today we're delving into a particularly impressive and at times grueling medical field.
It's considered to be one of the hardest specialties.
It takes over a decade to train for it.
And despite the number of female medical students rising in the majority of countries globally, the number of men operating in this field remains far higher than that of women.
Doctor Lola Chambliss is an american neurosurgeon based in Nashville.
She serves as the residency program director in neurological surgery and as a professor at the Vanderbilt School of Medicine.
And Doctor Giselle Coelho is an award winning pediatric neurosurgeon from Brazil who works at the Santa Casa de Sao Paulo Hospital.
She is the scientific director of the Educsim Institute, which is dedicated to enhancing the variety and accessibility of training for medical residents and specialists.
Lola and Giselle, welcome to the conversation.
Hello.
Hello.
Thank you.
Lola, if you had to sum up in three words, what do you think makes a good neurosurgeon?
I think brave, resilient, and hardworking.
Hardworking.
Okay.
Giselle, what about you?
Yeah, I think the first of all is passion, and the second thing is be well trained.