Women Surgeons Special - 2025

Women surgeons are considered a dynamic force for positive change and transformation within the health care system. In all areas of surgery-from general surgery to neurosurgery, orthopaedics, cardiac surgery, or plastic and reconstructive surgery women are combating discrimination to shatter the glass ceiling for all generations of surgeons. Female surgeons constitute a societal change toward diversity, equity, and excellence in patient care. The contributions of women surgeons are mostly by way of leadership and mentorship. Many female surgeons act as role models, advocates, and instructors outside the operating room, encouraging young women not to go down the surgical pathway, but to move towards cultivating an inclusive, equitable, and just surgical practice. They are changing the paradigm through which surgical knowledge is constructed and judged while empowering teams to work collaboratively in a humane and respectful team-based culture of surgical practice.

Learning to balance heavy-duty precision and sharp technical skill with ground-breaking meaningfully innovative and truly patient-centric care, they are also helping to transform the field of surgery. They work in minimally invasive techniques, robotic surgery, and personal treatment plans to ensure surgical care keeps pace with modern medicine. Their medical research deal with touches on healthcare access issues, gender equity in surgery, and well-being for both patients and surgical profess. Despite the hurdles of underrepresentation in certain specialties and leadership roles, women surgeons never ceased leading with valor, passion, and purpose. Their success dignifies surgery and makes positive social changes. With the turnaround of global health care, these roles of women surgeons will continue to act big in remolding how surgery is understood and how good quality care is delivered equitably to every patient.

In this issue, Global Woman Leader magazine brings a spotlight of ‘Women Surgeons Special -2025’ featuring leaders who are domineers of change in the corporate realm of the country. This list of ten leading and inspiring women is crafted by a team of CEOs, VCs, and the editorial board, delivering inspiring stories of their journey and the contributions & roles played by them in the creation and empowerment of an economically powerful nation.