CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) -- It was not that long ago that there were no Black women serving as pediatric surgeons in the United States. Not one. That statistic could still be, if not for one woman's ...

PROSPER, Texas — Dr. Kanika Bowen-Jallow finished four years of undergraduate school and four years of medical school before she met another Black surgeon. “It wasn’t until I jumped into actually ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Andrea Hayes, MD, FACS, has achieved multiple firsts during her career as a pediatric surgeon. In 2004, Hayes ...

Dr. Kanika Bowen-Jallow, a board-certified pediatric surgeon at Cook Children’s Pediatric Surgery Center in Prosper, TX, is now the ninth Black female pediatric surgeon in the United States, according ...

As the first female African pediatric surgeon to volunteer with Mercy Ships ( ), Dr. Justina Seyi-Olajide is breaking barriers and making history. Not only does she deliver life-changing surgeries, ...

Shriners Hospital for Children in Greenville says its latest addition to the staff is its first female orthopedic pediatric surgeon. “Dr. (Lauren) Leffler is the first woman in our hospital to ...

For years, Dr. Andrea Hayes-Jordan was the only person in the world performing a surgery to save children with a rare cancer. In June, Hayes-Jordan joined UNC Children's Hospital to head pediatric ...

Schools and businesses were still closed Monday from the snowstorm that paralyzed much of Hampton Roads in early January. But Michele Lombardo, a pediatric surgeon, went to work like she always did at ...

PROSPER, Texas — Dr. Kanika Bowen-Jallow finished four years of undergraduate school and four years of medical school before she met another Black surgeon. “It wasn’t until I jumped into actually ...

As the first female African pediatric surgeon to volunteer with Mercy Ships (www.MercyShips.org), Dr. Justina Seyi-Olajide is breaking barriers and making history. Not only does she deliver ...