720 Women's Medical History Month

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh talk about famous female physicians and scientists. Along the way, they cover ancient Egyptian surgery, Metrodora, hidden textsbooks, STEM awards, Dr Helen Taussig, tetralogy of Fallot, pediatric puns, patent ductus arteriosus, thalidomide, Dr Gertrude Elion, rational drug design and more! So sit back and relax as we teach you about some medical women who changed the world!

Sources1) ttps://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_316.html2) https://www.jusurgery.com/universalsurgery/aspasia-and-cleopatra-metrodora-twomajestic-female-physician--surgeons-in-theearly-byzantine-era.php?aid=110833) https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1988/elion/biographical/

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