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Breaking the glass ceiling: an interview with Dr. S hirley G raves, a pioneering woman in medicine
Author(s) -
Ahmed Zulfiqar,
Mai Christine L.,
Elder Badrea,
Rodriguez Samuel,
Yaster Myron
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1111/pan.12363
Subject(s) - glass ceiling , medicine , medical school , family medicine , gerontology , medical education , law , political science
Summary S hirley G raves M . D ., D . S c. (honorary) (1936), P rofessor E meritus of A nesthesiology and P ediatrics at the U niversity of F lorida, was one of the most influential women in medicine in the 1960 and 1970s, a time when the medical profession was overwhelmingly male‐dominated. In today's society, it is hard to believe that only 50 years ago, women were scarce in the field of medicine. Yet D r. G raves was a pioneer in the fields of pediatric anesthesia and pediatric critical care medicine. She identifies her development of the pediatric intensive care unit and her leadership in the D ivision of P ediatric A nesthesia at the University of Florida as her defining contributions. Through her journal articles, book chapters, national and international lectures, and leadership in the A merican S ociety of A nesthesiology and the F lorida S ociety of A nesthesiology, she inspired a generation of men and women physicians to conquer the unthinkable and break through the glass ceiling.