Female doctors at Maimonides celebrate the first all-female surgical resident class
April 8, 2024 Wayne Daren Schneiderman
Dr. Ronald Kaleya working with a resident on hand sewing a bowel anastomosis.
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BOROUGH PARK — While the surgical profession is still a largely male-dominated field, Maimonides Medical Center has taken a lead in shaking things up a bit. According to Dr. Rebecca Rhee, program director for the general surgery residency and chief of the division of colon and rectal surgery, it demonstrates a seismic shift.
“The Times They Are A-Changin,” Bob Dylan penned back in 1964 — and some 60 years later, the lyric still has relevance. At Maimonides Medical Center, the lyric might have reverberated last July when the hospital welcomed its first-ever all-female class of surgical residents.
Earlier this year, to celebrate National Female Physician Day, Maimonides invited a reporter from the Brooklyn Eagle to take a tour and become a proverbial “fly on the wall” as the female surgical team prepped for a day.