Women, unlike in many other industries, dominate the medical world. Powerful, influential women are well-respected. From staff nurses to healthcare entrepreneurs, women are helping to pioneer the future of medicine with innovative technology, exciting developments in care delivery, and world-class research that constantly unearths the ever-growing fascination with the best practices.
Evidence-based practice is at the forefront of all medical interventions - whether for a procedure or new equipment - and it is exciting that women are the influential drive behind the unprecedented advancements of the medical world. Below, we will talk about three influential women that are helping to pioneer the future of the medical world.
Angela Spang
Angela Spang is a successful entrepreneur and public speaker. She speaks about topics like entrepreneurship, marketing, and women leaders. Angela's entrepreneurial success has led her to be the founder of several companies in the JUNE MEDICAL group. Angela's success resulted in her winning the first Women's Entrepreneur Of The Year 2017 for the groundbreaking work several of her companies did that has contributed to the advancement of the medical world.
Her most recent and influential accomplishment came as she received the Queen's Reward for Enterprise upon the successful creation of the Galaxy II, an innovative surgical retractor device. The device advances on previous equipment already available to surgeons - producing a retractor made of medical-grade plastic that's far easier to use than previous devices.
Angela's innovation has helped hospitals globally improve their patient outcomes by making surgery safer than it has ever been before.
Sylvia Romm
Dr. Sylvia Romm is a highly influential and successful woman influencing the medical world through her innovative telehealth technology, giving doctors the chance to treat patients remotely. The noble thing about Dr. Sylvia is she started her career as a physician - she truly understands what it means to be a doctor and the variety of challenges doctors face in a clinical setting.
Before long, she moved to health IT and the telehealth industry, where she co-founded Milk On Tap (MoT). Her MoT venture led to the creation of video consultations for breastfeeding women who needed support.
Dr. Sylvia is an advocate of female health and actively practices telehealth alongside her entrepreneurial ventures - few women can say they can still juggle the two. More recently, she works for CityBlock health as the chief health officer. Without a doubt, the work she has done has helped connect patients with clinicians from a remote setting.
Jane Dacre
Jane Dacre is an all-around brilliant woman who is currently advocating for many things, from bridging the gap between equal pay, mental health support for hospital workers, and improving maternity services in the UK. The gender pay gap, in particular, is a pertinent subject globally, not just in the UK. In medicine, the gender pay gap globally sits between 20-29%.
The UK, Australia, and the US are three of the innovators of medicine, yet their gender pay gap is a topic often last on the list of any discussion. The work that Jane Dacre is doing is extremely influential and pioneering in the UK, aiming to reform the NHS to support equal pay and the development and improvement of primary services, such as maternity.
Yes, although there is a global gender pay gap, that hasn't stopped women from being some of the most influential people in the medical world. From the days of Florence Nightingale to the modern-day Angela Spang, women are at the forefront of modern medical innovation.
