Working through gender biases in surgery | Ruby Wang | TEDxTHU

Ruby Wang is a doctor from the UK. She was born in Hangzhou, but moved to England at the age of seven, completing medical school at the University of Cambridge and University College London. She has practiced as a doctor in the UK for the past two years, working towards a career in surgery, and has represented her clinical peers in the elected committee of the British Medical Association. She is currently a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University, with the aim of expanding her horizons beyond clinical medicine and delving into health policy and health technology here in Beijing. 

She is excited to speak about her experiences as a female Chinese doctor in the West, how she opened doors in the male-dominated careers such as surgery, where gender biases and assumptions continue to act as barriers for women at workplace. From sharing her own experiences, Ruby hopes she could encourage more people to break stereotypes and inspire more people to chase their dreams with courage. 

王丛绛是来自英国的医生。 她出生于杭州，7岁时移居英格兰，在剑桥大学和伦敦大学学院完成医学院学业。 过去两年，她在英国从事医生工作，致力于外科职业，并代表她的临床同行参加英国医学协会的民选委员会。 她目前是清华大学的苏世民学者，旨在将自己的视野扩展到临床医学之外，并在北京深入研究卫生政策和卫生技术。 她很高兴谈到她作为西方女性中国医生的经历，以及出现在男性主导的职业生涯中的重要性，例如手术，性别偏见和假设继续成为女性在工作场所的障碍。
Ruby is a doctor from the UK. She was born in Hangzhou moved to England at the age of seven, completing medical school at the University of Cambridge and University College London. She has practiced as a doctor in the UK for the past two years, working towards a career in surgery, and has represented her clinical peers in the elected committee of the British Medical Association. She is currently a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University, with the aim of expanding her horizons beyond clinical medicine and delve into health policy and health technology here in Beijing.

She is excited to speak about her experiences as a female Chinese doctor in the West, how she opened doors in the male-dominated careers such as surgery, where gender biases and assumptions continue to act as barriers for women in the workplace.

From sharing her own experiences, Ruby hopes she could encourage
more people to break stereotypes and inspire more people to chase their dreams with courage. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx