Ricks said the photo was shot from the perspective of a patient who was on the operating table - but the hook of the vantage point was that the patient looked up and saw that all of the surgeons performing the operating were women.
“That started a hash tag - #ILookLikeASurgeon,” Ricks said. “Showing that women are breaking through a male dominated profession and becoming surgeons.”
Eileen Donovan, Alisa Blumenthaler, Meg Harper, Caroline Couch and Amanda Harrell are fourth-year medical students at the UC’s College of Medicine who have matched into some surgery residency.
“They will start their training at hospitals local and far away in some cases in July,” Ricks said.
They decided to recreate the New Yorker photo and show solidarity with other women across the country and around the world.
There were 12 women UC Health/UC surgeons and they also posed for a photo to accomplish the same thing and add to the #ILookLikeASurgeon movement.
Dr. Jaime Lewis, assistant professor, UC College of Medicine, and a breast surgeon, said it was good to be able to stand up for something so important and represent the strides women have made in the profession.
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