‘I think it’s time to change the orthopaedic surgeon stereotype’
Dr Annette Holian, the first female president of the Australian Orthopaedics Association, wants to shift the specialty's culture to value difference
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Dr Annette Holian has always been a trailblazer in orthopaedics, so it’s fitting that she is now the first female president of the Australian Orthopaedics Association in its 85-year history.
Back in 1986, Dr Holian and one other female doctor became the first female surgeons to start the association’s current training program.