Drs. Maryam Jaberi, Noeline Rajarajan and Kristen Fernandez, Breast Surgeons at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, were featured in a CBS Baltimore story celebrating National Women Physicians Day on Feb. 3.
The story noted that all three are among Baltimore Magazine’s 2022 top doctors in breast surgery and they “continue to break barriers and impact the Baltimore community.”
“I was only the second woman to graduate from this [breast surgery] program, and it’s the second-oldest program in the country. Now, I think half of our residents are females,” Dr. Fernandez told CBS Baltimore.
“We faced the continuous challenge of showing ourselves better and making sure we were heard and seen,” Dr. Jaberi said.
“And you have to work doubly harder, and you have to really go out there and tell them your story, and why you want to do this and how you can make a difference in women’s lives,” Dr. Rajarajan said.
“In the field of surgery, we need women, so it’s an advantage – patients are seeking women surgeons,” Dr. Jaberi told CBS Baltimore.
