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ESTS Women in General Thoracic Surgery

Disclosure Statements 2023/2024

The ESTS Women in General Thoracic Surgery Committee is a joint effort from female leaders across different countries and cultures to dedicate, encourage, enable and inspire women to fulfil their surgical career ambitions.

Being a European Organization, we are aware that the experiences in developing a thoracic surgical career may be completely different and difficult to compare. For this reason, we would like to bring together various role models at different stage of their careers to be an example for all the membership. We would also like to formally develop mentorship programmes and networking amongst peers.


What we specifically aim is:

  • Advocate increased diversity in general thoracic surgery across Europe.
  • Work towards an understanding of the issues facing women in general thoracic surgery in the context of different cultural backgrounds.
  • Provide advice, guidance, and pastoral support for those women already in this surgical field and those considering entering it.
  • Create a social-media based networking platform to encourage female colleagues to seek mutual support and exchange opinions with peers and senior colleagues.
  • Collaborate with other similar international organizations in order to enhance educational opportunities for female thoracic surgeons.
  • Introduce sponsored mentorship programmes and scholarships in Institutions where women have led their way.

 

We would like to make ESTS an important networking and mentoring hub for European female colleagues who may be more encouraged by examples and initiatives of this society.

We would like to open this Committee to all of the membership and seek an active participation from ESTS members. If you want to be involved as a Mentor or participate in the initiatives falling within the WGTS remit, please email: sue@ests.org.uk or c.pompili@leeds.ac.uk

Our female colleagues:

Name Location Country Member Type
Mara Antonoff Houston USA Active member
Cangir Ayten Ankara Turkey Active member
Shanda Blackmon Rochester USA Active member
Deborah Brascia Bari Italy Active member
Monica Casiraghi Milano Italy Active member
Stephen Cassivi Rochester USA Active member
Karishma Chandarana Leicester UK Trainee Member
Rita Costa Porto Portugal Trainee member
Jasmin Dei-Anang Wiesbaden Germany Active member
Liesbeth Desender Ghent Belgium Active member
Sara Fra Fernandez Madrid Spain Active member
Romy Glenz Szeged Hungary Trainee member
Sarah Hamdi Les Plessis Robinson France Active member
Anchal Jain Cambridge UK Trainee member
Yanina Jansen Brussels Belgium Active member
Magdalena Kakol Hamburg Germany Active member
Sule Karadayi Adana Turkey Active member
Aki Kobayashi Osaka Japan Active member
Eveline Internullo Bristol UK Active member
Olivia Lauk Zurich Switzerland Active member
Toni Lerut Leuven Belgium Honorary member
Eloisa Ruiz Lopez Malaga Spain Active member
Nora Mayer Zurich Switzerland Trainee member
Elisa Meacci Rome Italy Active member
Vanessa Menezes Toronto Canada Active member
Macarena Muto Montevideo Uruguay Active member
Maria Nizami Athens Greece Trainee member
Gizem Kececi Ozgur Izmir Turkey Active member
Samina Park Seoul Korea Active member
Ilaria Potenza Ferrara Italy Trainee member
Madhuri Rao Minneapolis USA Active member
       
Sara Riccardi Pisa Italy Active member
Maria Rodriguez Madrid Spain Active member
Laura Romero Vielva Barcelona Spain Active member
Romina Rosch Heidelberg Germany Active Member
Lisa Schulte Vienna Austria Trainee member
Marianna Soares Sao Paulo Brazil Active member
Laura Socci Sheffield UK Active member
Srirangaptna Srikrishna Bangalore India Active member
Monika Svorcova Prague Czech Republic Active member
Willem Hans Steup The Hague The Netherlands Active member
Alice Taskova Prague Czech Republic Active member
Maria Teresa Tsukazan Tsukazan Porto Alegre Active member
Katrin Welcker Monchengladbach Germany Active member
Demet Yaldiz Izmir Turkey Active member
Katarzyna Zanowska Krakow Poland Active member
Dominika Zielinska Poznan Poland Active member

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Resources

Please find below a list of resources related to Women in General Thoracic Surgery.

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Join the Global webinar series on Women in Thoracic Surgery

1. 29 February: State of Gender Representation in CT Surgery Around the World
2. 23 March :     Women as Leaders: How to Get There
3. 25 April :        Fighting inequities in CT Surgery

 


Women in General Thoracic Surgery Committee (WGTS) Academy

ESTS/Women in General Thoracic Surgery Committee (WGTS) agreed on the proposal of an ESTS WGTS Academy to offer a great opportunity to further develop and integrate the education of female thoracic surgeons.

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Networking Events

Milan 2023, Villa Necchi

  


Committee Roster

Member

Cecilia Pompili

Office: Member

Term of office: 2020 -

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Mara Antonoff

Office: Member

Term of office: 2023-

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Leah Backhus

Office: Member

Term of office: 2021-

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Gunda Leschber

Office: Member

Term of office: 2020 -

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Nuria Novoa

Office: Member

Term of office: 2020 -

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Isabelle Opitz

Office: Member

Term of office: 2020 -

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Hermien Schreurs

Office: Member

Term of office: 2021 -

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Paula Ugalde Figueroa

Office: Member

Term of office: 2024-

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Giulia Veronesi

Office: Member

Term of office: 2020 -

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