Figure 1.

“Susie the Surgeon” by Dr Michiko Maruyama. “In Support of Women in Medicine, this acrylic painting is based on the ’We Can Do It!’ (Rosie the Riveter) poster. After a long call shift, I picked up a paintbrush and started to paint. I was artistically and emotionally moved by a conversation I had with a medical student. She was interested in surgery, but along the way, she was told that she lacked the ‘surgeon’s personality,’ she was ‘too nice’ and simply ‘a woman.’ Sadly, I have heard this before. To all the young girls and women who dream of becoming a surgeon and to my fellow female surgical resident colleagues, ’We Can Do It!’ Thank you to all my mentors who have paved the path in fields less taken.” —Dr Michiko Maruyama