You may have noticed that there is not a single female heart surgeon in the world.
Interviewer: Not a single female heart surgeon in the world?
Ali Gomaa: That's right.
Interviewer: That's the first time I've heard this.
Ali Gomaa: It's amazing. It's peculiar. Why do you think that there are none? Because it requires great physical effort - beyond what a woman is capable of. That's in general. Along comes a woman who challenges this, and she succeeds in becoming a surgeon. But she is one woman among several million male surgeons. [MEMRI] Read more
