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04.08.2021 | Editorial Perspective
Successful—But Not Always Easy Going—Professional Career as a Female Vascular Surgeon and Mother of Four Sons
Dr. Simone Hofer, Vascular Surgeon, Switzerland
verfasst von:
Markus Furrer
Erschienen in:
World Journal of Surgery
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Ausgabe 4/2022
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Excerpt
Simone Hofer was born in Zurich as the second child of a non-academic family. Being an excellent student, her mother always encouraged her to pursue a career just as much as she did encourage her older brother. As a child, she loved animals and volunteered in a veterinarian’s office. At school she loved maths and natural sciences, yet, as the veterinary university was overloaded, she decided to go to medical school, following her brother's academic track. Her love of surgery did not present itself until her fifth year of medical school, but as soon as she experienced the operating room, she knew she had found home. …