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Hitchins, Keith

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“…Sofia Ionescu (née Ogrezeanu) was born in Falticeni, Romania, in the tumultuous year of 1920. At this time, Romania was undergoing great transformations, for it had just recently become a unified kingdom in 1918, after numerous territorial disputes with Austro-Hungary, Germany, and Russia [31]. Even though her father wanted her to be a well-educated woman, he had foreseen a future for her as a mother and housewife.…”

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“…While her medical studies were marked by World War II, Ionescu's training in neurosurgery took place during the Soviet occupation of Romania, and the recognition of her work in the Western world would be deeply impacted by it. Romania became largely isolated from Europe due to the Cold War, and many of the scientific advancements taking place remained unknown for decades [31]. After becoming an attending physician in 1954, Ionescu began a prolific academic career, publishing over 120 scientific publications.…”

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Four Athenas – Europe's first female neurosurgeons

Hernández-Durán

Kim

Ivan

et al. 2021

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

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In the early 20th century, a tumultuous era was yielding geopolitical and social change. Europe at large was undergoing redefinition of borders, political structures, and economies, while rebuilding societies after World War I. At the same time, neurosurgery was emerging as a new specialty, and women were allowed to study medicine for the first time in many European countries. These factors created a synergy, setting the stage for Europe's four first female neurosurgeons to emerge. In 1924, Germany's Alice Rosenstein began her neurosurgical career and contributed to the refinement of pneumoencephalography. Due to her Jewish background, she was forced to flee Europe, emigrating to the United States, where she did not continue to practice neurosurgery. In 1929, Russia's Serafima Bryusova began her neurosurgical training. She studied intracranial pressure in trephined patients and wrote the first Russian monograph on cerebral angiography before she was immobilized by severe arthritis. England's Diana Beck began her neurosurgical career in 1939. She contributed to the surgical treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage and researched idiopathic intracranial hypertension, even though many believed she could not be a successful surgeon due to her myasthenia gravis. In 1943, Romania's Sofia Ionescu started a prolific academic neurosurgical career. She developed a minimally-invasive technique to treat intracerebral hematomas and worked tirelessly to bring neurosurgery to all corners of her country. Europe's first women in neurosurgery were marked by war and adversity. Their stories carry within them a spirit of resilience, fortitude, and tenacity that continues to characterize women in neurosurgery today.

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