Associate Professor Rhea Liang is a general and breast surgeon on the Gold Coast. She is a surgical educationalist and Surgical Discipline Lead at Bond University and the immediate past Chair of the Operating With Respect Committee, RACS. She also researches, advocates and consults widely in diversity and equity issues. On multiple occasions (including recently!) she has been told she is unsuited for surgery for a whole range of reasons including being small, being a woman, being too feminine, being not feminine enough, having kids, being an academic, disliking early starts, getting hungry easily, being too  outspoken about bullying in surgery, and being not outspoken enough about bullying in surgery.

In this episode, we discuss her journey into general/breast surgery, with a focus on her work in Operating with Respect (OWR) with RACS, key techniques for combating bullying and racist/sexist microaggressions at work, and persisting in the surgical career as wāhine.

You can find her on Twitter: @LiangRhea

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Audio credit:
Bliss by Luke Bergs https://soundcloud.com/bergscloud
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Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/33DJFs9
Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/e9aXhBQDT9Y