(Updated) Dr. Zarina Ali: Pennsylvania Hospital’s first female neurosurgeon

3/30/17: Dr. Zarina Ali is not an Ismaili. Based on high interest and value of such an inspirational story of achievement, Ismailimail is keeping this story published at the blog.

Pennsylvania Hospital’s first female neurosurgeon is paying it forward

Dr. Zarina Ali loves the exhilaration she feels when scrubbing into brain or spine surgery knowing she has a chance to make a big difference in life and death situations for her patients. Even with the long hours of razor-sharp focus needed, she wouldn’t want to be doing anything else.But as a mother of three children – with another one on the way – she is uniquely qualified as the first female neurosurgeon at Pennsylvania Hospital in Center City to help encourage female medical students to pursue the specialty she enjoys so much.

Read at the Source: By Tracey Romero – PhillyVoice Contributor – www.phillyvoice.com

 

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