The QEH’s deputy medical director has been featured in a national exhibition celebrating women in surgery.

Consultant vascular surgeon Professor Felicity Meyer is among those featured in the Portraits of Women in Surgery display at the Hunterian Museum in the Royal College of Surgeons in London.

Coinciding with International Women’s Month, the exhibition takes a look at surgical life, highlighting both progress and inequality within the profession.

It shows people from different specialities, career stages and regions who are members of the Women in Surgery Network – a national initiative dedicated to encouraging and supporting them to fulfil their surgical career ambitions.

Professor Meyer’s portrait shows her role as chair of the Women in Surgery forum at the college, a role she was elected to in 2024.

She also acts as a working advisor, advocating for more inclusive and supportive training and working practices across surgery.

The QEH says that despite women now making up more than half of doctors in the UK, only around 17% of them are consultant surgeons, and 36% are doctors in surgical training.

The exhibition called for its featured surgeons to choose how they wish to be portrayed and photographed in environments reflective of their work.

Professor Meyer said: “A career in surgery is very fulfilling – but there are still so many barriers to women who want to make it their profession.

“The exhibition showcases brilliant surgical colleagues who have challenged stereotypes and stigma against women in surgery, and persevered to change lives.

“Women in Surgery continues to highlight the importance of diversity and to challenge the government and the NHS to prioritise flexible, supportive and inclusive training and working practices.”

The exhibition is open each week, Wednesday to Saturday from 10am until 5pm.