VIDEO: Woman Disruptor of the Year joins Healio from Pakistan
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Given in collaboration with Scrubs & Heels, the Woman Disruptor of the Year award goes to a woman in GI who leads by example and inspires the next generation of women to build a successful career in the field.
This Healio Disruptive Innovators Award recipient has a career of positive disruption and recent advancements through which she has made a positive impact in GI. Her leadership and mentorship are a core value of gastroenterology.
The Woman Disruptor of the Year is Lubna Kamani, MBBS, MRCP, FRCP, FCPS.
In Pakistan, there are approximately 150 male gastroenterologists and hepatologists with only 15 women among them. This makes Kamani’s role as professor and director of the GI residency program at the Liaquat National Hospital in Pakistan and president of the Pakistan GI and Liver Disease Society that much more impressive.
Kamani not only leads in title but in action. She conducted the first live endoscopy by a woman in Pakistan, launched the first Helicobacter pylori guidelines in the Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association along with the H. Pylori Pakistan registry, has represented at international meetings both in gastroenterology and hepatology and published powerful written pieces calling for gender parity and inclusivity in all aspects of the specialty.