the 6% with Nancy md podcast

The 6% with NancyMD is a podcast dedicated to women thriving in traditionally male-dominated fields. As a female orthopaedic surgeon, I belong to the 6% that are women in this field – and thus the inspiration for the title.

I realized that across disciplines and careers, we have parallel experiences and struggles in following our passions. In The 6%, I talk to women about how they arrived at their careers, and the facets of their lives that brought them there. We talk about imposter syndrome, microagressions, barriers to entry, pay gap, mentoring, obstacles and failures – more importantly, how we get up from those failures. I hope that by sharing these stories, we will inspire the next generation of women surgeons, scientists, firefighters, engineers, CEOs.