BOA EDI Session & Networking Lunch: Navigating Career Challenges and Rising to the Top

1.15pm – 2.45pm BST, 18 September 2025 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins

Room: Room 12

BOA Session

'Navigating Career Challenges and Rising to the Top': 

A lunchtime set of talks and discussions with females who have reached the top of their fields, and advice on how to navigate challenges in your orthopaedic career.

Speakers:

Jill Greenfield, Senior Partner at Field Fisher, one of the UK's leading law firms and the 2023  Disputes Lawyer of the Year.

Talk - 'legal lessons learnt from high profile sexual harassment cases'. Jill will share her experience of working on sexual harassment cases, including Harvey Weinstein and Mohammed Al-Fayed. 

Fiona Godlee, the first female editor of the British Medical Journal, a leading medical journal and ex- president of the World Association of Medical Editors and Chair of the Committee on Publication Ethics amongst many other achievements.

Discussion about 'How to Publish but not Perish'

Sharleen Hapuarachi is a Consultant Gynaecologist and IVF specialist and a a leading expert in the field of reproductive medicine. Talk on 'Navigating fertility challenges as a surgeon'

Roundtable Discussion on 'Navigating challenges as you get to the top of your field, and how to stay there'.