Books She keeps you healthy and well, but who protects her? Dr Neela Janakiramanan on the true reality of life as a surgeon. By jitendermittal Published 10 July, 2025 Books She keeps you healthy and well, but who protects her? Dr Neela Janakiramanan on the true reality of life as a surgeon. By jitendermittal Published 10 July, 2025 Previous article My sustainable holiday: A new kind of ‘guilt-free’ travel Next article New domestic violence research exposes haunting statistic ‘I was sexually harassed or assaulted in 18 of those 21 [training] terms… we just accepted that as a cost we had to pay.’While Dr Neela Janakiramanan’s debut novel may be fiction, the experiences it recounts are all borne of fact. The surgeon and author joined Future Women Live to discuss how her surgical training – and the burnout, pressure, and abject sexism that came with it – inspired her to write The Registrar, which follows Emma Swann through her surgical training. Dr Neela Janakiramanan is the author of The Registrar, available here. Missed this instalment of Future Women Live? Watch it back here. More from Future Women Culture The impossible choice faced by tens of thousands of Australian women By rosa707225 Culture It’s morally corrupt. And it’s happening to one in six women By jitendermittal Culture How Toto’s* ex-husband used their children to keep her poor By jitendermittal Culture “Never an excuse”: Why Katrina still can’t stand the smell of bourbon By jitendermittal Your inbox just got smarter If you’re not a member, sign up to our newsletter to get the best of Future Women in your inbox.
