Orthopaedic Surgeon Blazes Her Own Trail to the Olympics

Lisa K. Cannada, MD, FAAOS

In advance of the 2021 Olympic and Paralympic games in Tokyo, Lisa K. Cannada, MD, FAAOS, interviewed Gloria Beim, MD, FAAOS, of Crested Butte, Colo., who will be serving as head team physician for Team USA at the Paralympic events.

Showing Strength as a Woman in Orthopaedics

Gloria Beim, MD, FAAOS

After a sports medicine doctor fixed Gloria Beim’s knee, I became inspired to become an orthopaedic surgeon. When she shared her plans with the doctor, however, he responded, “Girls are too weak to become orthopaedic surgeons.”