92 | Associate Professor Louise Barbier on feminism, HPB & liver transplant surgery

Associate Professor Louise Barbier is a hepatopancreatobiliary and liver transplant surgeon based in Auckland. She studied medicine in Paris, France and trained in surgery in both Marseille and Paris. She has a PhD in Immunology, and on top of working as a consultant, she is also an assistant professor at The University of Auckland, working on a translational project in ischaemia-reperfusion injury and transplant immunology.  

In this episode, we discuss her journey into medicine and finding HPB and liver transplant surgery. We talk about the misogyny and sexism she experienced in her training, her techniques for tackling these, and the push-pull factors for her migration to Aotearoa. We discuss the lifestyle of HPB/transplant surgery, work-life balance, routines, common conditions, and what to expect on call. 

Chapters

• 0:00 Louise Barbier
• 1:23 Finding medicine
• 4:12 Finding HPB/transplant surgery
• 11:25 Common conditions in HPB/liver transplant surgery
• 13:20 Routine
• 15:11 On-calls
• 19:10 Work-life balance
• 22:26 NZ vs France health systems
• 24:35 Reasons for migrating to NZ
• 31:49 Role models
• 32:29 Misogyny in training
• 36:38 Techniques for tackling misogyny