In 1961, Julie Freischlag’s grandfather gave her some life advice. He told her she could accomplish anything, and she should not listen to anyone who tells her otherwise.
She was just 6 years old at the time, but these words stayed with her.
And throughout her career, Julie Freischlag, MD, has embodied these words, achieving an impressive array of firsts for women surgeons: the first faculty at the University of California, San Diego in 1987 and at UCLA in 1989, the first