The Surgeon's Cut features Dr Nancy Ascher, first woman to perform a liver transplant

Medical dramas and reality shows have caught fancy of audiences on OTT platforms. One such show that is making a lot of ise on social media for right reason is Surgeon's Cut. show chronicles story of four rewned doctors and ir most difficult surgeries. One such groundbreaking doctor who is going to feature on show is Dr Nancy Ascher. She is first woman to perform a liver transplant. Read to kw more about her. 

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Here are all details about Dr Nancy Ascher

Who is Nancy Ascher?

According to a report by Reality Tit-Bit, Dr Nancy Ascher is an organ transplant surgeon and also a professor of transplantation. She is first woman to perform liver transplant and she is all set to star in Netflix’s medical show Surgeon’s Cut. She features in third episode of show and takes viewers on her medical journey. 

She is also recipient of Holly Smith Award for Exceptional Service for 2020. She currently works at Department of Surgery at University of California, San Francisco. She has two children, Becky Roberts Ascher and Ascher Roberts. 

She completed her under graduation in medicine at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She completed her residency in general surgery and a fellowship in clinical transplantation from University of Minnesota. Dr Nancy Ascher n joined Department of Surgery at University of Minnesota in 1982. re, she was named as Clinical Director of its Liver Transplant Program. 

She n joined Department of Surgery at UCSF and built a liver transplantation programme. Her w-husband John Roberts was also with on project. In 1991, she appointed as Chief of Transplantation which meant she would perform liver, kidney and pancreas transplants.

In Surgeon’s Cut, Ascher has revealed that horror films, feminism and an intellectually rigorous family inspired her to take up a career in medicine. She has elaborated that she had to do things which required her to overcome her fears which is where horror films came in handy. She also has revealed that both her pregnancies happened while she was performing surgery. Nancy also opened up on death of her sister on whom she had performed a kidney transplant. 

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