New Jersey: Heart-transplant surgeon is a woman in a man’s world.
Cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Margarita Camacho smiles as she talks to one of her heart surgery patients during her rounds at Newark Beth Israel Hospital.
Camacho became just the 86th woman, according to the American Board of Thoracic Surgeon’s records. Today, she is one of only 200 women in the United States to become a board-certified thoracic surgeon.