Chang Honglei was the director of hand surgery at Jishuitan Hospital and also the vice-chair of the Chinese Medical Association's Hand Surgery Subsociety, making her the sole female chair within the hand surgery society.
In the field of surgical operations, there are very few women who manage to reach such a high rank.
Of course, this isn't to say that there are no impressive women in surgery; leaving aside obstetrics and gynecology, which are largely dominated by women with very few men present.
Apart from obstetrics and gynecology, there are several other departments where women are also prevalent, such as hand surgery, cardiovascular surgery, and so on.
One might think there are many women in cosmetic surgery given the assumption that women are better with aesthetics, right?
Well, there might be more women in cosmetic surgery hospitals, but in hospital plastic surgery departments, there are almost none.
That's because the tasks they undertake are different.