Chair, Department of Surgery, UC Davis Health Dr. Diana Farmer was driving across the country, from Wellesley College in Massachusetts to Seattle, to interview for the Rhodes Scholarship in 1976 when a car accident sidelined her goal to be among the first women recipients of the prestigious fellowship. While receiving care for injuries from the car accident, she grew interested in medical decision-making, and the experience propelled Farmer to shift from entering a career in marine biology to studying medicine. She eventually became another type of pioneer the world’s first woman fetal surgeon. “Serendipity has always played a role in my career and taking
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