the ficht is named in honor of the laid jacqueline perry one of the first 10 orthopedic surgeons and countless women. i'd like to recognize from the perry initiative dr. lisa (clappin (clapping) actually, if you watch tv you'll see she was honored with a jefferson community service award with her efforts with the perry initiative and we have dr. sawyer (clapping) and outreach program volunteer nadia (clapping) thank you ladies for joining us and for the great work you do in carrying forward dr. perry's noocht. now, it's my great opportunity to introduce san francisco general hospitals san joaquin who is memorialized in song as well (clapping) in her 32 years on the staff at san francisco general san joaquin as annoyed her sensitive to patient with a profoundly connection to the earth she created the comfort garden a buff nature space that officer respite from pain. sfart starting in 1984 he uses the hospital champions for growing meals for homes and aids patients (clapping) this effort has expanded and become a program that provides training and wellness and fresh produce to the hospi

its namesake, jacqueline perry, one of america's first female orthopedic surgeons. in five years, the perry program has expanded from its ucsf roots to 1500 girls in 27 u.s. cities. >> we want women to see that you don't have to be some big jock football player to be an orthopedic surgeon. >> reporter: 16-year-old ronnie gets the message. >> we have engineering classes. we have science classes and math classes. you're never going to find a lab that puts all of these together and helps you gain this type of exposure. >> reporter: lisa says 83% of the girls who go to the program end up majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics in college. for lisa's perry experience five years ago inspired her to go into orthopedic surgery. >> really opened my eyes that you can change lives and make a difference especially with orthopedics. >> reporter: it revitalizes me every time i do a program and i see that click in someone in one of the girls where they go, yeah, this is for me. >> reporter: so for inspiring girls to explore careers in orthopedic surgery and eng

the nonprofit is led by jenny buckley, a colleague in 2009 and the namesake, jacqueline perry, one of first female orthopedic surgeons. in five years, the perry program has expanded from the ucsf roots to 1500 girls in 27 u.s. cities. >> we want them to see that you don't have to be some big jock football player to be an orthopedic surgeon. >> this 16-year-old gets the message. >> we have engineering classes and science classes and math classes and you won't find a lab that puts them together with this type of exposure. >> lisa says 83% of the girls who go to the program end up majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics in college. for lisa hengely's perry experience five years ago, it inspired her to go into orthopedic surgery. >> it opened up my eyes. you can really change lives and make a difference especially with orthopedics. >> it revitalizes me every time i do a program and i see that click in someone, and one of the girls, where they go, yeah, this is for me. >> so for inspiring girls to explore careers in orthopedic surgery and engineering, this week's jeffe

its namesake, jacqueline perry one of the america's first female orthopedic surgeons.program has expanded from its ucsf roots to 1500 girls in 27 u.s. cities. >> we want women to see that you don't have to be some big jock football player to be an orthopedic surgeon. >> reporter: 16-year-old ronnie gets the message. >> we have engineering classes. we have science classes. we have math classes. you're never going to find a lab that puts all of these together and helps you gain this type of exposure. >> reporter: 83% of the girls who go to the program major in science, technology, engineering and math in college. forthis student was inspired to go into or not i surgery. >> you can really change lives and make a difference especially with orthopedics. >> it revitalizes me every time i do a program and i see that click in one of the girls where they go, yeah, this is for me. >> reporter: so for inspiring girls to explore careers in orthopedic surgery and engineering, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to dr. lisa lattanza. >> in california the perry workshops