Barriers keep coming down for women entering medical and surgical specialties, but despite representation in numbers and women’s contributions to humanizing leadership and patient care, there are some remaining obstacles that are not so visible. We thank Cooper trauma surgeon and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Associate Professor of Surgery Anna Goldenberg-Sandau, DO, and PGY 6 general surgery resident M. Virginia Butchy, MD, for explaining what some of these invisible barriers might