Sustainable Excellence: A New Model for Success for Women in Medicine, Leadership, and High-Pressure Careers

A new definition of success for women in medicine and high-pressure careers.

Women in medicine are taught to push harder, work longer, and sacrifice more in the name of excellence. Sustainable Excellence challenges that narrative.

After a traumatic brain injury forced her to stop, reflect, and rebuild, Dr. Sharona Ross discovered a truth many women ignore until it is too late: success that costs your health is not success at all.

This book provides a practical, compassionate framework for redefining achievement while maintaining the highest professional standards.

Readers will learn how to:

• Build a sustainable mindset for long-term success
• Protect physical and mental well-being in demanding careers
• Lead with clarity, confidence, and purpose
• Deliver excellence without burnout or self-neglect
• Redefine success on their own terms

Written for women doctors—especially surgeons—and applicable to women across male-dominated professions, Sustainable Excellence offers a powerful roadmap for thriving without sacrifice.