Under the Knife: Life Lessons from the Operating Theatre
by Dr Liz O'Riordan

Dr Liz O’Riordan is a breast cancer surgeon who has battled against social, physical and mental challenges to practise at the top of her field. Under the Knife charts Liz’s incredible highs: performing like a couture dressmaker as she moulded and reshaped women’s breasts, while saving their lives; to the heartbreaking lows of telling ten women a day that they had cancer.

But this memoir is more than just an eye-opening look at the realities of training to be a female surgeon in a man’s world. In addition to this high powered, high-pressured role, Liz faced her own breast cancer diagnosis, severe depression and suicidal thoughts, in tandem with commonplace sexual harassment and bullying. And by revealing how she coped when her life crashed around her, she demonstrates there is always hope.

With extraordinary candour, Liz O'Riordan reveals her story from being flashed at the supermarket by a patient delighted with her surgery, to how triathlons helped get her through depression and her cancer diagnoses. Liz is a well-known author, podcaster and her educational videos have helped her gather more than 55k followers on Twitter, and 25k followers on Instagram.