Four women with surgical masks look at the operating table, the surgical light shines above their heads- this illustration by French artist Malika Favre was the cover photo of New Yorker's April 3 edition.
And no other creation of hers has taken off like this one has.
Women surgeons from across the world are re-creating the pose and posting it on social media in an attempt to shatter stereotypes, and tell everyone that women too are, and can become, surgeons.
Susan Pitt, an endocrine surgeon at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, noticed it at a conference in Orlando.
"I just thought it would be cool to replicate this in real life and at the same time, to show people that there really are women surgeons in real life," Susan told CNN.
Along with three other women at the conference, she recreated the illustration -although sans the surgical mask, cap or even the lights at the operation theatre.
The doctor then tweeted it and what followed was women surgeons from different countries tweeting their recreation of the cover.
@NewYorker @TheAAES @WomenSurgeons @womeninsurgery @LoggheMD @KickAsana #ILookLikeASurgeon #AAES2017 pic.twitter.com/dhdGd2HKqs
— Susan Pitt (@susieQP8) April 4, 2017
Susan told BuzzFeed that she feels a "punch in the gut" when people automatically assume that surgeons must be men.
"I hope to open people's eyes and minds that women can be surgeons and anything else they want to be. That there is no such thing as a 'a man's world'," she said.
"It's meant to be inclusive and not just about women surgeons," she told the site. "I think we're just a symbol of a greater problem. A lot of people who have responded have mentioned that they want to show the pictures to their daughters so they will learn that they can be anything."
This is so wonderfully awesome! @WashUSurgery #ILookLikeASurgeon pic.twitter.com/Fu6Y3YoI9F
— Olivier Branford (@OlivierBranford) April 12, 2017
A miracle to get all 5 women orthopods in our dept in 1 OR! @susieQP8 @NewYorker @BeaumontHealth #ILookLikeASurgeon #NYerORCoverChallenge pic.twitter.com/b9CZLS4Bsj
— Erika Daley (@erika_daley1) April 14, 2017
@UMichSurgery & @umichmedicine Repping lady interns of Gen Surg Vascular & Urology #NYerORCoverChallenge #ILookLikeASurgeon #GoBlue pic.twitter.com/2yMnl0PEGZ
— Samantha Rivard (@rivardsj) April 14, 2017
Our otolaryngology team join the #NYerORCoverChallenge celebrating @womensurgeons everywhere. #ILookLikeASurgeon pic.twitter.com/bokcfxjuSp
— Winship Cancer Inst. (@WinshipAtEmory) April 14, 2017
Surgical Oncology at The Ohio State University! #NYerORCoverChallenge #ILookLikeASurgeon pic.twitter.com/JXWhfifyY1
— Tasha Hughes (@tashahughesmd) April 14, 2017
Challenge Accepted! @cityofhope attendings and fellows rocking #NYerORCoverChallenge #ILookLikeASurgeon @susieQP8 @NewYorker @WomenSurgeons pic.twitter.com/mChT5gpJ9q
— Susanne Warner (@drsuswarner) April 14, 2017
Jasmine & Jasmina. My intern and I joining the #NYerORCoverChallenge #ILookLikeASurgeon from Tasmania, Australia pic.twitter.com/amXWEC1Muj
— Jasmina Kevric (@DocJasmina) April 14, 2017
Challenge accepted, only female thoracic surgeon in Memphis. #ILookLikeASurgeon #NYerORCoverChallenge #womensurgeons pic.twitter.com/XT7ARUBkU3
— Jennifer Sullivan MD (@SullivanMD901) April 14, 2017
Very proud of my team of #womensurgeons @incmnszmx #NYerORCoverChallenge in Mexico City! #ILookLikeASurgeon @ADRITOR pic.twitter.com/rOQR4JjKwI
— Mauricio Sierra M.D. (@DrMSierra) April 7, 2017
@WomenSurgeons #ILookLikeASurgeon @NewYorker
— Ju Oliveira (@jumlo) April 8, 2017
Trabalhando em família! pic.twitter.com/qKnbg0U3fy
. @NewYorker Cover challenge! @KickAsana kicks Where's yours? #ILookLikeASurgeon @susieQP8 @WomenSurgeons all the way from Saudi Arabia pic.twitter.com/TdZNYqJiio
— Haneen Gomawi (@DrGomawi) April 6, 2017
Illustrator Malika Favre told CNN that when she created the image, it was not to make a public statement. It was just to demonstrate issues of body, mind and health.
"I was operated by a woman surgeon as a kid. I think it was more of my subconscious and it wasn't about making a public statement. It took a totally different turn when women surgeons actually stated reacting to it and finding lots of things in this image," she said.