11. Top Neurosurgeon: "We all got Work-Life Balance WRONG!" Prof. Kate Drummond

Send us Fan MailEver wondered what it takes to be a TOP NEUROSURGEON? Start here. Professor Kate Drummond, AM, MD, MBBS, FRACS, is Director of Neurosurgery at The Royal Melbourne Hospital and Head of Central Nervous System Tumours for the VCCC Parkville Precinct. Her chief research and clinical interests are in the biology and clinical management of brain tumours. She has published more than 150 peer-reviewed articles, many book chapters and is frequently invited to speak nationally and internationally. She has received more than $23 million in grant funding from government and philanthropic sources. She is the former chair of the Neuro-oncology Committee of the Victorian Cooperative Oncology Group for the Cancer Council Victoria and serves on the committees of a number of national cancer and brain tumour groups, including the Neuro-Oncology Committee of the Clinical Oncological Society of Australasia and the Cooperative Trials Group for Neuro-Oncology. She supports community groups and charities advocating for patients with brain tumours and their families.She is Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of Clinical Neuroscience and on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Neurosurgery. She is past Chief Examiner in Neurosurgery for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS), serves on the RACS Surgical Education and Training Board and has received the RACS Medal for Services to RACS. She is Chair of Pangea Global Health Education, a for-impact organisation specialising in health education in low resource settings and teaches in Africa yearly. She is Chair of the Education Committee for the Asian Australasian Society of Neurological Surgeons (AASNS) and serves on the Education Committee of the World Federation of Neurological Societies (WFNS), as well as WFNS 2nd Vice President for AASNS. She is President of Academia Eurasiana Neurochirurgica.In 2019 she was awarded Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to medicine, particularly in the field of neuro-oncology and community health.In this episode, prof. Kate talks about her journey in becoming a surgeon, how we can improve female representation in surgical professionals, work-life balance and much more. Follow Professor Kate:https://parkvilleneurosurgery.com/team-member/associate-professor-kate-drummond/Support the showFollow Louie:Instagram - http://instagram.com/louie.qu/LinkedIn - http://linkedin.com/in/louiequ/Prefer watching? You can watch the podcast on Youtube - http://youtube.com/@secrethustlejournal