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Surgeon, Interrupted — 60 episodes
I Thought I'd Stay in Academic Medicine. Residency Changed My Mind.
A Plastic Surgeon’s Warning: Why Healthcare Rewards Treatment, Not Health
From InStyle to Intima: Curating the Stories of Healthcare with Donna Bulseco
“Why Are All the Doctors Leaving?” | Residency, Hyper-Productivity & the Inability to Rest
You Can Have It All, Just Not All at Once with Dr. Joan Chan
The Year After Leaving Medicine | What Travel Taught Me About "Wellness"
[TW: Miscarriage] Fertility, Miscarriage & Residency: A Surgeon’s Story
USMLE Step 1 Failure to U.S. Doctor: IMG Journey No One Talks About | Imane Tarib, MD
The Line Between Self-Advocacy and Survival in Medicine
Why So Many Doctors Feel Like Outsiders | Neurodivergence in Medicine
Janitor to Doctor: Shay Taylor’s Journey to Yale Anesthesia
The Match Is a Monopoly (And Everyone Knows It Now)
Freedom, Fear, and the First Year Out: A.YoungDoctors.Journey on Locums Medicine
From ICU Doctor to Filmmaker: Jessica Zitter on Extremis, Storytelling, and the Future of Medicine
Medicine in the Cheese: Advocacy, Social Media, and the Hidden Curriculum of Training
Medicine, McKinsey & Making the Leap: Sarah Rav’s Reinvention Story
From Angry Resident to Published Author: Surgeon On The Edge
The Bear vs. Residency: Are Kitchens and Hospitals the Same?
You Can’t Be Sassy and Wrong: Lessons from The ICU Doctor
You Can Pivot as Many Times as You Need To
What You Resist Will Persist: Grief, Illness, and Reinventing a Medical Career
A Normal Life Feels Soft When You’re a Doctor
The Magician in the Hospital: Alan Chien, MD on Identity, Art, and Survival in Medicine
She Left a Surgical Fellowship and Found Herself Again | Mohini Dasari, MD
From OB-GYN to ‘Former Doctor’: Identity After Forced Exit from Medicine
My First Christmas Not on Call | Life After Leaving Medicine
Inside French Surgical Culture: No Hierarchy, The Right to Disconnect
When Medicine Meets Comedy: Joel Walkowski on Sobriety, Survival, and the Stories We Don’t Tell
The Gen Z Attending Has Entered the Chat: Ego, Labor, and What Comes After the Old Guard
Breaking In: Dr. Brian Nwannunu on Orthopedics, Representation, and Resilience
Leaving Medicine for a Life That Fits: Dr. Sophie Engelhardt on Reinvention, Acting, and Moving Countries
The Stories Doctors Tell Themselves: Rewriting the Surgeon’s Self-Concept
Graphic Medicine Explained: Healing Through Comics with Dr. Ryan Montoya
Modeling, Medicine, and the Match: IMG & Model Abhilasha on Confidence and Culture
Becoming an Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon: Dr. Claudia Dukler on Resilience, Identity, and Kindness in Medicine
How Medicine Trains You To Be Always On And How I Finally Turned It Off
Trusting Your Gut in Medicine (and Life) with Natasha Singareddy
From Surgery to Radiation Oncology | Dr. Christina Huang’s Residency Journey
How We Made It Through Residency & 9 Years Together | Surgery & Marriage
Switching Specialties in Residency | Dr. Liv Perez on Leaving Family Medicine for Dermatology
Medicine Without Limits | Dr. Alyssa Cole on Mosaic Careers, Pageants, and Redefining Success
Authenticity Over Accolades: Dr. Liz Malphrus on Surgery and Self
A Surgeon Presses Pause: Frances Mei Goes On Sabbatical
Creating Space: The 75% Rule & Surge Capacity in Healthcare & Life
This Is Why Women Walk Away from Medicine
Unbecoming a Surgeon: Life Beyond the Hospital
HC After Dark: Highlights from the Hippocratic Collective's Event
The Sociopath’s Guide to Healthcare: Organizational Theory & Playing The Game
Second Acts in Medicine: Reinventing Yourself with Jac At Work
The Path Not Taken: Sonia Lee on Choosing Music Over Medicine
Physicians Discuss H.R. 1 Bill & Its Implications
Life After Surgery: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Big Sis Energy: Mentorship and Support in Residency
Intellectualizing Dating: Understanding the Game as a Female Surgeon
No Wasted Experience: Pursuing Careers Outside of Medicine with Ryan Montoya, MD
Love and Medicine: A Husband's Perspective on Frances Mei's Bold Decision
Ghosts of Residency and Glamping
Two Surgeons Gone Wining
Surgeon Dropout Club | Leaving ENT
Loud Quitting My Job as a Surgeon