Surgeons with Purpose

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Hippocratic Collective

58 episodes

3 days ago

A podcast for surgeons who feel like they are languishing in a career that didn't turn out to be as fulfilling or as prestigious as they expected. Dr. Mel Thacker, an ENT surgeon and coach, takes you on a journey to help you understand why you are feeling dissatisfied, burnt out, and stuck. With this newfound insight, you'll be able to reframe how you see your experience, rediscover who you are underneath your surgeon identity, and create a life that aligns with your authentic self. Find more info about Surgeons with Purpose and other shows on the Hippocratic Collective at hippocratic-collective.com

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Episodes (20/58)

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#47 From Institution to Autonomy with Dr. Sharon Stein

3 days ago

51 minutes 25 seconds

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#46 Don’t Mess with Little Old Ladies with Dr. Colleen Balkam

1 week ago

52 minutes 4 seconds

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#45 Unintentional Harm

2 weeks ago

30 minutes 44 seconds

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Webinar: Your Best Career Insurance Policy-Know, Like, and Trust

3 weeks ago

1 hour 1 minute 3 seconds

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#44 Sex and Surgery with Master Coach Danielle Savory

3 weeks ago

50 minutes 55 seconds

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#43 Finding the Middle Way in Medicine with Dr. Joan Chan

1 month ago

52 minutes 18 seconds

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Webinar: The ABCs to Get Back in the Current

1 month ago

1 hour 6 minutes 6 seconds

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#42 Why Your Human Animal Burns Out

1 month ago

26 minutes 55 seconds

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#41 Failure and Surgery

1 month ago

44 minutes 40 seconds

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#40 Stewarding Change with Dr. Jon Russell

Surgeons, text topics you want me to cover here. How do we incentivize surgeons to evolve their techniques? Why hasn’t scarless thyroid surgery taken off in the U.S.? In this episode, we dive into: The disconnect between those who stay stuck in their beliefs and those who have incentive to innovateWhy we often don’t offer techniques we don’t fully understandRethinking patient counseling for thyroid surgeryThe evolution of surgical standardsThe delicate balance between certainty and an open mi...

1 month ago

53 minutes 2 seconds

Surgeons with Purpose

#39 Giftedness and Neurodivergence with Dr. Colleen Plein

Surgeons, text topics you want me to cover here. Dr. Colleen Plein, an otolaryngologist and coach for gifted adults, joins the podcast to explore the unique challenges of being a gifted or neurodivergent adult—something many of us in medicine and surgery can relate to. Find her on instagram here or email her cpleincoaching@gmail.com. She is resource for all of you gifted docs out there. In this episode, you'll learn: Neurodivergence isn’t something kids "grow out of"Gifted individuals often e...

1 month ago

53 minutes 12 seconds

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#38 Psychological Challenges and Surgery Culture with Dr. Andrew Brunswick

Surgeons, text topics you want me to cover here. Dr. Andrew Brunswick, a neurosurgeon at Kaiser Permanente in LA, joins us on the podcast to discuss the psychological challenges and culture in surgery. In this episode, we cover: The culture Andrew experienced while working on Wall StreetThe problem with getting stuck on the hedonic treadmillThe power of the word "enough"Why satisfaction is a decision available to all of us at every momentParallels between athletes and surgeonsThe psychologica...

2 months ago

54 minutes 42 seconds

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#37 The Surgeon Essentialist

Surgeons, text topics you want me to cover here. Essentialism is the disciplined pursuit of less, and the profession of surgery could use a hefty dose. Surgeon Essentialists do less, but better. This means we focus on the results we are trying to create, and then we reverse engineer the actions required to get us there. The primary goal of a surgeon is to help patients sustainably. In order to do that, we must honor two main essentials: 1. Showing up in service to the patient 2. Protecting th...

2 months ago

36 minutes 58 seconds

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#36 Too Much with Dr. Cindy Lee Neighbors

Surgeons, text topics you want me to cover here. Mental health struggles, self-sabotage, rock bottom, psychiatric admissions, having the "wrong" facial expressions and tone of voice, an intra-op assault accusation, grief, discrimination, bad teachers, big emotions, and creativity. In this episode, Dr. Cindy Lee Neighbors shares her experience as a creative, passionate, and vocal presence in a system that couldn’t handle her. Her story highlights the immense emotional toll when training progra...

2 months ago

57 minutes 14 seconds

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#35 Trainee to Attending Self-Concept

Surgeons, text topics you want me to cover here. Going from trainee to attending requires a death and rebirth. One identity dies and another is born. Stepping into the identity of an authority, an expert, an attending IS the first step. If you are studying for oral boards or about to graduate, elevating your self-concept is the best thing you can do. Here are some self-concept qualities to consider for a trainee vs attending: Trainee: - In service to patient first, then program and self - Sur...

2 months ago

32 minutes 17 seconds

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#34 Courage to Pivot with Dr. Rashida Vassell

Surgeons, text topics you want me to cover here. From ambitious and intelligent young woman who fast-tracked through college and medical school to hard-working surgery resident to new mom in her chief year to attending trying to navigate life after training, Dr. Vassell tells us all about how she reinvented herself multiple times to create a career that aligns with her desires and values. Her story is an example of what is possible for all of us. We are NOT stuck. There are paths that allow u...

3 months ago

52 minutes 42 seconds

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#33 Finding Your Attending Identity with Dr. Amina Farooq

Surgeons, text topics you want me to cover here. We don't typically end up living the life we imagined we were going to live when we applied to our specialties. Dr. Amina Farooq shares her experience working as an academic interventional radiologist within a dehumanizing system. For many of us, this dehumanization erodes our sense of purpose. Healthcare is the one profession where institutions have normalized dehumanizing doctors and patients. If we want to humanize this profession, we are go...

3 months ago

1 hour 1 minute 14 seconds

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#32 Blake's Story

Surgeons, text topics you want me to cover here. ****SENSITIVE CONTENT WARNING******* ****This episode discusses suicide, which can be distressing for some. If this subject is triggering for you, please consider skipping this one. If you are going to listen, make sure to listen carefully and take good care of yourself. If you are feeling hopeless or suicidal, please find support, call the suicide and crisis lifeline 988 or click here**** In this episode, Dr. Blake Palmer's widow, Dr. Andrea P...

3 months ago

54 minutes 48 seconds

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#31 Solving for a Broken System with Dr. Wendy Dean and Dr. Matt Ramsey

Surgeons, text topics you want me to cover here. "I think we need to stay relentlessly curious. And we need to understand what we're working in and recognize there is nobody who comes to work everyday and thinks I'm going to make somebody else miserable." - Dr. Wendy Dean When service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan were not responding to PTSD treatments, it became clear that they were not dealing with the anxiety and experiential avoidance caused by PTSD but instead the shame ass...

3 months ago

52 minutes 54 seconds

Surgeons with Purpose

#30 Your Online Presence Doesn’t Have to Suck with Steph Sheldon, M.Arch

Surgeons, text topics you want me to cover here. Nobody in your audience, including your patients, wants your CV shoved down their throat. They don't care. They want to know if and how you can help them. Steph Sheldon is a website designer, former architect, and master at helping people reconnect with their creative side. Creativity is the emotion we generate to solve problems. We tell ourselves we don't need to be creative, or we say "I'm just not creative", and that works fine when we onl...

4 months ago

1 hour 4 minutes 1 second