You Can Have It All, Just Not All at Once with Dr. Joan Chan
This week on Surgeon, Interrupted, Frances Mei sits down with family physician and educator Dr. Joan Chan for a conversation about ambition, burnout, identity, and the myth of “having it all.”Together...
19 Touko 31min
The Year After Leaving Medicine | What Travel Taught Me About "Wellness"
One year after leaving the hospital, Frances Mei reflects on what actually changes when you step away from medicine, and what doesn’t.After a month-long Europe trip spanning Cambridge, London, Copenha...
12 Touko 32min
[TW: Miscarriage] Fertility, Miscarriage & Residency: A Surgeon’s Story
What happens when life doesn’t wait for training to end?In this episode of Surgeon, Interrupted, Frances Mei sits down with ENT surgeon Dr. Kelly Schmidt to talk about a reality rarely discussed in me...
5 Touko 37min
USMLE Step 1 Failure to U.S. Doctor: IMG Journey No One Talks About | Imane Tarib, MD
What if the moment that almost broke you… was the one that made everything possible?In this episode of Surgeon, Interrupted, Frances sits down with cornea specialist Dr. Imane Tarib to unpack a journe...
28 Huhti 47min
The Line Between Self-Advocacy and Survival in Medicine
This week on Surgeon, Interrupted, Frances Mei sits down with Dr. Kate following their trip to the LMSA West conference—where one theme came up again and again:How do you protect yourself in a system ...
21 Huhti 28min
Why So Many Doctors Feel Like Outsiders | Neurodivergence in Medicine
What if the traits that made you successful in medicine are also what made it so hard?In this episode of Surgeon, Interrupted, Dr. Frances Mei sits down with ENT physician Dr. Colleen Plein for a deep...
14 Huhti 41min
Janitor to Doctor: Shay Taylor’s Journey to Yale Anesthesia
In this episode of Surgeon, Interrupted, Frances Mei sits down with Dr. Shay Taylor—newly matched at Yale Anesthesiology, and a story that has gone viral around the world.But this is not just a “feel-...
7 Huhti 36min
The Match Is a Monopoly (And Everyone Knows It Now)
The Match is a monopoly. And now, it’s official.In this episode of Surgeon, Interrupted, Frances Mei is joined by Colin Royal for an emergency breakdown of a newly released congressional report from t...
31 Maalis 30min
