
This Is Why Women Walk Away from Medicine
What happens when you follow every rule, secure the prestigious grant, build the academic career, only to have it all unravel?In this powerful episode of Surgeon, Interrupted, I’m joined by Dr. Arghav...
12 Aug 202541min

Unbecoming a Surgeon: Life Beyond the Hospital
What happens when the career you once worked tirelessly for no longer feels like the life you want?In this deeply honest episode of Surgeon, Interrupted, I sit down with Dr. Maggie Binder, a dear frie...
5 Aug 202541min

HC After Dark: Highlights from the Hippocratic Collective's Event
In this episode of Surgeon, Interrupted, Frances Mei sits down with Dr. Mel Thacker to reflect on an unforgettable event co-hosted by the Hippocratic Collective, PearsonRavitz, and Clove—an evening cr...
29 Jul 202531min

The Sociopath’s Guide to Healthcare: Organizational Theory & Playing The Game
In this episode, we dive into the Gervais Principle—a brutal but clarifying framework that uses The Office to decode real-world organizational dynamics. Whether you're in medicine, media, or any other...
22 Jul 202545min

Second Acts in Medicine: Reinventing Yourself with Jac At Work
What happens when you’ve invested years into a career, only to realize it’s no longer the right fit? In this episode of Surgeon, Interrupted, we sit down with Jaclyn Winkel to talk about second acts: ...
15 Jul 202542min

The Path Not Taken: Sonia Lee on Choosing Music Over Medicine
In this episode, we sit down with Sonia Lee, a world-class concert violinist who once stood at a crossroads familiar to many children of immigrants: medicine or music. With a surgeon father and a fami...
8 Jul 202531min

Physicians Discuss H.R. 1 Bill & Its Implications
We're dropping a special episode this week to talk about something urgent: H.R. 1. This new bill could reshape American healthcare as we know it—and not for the better. Dr. Dominick DeFelice, a family...
3 Jul 202525min

Life After Surgery: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
I left surgery a year ago, and it completely flipped our lives upside down. In this episode, Colin (my husband) and I sit down to talk honestly about everything that came next. The identity crisis, th...
1 Jul 202525min



















