Big Sis Energy: Mentorship and Support in Residency
It's time for some big sister energy - take a seat and let your medicine big sisters give you a pep talk. This week, Frances Mei sits down with the thoughtful and confident Dr. Iya Agha for a conversa...
24 Jun 202545min
Intellectualizing Dating: Understanding the Game as a Female Surgeon
This week on Surgeon, Interrupted, host Frances Mei sits down with rising chief resident and ENT surgeon Dr. Shreya Sharma to unpack what it’s really like dating as a woman in medicine. From scrubbing...
17 Jun 202531min
No Wasted Experience: Pursuing Careers Outside of Medicine with Ryan Montoya, MD
What if being a doctor was just one chapter of your story, not the whole book? In this episode of Surgeon, Interrupted, I sit down with Ryan Montoya, MD - a physician who defies every box. Currently t...
10 Jun 20251h 16min
Love and Medicine: A Husband's Perspective on Frances Mei's Bold Decision
I sat down with my husband, Colin, to talk about what it’s really been like to leave medicine and how it’s changed both of us. We go back to the beginning: falling in love while I was still in trainin...
3 Jun 202540min
Ghosts of Residency and Glamping
I recorded this episode from the Ozarks, once an escape from residency but now a backdrop for something deeper.In this solo reflection, I talk about what it’s really like to leave practice after years...
27 Mai 202520min
Two Surgeons Gone Wining
Frances Mei and Lauren Umstattd, MD deliver a poignant and introspective episode from the tranquil poolside of Napa Valley, where they reflect on the evolution of their friendship and the trials of th...
20 Mai 202519min
Surgeon Dropout Club | Leaving ENT
Frances Mei and Tony Chin-Quee discuss their exclusive Dropout Club - 2 ENTs who finished residency, worked a single 3-year contract, then left clinical medicine for good. They explore the culture aro...
13 Mai 202552min
Loud Quitting My Job as a Surgeon
In the first episode of Surgeon Interrupted, Dr. Frances Mei Hardin shares her journey of leaving a career in surgery after years of feeling unsafe and unfulfilled in her work environment. She discuss...
5 Mai 202522min
