@intentionalsurgeon.bsky.social
Do I need permission to change?”
In this powerful clip, Dr. Brian Williams opens up about transformation after tragedy, how change reshapes relationships & what it means to evolve in a world that stays the same.
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#podcast #surgeons #change
In this powerful clip, Dr. Brian Williams opens up about transformation after tragedy, how change reshapes relationships & what it means to evolve in a world that stays the same.
🔗 intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
#podcast #surgeons #change
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Do I need permission to change?”
In this powerful clip, Dr. Brian Williams opens up about transformation after tragedy, how change reshapes relationships & what it means to evolve in a world that stays the same.
🔗 intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
#podcast #surgeons #change
In this powerful clip, Dr. Brian Williams opens up about transformation after tragedy, how change reshapes relationships & what it means to evolve in a world that stays the same.
🔗 intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
#podcast #surgeons #change
When #leadership said “no,” @lponsky.bsky.social didn’t stop there.
He ran his own study, proved the impact & showed that hiring #scribes wasn’t just about saving time—it was about reconnecting with #patients & improving care & making money.
🔗 intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
He ran his own study, proved the impact & showed that hiring #scribes wasn’t just about saving time—it was about reconnecting with #patients & improving care & making money.
🔗 intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
October 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
When #leadership said “no,” @lponsky.bsky.social didn’t stop there.
He ran his own study, proved the impact & showed that hiring #scribes wasn’t just about saving time—it was about reconnecting with #patients & improving care & making money.
🔗 intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
He ran his own study, proved the impact & showed that hiring #scribes wasn’t just about saving time—it was about reconnecting with #patients & improving care & making money.
🔗 intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
#Litigation doesn’t end when the case ends—it lingers like a #chronicillness.
"It’s like a chronic disease with acute flare-ups of terrible #stress. That uncertainty is what makes it so dangerous.” –
Gita Pensa, MD, founder of Doctors and Litigation
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"It’s like a chronic disease with acute flare-ups of terrible #stress. That uncertainty is what makes it so dangerous.” –
Gita Pensa, MD, founder of Doctors and Litigation
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S02EP21: Medical Malpractice, Grief, & Growth with Dr. Gita Pensa
Podcast Episode · The Intentional Surgeon with Sharon L. Stein, MD · 13/10/2025 · 33m
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October 15, 2025 at 8:28 AM
#Litigation doesn’t end when the case ends—it lingers like a #chronicillness.
"It’s like a chronic disease with acute flare-ups of terrible #stress. That uncertainty is what makes it so dangerous.” –
Gita Pensa, MD, founder of Doctors and Litigation
🔗 apple.co/4q8CvoE
"It’s like a chronic disease with acute flare-ups of terrible #stress. That uncertainty is what makes it so dangerous.” –
Gita Pensa, MD, founder of Doctors and Litigation
🔗 apple.co/4q8CvoE
📖 Every patient has a story.
Dr. Julie Freischlag shares how her approach to #surgery has evolved with time.
“I wanted to be known not as the only woman, but as a really good surgeon. A really good person. A really good leader.”
🔗 www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
Dr. Julie Freischlag shares how her approach to #surgery has evolved with time.
“I wanted to be known not as the only woman, but as a really good surgeon. A really good person. A really good leader.”
🔗 www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
October 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
📖 Every patient has a story.
Dr. Julie Freischlag shares how her approach to #surgery has evolved with time.
“I wanted to be known not as the only woman, but as a really good surgeon. A really good person. A really good leader.”
🔗 www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
Dr. Julie Freischlag shares how her approach to #surgery has evolved with time.
“I wanted to be known not as the only woman, but as a really good surgeon. A really good person. A really good leader.”
🔗 www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
What happens if your boss puts a surprise meeting on your calendar? No agenda, no warning. This week, Dr. Pringl Miller & Dr. Andrea Merrill from Physician Just Equity (PJE) talk about how to handle an Ambush Meeting.
🎙️www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
➡️physicianjustequity.org
🎙️www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
➡️physicianjustequity.org
September 15, 2025 at 12:43 PM
What happens if your boss puts a surprise meeting on your calendar? No agenda, no warning. This week, Dr. Pringl Miller & Dr. Andrea Merrill from Physician Just Equity (PJE) talk about how to handle an Ambush Meeting.
🎙️www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
➡️physicianjustequity.org
🎙️www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
➡️physicianjustequity.org
The Surgeon’s Launch Pad is designed to help #graduatingsurgeons:
✅Identify the conditions for success
✅Access #mentorship & support networks
✅Build a practice that keeps growing
✅Launch a #career
Your first job shouldn’t just be a paycheck
📌http://intentionalsurgeon.com/launchpad
✅Identify the conditions for success
✅Access #mentorship & support networks
✅Build a practice that keeps growing
✅Launch a #career
Your first job shouldn’t just be a paycheck
📌http://intentionalsurgeon.com/launchpad
September 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The Surgeon’s Launch Pad is designed to help #graduatingsurgeons:
✅Identify the conditions for success
✅Access #mentorship & support networks
✅Build a practice that keeps growing
✅Launch a #career
Your first job shouldn’t just be a paycheck
📌http://intentionalsurgeon.com/launchpad
✅Identify the conditions for success
✅Access #mentorship & support networks
✅Build a practice that keeps growing
✅Launch a #career
Your first job shouldn’t just be a paycheck
📌http://intentionalsurgeon.com/launchpad
#surgicaltrainees, your first job shouldn’t just be a job—it should launch your #career. The Surgeon’s Launch Pad is here to guide you from #residency & #fellowship to your dream role.
Register today!
➡️ intentionalsurgeon.com/launchpad
#surgeons #surgicalcareer #residencytopractice
Register today!
➡️ intentionalsurgeon.com/launchpad
#surgeons #surgicalcareer #residencytopractice
September 13, 2025 at 10:27 AM
#surgicaltrainees, your first job shouldn’t just be a job—it should launch your #career. The Surgeon’s Launch Pad is here to guide you from #residency & #fellowship to your dream role.
Register today!
➡️ intentionalsurgeon.com/launchpad
#surgeons #surgicalcareer #residencytopractice
Register today!
➡️ intentionalsurgeon.com/launchpad
#surgeons #surgicalcareer #residencytopractice
“When should I expect to be looking for a job?” Before the Christmas holidays—up to half of #surgeons are starting #interviews but very few are actually securing jobs. The bulk of interviews & job offers happen the following year.
Want to feel prepared? 📌http://intentionalsurgeon.com/launchpad
Want to feel prepared? 📌http://intentionalsurgeon.com/launchpad
September 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM
“When should I expect to be looking for a job?” Before the Christmas holidays—up to half of #surgeons are starting #interviews but very few are actually securing jobs. The bulk of interviews & job offers happen the following year.
Want to feel prepared? 📌http://intentionalsurgeon.com/launchpad
Want to feel prepared? 📌http://intentionalsurgeon.com/launchpad
Dr. Madeline Torres describes what many #surgeons feel in the #jobsearch: anxiety, networking, uncertainty of where you’ll land & fear that the job you dreamed of might slip away. That’s why I created The Surgeon’s Launch Pad so you get tools & strategies: www.intentionalsurgeon.com/launchpad
September 2, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Dr. Madeline Torres describes what many #surgeons feel in the #jobsearch: anxiety, networking, uncertainty of where you’ll land & fear that the job you dreamed of might slip away. That’s why I created The Surgeon’s Launch Pad so you get tools & strategies: www.intentionalsurgeon.com/launchpad
#Ergonomics in the #OR: The “11th Commandment” That Doesn’t Exist. In #surgery, there’s an unspoken “rule”—thou shalt not ask your #attending to adjust the table height.
But here’s the truth Dr. Geeta Lal MD shared on The Intentional Surgeon #podcast:
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But here’s the truth Dr. Geeta Lal MD shared on The Intentional Surgeon #podcast:
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August 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
#Ergonomics in the #OR: The “11th Commandment” That Doesn’t Exist. In #surgery, there’s an unspoken “rule”—thou shalt not ask your #attending to adjust the table height.
But here’s the truth Dr. Geeta Lal MD shared on The Intentional Surgeon #podcast:
🔗 apple.co/41bBKAr
But here’s the truth Dr. Geeta Lal MD shared on The Intentional Surgeon #podcast:
🔗 apple.co/41bBKAr
“You can live 40 days without food, 7 without water but not one moment without #hope.”— Dr. Edward Barksdale
In #surgery & in life, hope isn’t just a feeling—it’s a fuel.
➡️Share what hope you are working towards.
🎧Listen here: www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-th...
#InternationalDayOfHope
In #surgery & in life, hope isn’t just a feeling—it’s a fuel.
➡️Share what hope you are working towards.
🎧Listen here: www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-th...
#InternationalDayOfHope
July 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“You can live 40 days without food, 7 without water but not one moment without #hope.”— Dr. Edward Barksdale
In #surgery & in life, hope isn’t just a feeling—it’s a fuel.
➡️Share what hope you are working towards.
🎧Listen here: www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-th...
#InternationalDayOfHope
In #surgery & in life, hope isn’t just a feeling—it’s a fuel.
➡️Share what hope you are working towards.
🎧Listen here: www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-th...
#InternationalDayOfHope
🌍How do we move from #medicaltourism to real, sustainable partnerships in global surgery?
#globalsurgery expert Dr. Sherry Wren shares how building capacity starts—not with what you want to offer—but with listening to what your partners actually need.
🔗 www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-th...
#globalsurgery expert Dr. Sherry Wren shares how building capacity starts—not with what you want to offer—but with listening to what your partners actually need.
🔗 www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-th...
July 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🌍How do we move from #medicaltourism to real, sustainable partnerships in global surgery?
#globalsurgery expert Dr. Sherry Wren shares how building capacity starts—not with what you want to offer—but with listening to what your partners actually need.
🔗 www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-th...
#globalsurgery expert Dr. Sherry Wren shares how building capacity starts—not with what you want to offer—but with listening to what your partners actually need.
🔗 www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-th...
“I am a fully integrated human.”
What if instead of talking about work-life balance, we started talking about work-life integration?
Listen now w/ Dr. Melissa Red Hoffman— #traumasurgeon, #PalliativeCare #physician & truth-teller.
🎧https://intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
#podcast
What if instead of talking about work-life balance, we started talking about work-life integration?
Listen now w/ Dr. Melissa Red Hoffman— #traumasurgeon, #PalliativeCare #physician & truth-teller.
🎧https://intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
#podcast
June 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
“I am a fully integrated human.”
What if instead of talking about work-life balance, we started talking about work-life integration?
Listen now w/ Dr. Melissa Red Hoffman— #traumasurgeon, #PalliativeCare #physician & truth-teller.
🎧https://intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
#podcast
What if instead of talking about work-life balance, we started talking about work-life integration?
Listen now w/ Dr. Melissa Red Hoffman— #traumasurgeon, #PalliativeCare #physician & truth-teller.
🎧https://intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
#podcast
“I couldn’t keep doing what I was doing & I see that moment in others now.”—Dr. Amy Vertrees
Dr. Amy Vertrees & I talk about that quiet, pivotal moment when #surgeons realize:
➡️The system isn’t what we expected & something has to change: intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-th...
#MedicalPodcast
Dr. Amy Vertrees & I talk about that quiet, pivotal moment when #surgeons realize:
➡️The system isn’t what we expected & something has to change: intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-th...
#MedicalPodcast
June 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
“I couldn’t keep doing what I was doing & I see that moment in others now.”—Dr. Amy Vertrees
Dr. Amy Vertrees & I talk about that quiet, pivotal moment when #surgeons realize:
➡️The system isn’t what we expected & something has to change: intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-th...
#MedicalPodcast
Dr. Amy Vertrees & I talk about that quiet, pivotal moment when #surgeons realize:
➡️The system isn’t what we expected & something has to change: intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-th...
#MedicalPodcast
Train like the men who trained you.
Lead like they taught you.
But when you're a woman #surgeon, suddenly being direct becomes being “difficult.”
Being clear becomes being “bossy.”
Being in charge becomes “too much.”
🎧Full episode w/ Dr. Sarah Temkin: www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-th...
Lead like they taught you.
But when you're a woman #surgeon, suddenly being direct becomes being “difficult.”
Being clear becomes being “bossy.”
Being in charge becomes “too much.”
🎧Full episode w/ Dr. Sarah Temkin: www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-th...
May 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Train like the men who trained you.
Lead like they taught you.
But when you're a woman #surgeon, suddenly being direct becomes being “difficult.”
Being clear becomes being “bossy.”
Being in charge becomes “too much.”
🎧Full episode w/ Dr. Sarah Temkin: www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-th...
Lead like they taught you.
But when you're a woman #surgeon, suddenly being direct becomes being “difficult.”
Being clear becomes being “bossy.”
Being in charge becomes “too much.”
🎧Full episode w/ Dr. Sarah Temkin: www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-th...
In #surgery—and in life—perfection is a myth. This episode of The #IntentionalSurgeon, Dr. Mark Soliman, dives into the culture of honest reflection, not performance. Complications happen. Vulnerability isn't weakness—it's wisdom.
🔗 www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-th...
#surgicaleducation
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#surgicaleducation
May 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
In #surgery—and in life—perfection is a myth. This episode of The #IntentionalSurgeon, Dr. Mark Soliman, dives into the culture of honest reflection, not performance. Complications happen. Vulnerability isn't weakness—it's wisdom.
🔗 www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-th...
#surgicaleducation
🔗 www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-th...
#surgicaleducation
This week, Dr. Sunil Geevarghese & I explore the emotional weight surgical teams carry after complications & question the rush to present cases before true healing happens. Does delaying M&M give space for reflection or just prolong the pain?
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🔗 Listen here: apple.co/44Lus8Z
Podcast | Intentional Surgeon
Listen to The Intentional Surgeon podcast with Sharon L. Stein, MD. The podcast about the people and the institutions changing the culture of surgery.
www.intentionalsurgeon.com
April 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This week, Dr. Sunil Geevarghese & I explore the emotional weight surgical teams carry after complications & question the rush to present cases before true healing happens. Does delaying M&M give space for reflection or just prolong the pain?
🔗 Listen here: apple.co/44Lus8Z
🔗 Listen here: apple.co/44Lus8Z
On this episode, Dr. Neil Hyman shared his view of how the structure of #healthcare systems can sometimes become distorted, with priorities shifting away from #patientcare & towards revenue generation.
Listen here:
🔗https://www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
#surgery #podcast
Listen here:
🔗https://www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
#surgery #podcast
April 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
On this episode, Dr. Neil Hyman shared his view of how the structure of #healthcare systems can sometimes become distorted, with priorities shifting away from #patientcare & towards revenue generation.
Listen here:
🔗https://www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
#surgery #podcast
Listen here:
🔗https://www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
#surgery #podcast
In this episode of The #IntentionalSurgeon #Podcast, Dr. Neil Hyman, retired colorectal surgeon & author of "The Breaking of Surgeons," offered reflections on the challenges faced by young #surgeons navigating modern medical practice.
🔗https://www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
🔗https://www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
April 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
In this episode of The #IntentionalSurgeon #Podcast, Dr. Neil Hyman, retired colorectal surgeon & author of "The Breaking of Surgeons," offered reflections on the challenges faced by young #surgeons navigating modern medical practice.
🔗https://www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
🔗https://www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
We all know how much time is spent on pathology, pathophysiology & technical skills in #surgery. But I argue that there's a 3rd, essential piece to becoming a well-rounded #surgeon: #ProfessionalDevelopment.
🔗https://www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
#medicaltraining #podcast
🔗https://www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
#medicaltraining #podcast
March 31, 2025 at 11:38 AM
We all know how much time is spent on pathology, pathophysiology & technical skills in #surgery. But I argue that there's a 3rd, essential piece to becoming a well-rounded #surgeon: #ProfessionalDevelopment.
🔗https://www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
#medicaltraining #podcast
🔗https://www.intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-the-podcast
#medicaltraining #podcast
Navigating Moral Dilemmas in #medicine
As a #surgeon, have you ever felt unable to provide the care you believe is best? This episode unpacks these ethical challenges and explores ways to navigate them.
Listen here: intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-th...
As a #surgeon, have you ever felt unable to provide the care you believe is best? This episode unpacks these ethical challenges and explores ways to navigate them.
Listen here: intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-th...
March 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Navigating Moral Dilemmas in #medicine
As a #surgeon, have you ever felt unable to provide the care you believe is best? This episode unpacks these ethical challenges and explores ways to navigate them.
Listen here: intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-th...
As a #surgeon, have you ever felt unable to provide the care you believe is best? This episode unpacks these ethical challenges and explores ways to navigate them.
Listen here: intentionalsurgeon.com/listen-to-th...
