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The Surgeon Who Burned Out Inside an Operating Room
In this debut episode of The Burnout Podcast, Lucas and Luna anchor the conversation in a startling number: 44 percent of physicians report experiencing burnout, according to a 2023 Mayo Clinic study. They zoom in on Dr. Sarah Chen, a former cardiothoracic surgeon who walked away from a prestigious practice at 42 after a decade of 80-hour weeks. Lucas breaks down the three structural drivers that pushed her out—the electronic health record mandate, the ‘RVU treadmill’ that rewards volume over care, and the normalization of exhaustion in medical training. Luna pushes back on the ‘resilience’…
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