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The Cost of Becoming a Surgeon: Why 1 in 3 Female Surgeons Faces Infertility
One in four female physicians has infertility. One in three female surgeons does. And when you control for age, female surgeons still have worse fertility outcomes than their age-matched peers.
This episode is part of the series on why certain specialties make the fertility journey uniquely painful, and today Dr. Erica discusses why female surgeons tend to have the worst statistics when it comes to fertility outcomes.
This episode is for the female surgeon who has proven she can handle anything and is exhausted by what that costs her body.
In this episode:
The statistic that makes Dr. Erica…
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