Episodes 104
Avg. Duration 48m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.9 (23)
Since Jul 2024
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
100%
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feeds.captivate.fm

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About This Podcast

A podcast for surgeons who feel like they are languishing in a career that didn't turn out to be as fulfilling or as prestigious as they expected. Dr. Mel Thacker, an ENT surgeon and coach, takes you on a journey to help you understand why you are feeling dissatisfied, burnt out, and stuck. With this newfound insight, you'll be able to reframe how you see your experience, rediscover who you are underneath your surgeon identity, and create a life that aligns with your authentic self. Find more info about Surgeons with Purpose and other shows on the Hippocratic Collective at hippocratic-collective.com

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Recent Episodes

#101 Finding Opportunities in Sham Peer Review with Dr. Tracey O'Connell

Jun 08, 2026 1h 12m

Join us inside Empowered Surgeons Group here.Sham peer review can be one of the most devastating threats facing surgeons today. But it doesn’t have to.Physician, educator, and coach, Dr. Tracey…

#100 Surgery's Kangaroo Courts with Dr. Christian Bowers

Jun 01, 2026 1h 8m

Join us inside Empowered Surgeons here.Every surgeon enters the profession knowing the clinical risks. Complications happen. Patients are unhappy. Outcomes fall short. That is part of the…

#99 Not Getting Greedy with the Last 5% with Dr. Won Kim

May 25, 2026 58m

Join Empowered Surgeons Group here.Dr. Won Kim is a brain and tumor neurosurgeon at UCLA Health, where he trained, completed a fellowship in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery, and built a…

#98 You're Not Stuck with Dr. Red Hoffman

May 18, 2026 1h 1m

Join Empowered Surgeons Group here.Dr. Red Hoffman has spent her career sitting with people at the hardest moments of their lives. As a physician who combines trauma care and palliative medicine, she…

#97 Break Free from the Golden Handcuffs with Dr. Shieva Ghofrany

May 11, 2026 1h 5m

Join us inside Empowered Surgeons Group here.What happens when being a doctor is no longer enough to sustain you?Dr. Shieva Ghofrany, OB/GYN and founder of A Tribe Called V joins me to explore…

OR Energetics: The Mindset Mastery Intensive for Surgeons

May 06, 2026 17m

You don’t have a skill problem.You have a mindset problem, and it's time you learned the skillset of mindset mastery.In this special episode, I break down my why behind OR Energetics: The Mindset…

#96 F*ck the Stigma: The Truth About Physician Mental Health with Dr. Jake Goodman

May 04, 2026 1h

Join us inside Empowered Surgeons Group here.Dr. Jake Goodman is a psychiatrist who works with healthcare professionals and has built a following of over 2 million people by saying the things most…

#95 Food, Trauma, and the Nervous System with Luis Mojica

Apr 27, 2026 59m

Join us inside Empowered Surgeons Group here.What if your relationship with food had nothing to do with discipline and everything to do with your nervous system?In this conversation with Luis Mojica,…

#94 Solving for the Infertility Crisis in Surgery with Dr. Erica Bove

Apr 20, 2026 48m

Learn more about Love and Science Fertility here.Join Empowerd Surgeons here.Infertility is shaping the lives of female physicians, and we need to talk about it.Dr. Erica Bove, creator of Love and…

#93 Negotiating Our Worth with Dr. Karen Leitner

Apr 13, 2026 44m

Surgeons, join us inside Empowered Surgeons Group today.In this episode, Dr. Karen Leitner and I explore the hidden thought patterns that keep women physicians stuck. And how to break free!We…

#92 The Rules of Surviving Surgery with Dr. Sonya Sloan

Apr 06, 2026 1h 11m

Interested in our retreat to Norway? Get on my calendar for an interview here.What does it really take to survive and succeed in a system that wasn’t built with you in mind?In this episode, I explore…

#91 Mistakes, Complications, and Missed Expectations

Mar 30, 2026 43m

Join Empowered Surgeons Group here.Learn more about what's inside ESG here.In the perfectionist surgeon's mind, either we get a perfect outcome or we fail. But in the realm of humans, perfection is…

#90 Serving the Patient Not the Ego with Dr. Brian Nwannunu

Mar 23, 2026 45m

What does it mean to stay grounded in your identity and your humanity inside a system that often asks you to override both?In this episode, orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Brian Nwannunu, shares his journey…

#89 The Game Doctors Were Never Taught with Dr. Gita Pensa

Mar 16, 2026 1h 3m

What do physicians actually need when they find themselves on the receiving end of a malpractice lawsuit?In this episode, I have a conversation with emergency physician, educator, speaker, coach,…

#88 Two Complaints to the Board of Registration in Medicine: Lessons Learned

Mar 09, 2026 42m

In 2019, two patients complained to the Board of Registration in Medicine about me.At the time, it felt deeply unfair. I felt hate. I felt indignation. I felt like a victim. I even fantasized about…

#87 Women are Leaving with Dr. Cornelia Griggs

Mar 02, 2026 59m

Surgeon-writer, Dr. Cornelia Griggs joins me this week.Check out her article with Dr. Andrea Merrill, The Hidden Reason Women are Leaving Surgery: They're Being Pushed Out here.Check out her book,…

#86 Magician to Physician to Attorney to Actor with Raymund King, MD, JD

Feb 23, 2026 46m

Join us inside Empowered Surgeons Group here.Life is more fun when your career path isn’t linear. Dr. Raymund King knows this well. From performing magic to practicing medicine, from the courtroom to…

#85 From Gaslighting to Real Care: A Patient's Perspective with Tiphany Kane

Feb 16, 2026 1h 13m

Join us inside Empowered Surgeons Group here.”It makes you feel crazy as a patient,” Tiphany Kane.As physicians, we have more influence than we realize over how patients feel and how they perceive us…

#84 From OR to AI with Dr. Ivan Capobianco

Feb 09, 2026 55m

Join us inside Empowered Surgeons here. Subscribe to Stitches here.What happens when the skills that make you a great surgeon begin pulling you toward a different kind of impact?In this episode, I…

#83 Clean vs Dirty Pain in Surgery

Feb 02, 2026 34m

The Pain to Power Workshop is the foundation upon which your self-concept is built. You can't step into the next version of yourself until you heal old wounds and rewrite your past. We start this…

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