A raw, reality-style podcast following Dr. Frances Mei Hardin’s final months as a surgeon and her bold leap into the unknown. Through solo episodes and unfiltered guest convos, it captures the chaos, clarity, and courage of walking away from a “dream career” to choose something better. For high-achievers, burnt-out professionals, and anyone ready to rewrite the rules - this isn’t just a show. It’s a permission slip. Find more info about Surgeon, Interrupted and other shows on the Hippocratic Collective at hippocratic-collective.com
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Booking probability
40%
Guest openness
Selective
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Signup to Generate a PitchA raw, reality-style podcast following Dr. Frances Mei Hardin’s final months as a surgeon and her bold leap into the unknown. Through solo episodes and unfiltered guest convos, it captures the chaos, clarity, and courage of walking away from a “dream career” to choose something better.
Recent episodes include "How Creativity Changed Her Life as a Doctor" (27 October 2026, 41 minutes), "She Didn’t Match Into Residency. Then She Rebuilt Everything." (20 October 2026, 43 minutes), and "I Left Surgery at 33. Here’s What I’ve Learned at 35." (13 October 2026, 32 minutes).
Surgeon, Interrupted publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 32 minutes.
Booking probability for Surgeon, Interrupted is 40%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Surgeon, Interrupted requires a Pod Score of 81 or higher. Surgeon, Interrupted's contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for Surgeon, Interrupted are Doctors & Physicians. Surgeon, Interrupted has a business audience.
Surgeon, Interrupted is a business podcast.
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Episode #80
Can becoming an artist make you a better doctor, or simply help you become more of a person again? On this episode of Surgeon, Interrupted , Frances Mei Hardin, MD, sits down with dermatologist and artist Rachel Lee...
What happens when you do everything “right” in medical school and still don’t match into residency? On this episode of Surgeon, Interrupted , Frances Mei Hardin, MD, sits down with Dr. Sijia Zhang, a PGY-2 psychiatry...
What happens after you leave the path you spent your entire life building toward? On this episode of Surgeon, Interrupted , Frances Mei Hardin, MD, is joined by Colin for a reflective birthday episode after officially...
What happens when a successful surgeon starts having panic attacks in the operating room? On this episode of Surgeon, Interrupted , Frances Mei Hardin, MD, sits down with fellowship-trained rhinologist, Hippocratic...
What can Get Out , Kafka, surrealist art, RuPaul’s Drag Race, and contemporary film teach us about medicine? On this episode of Surgeon, Interrupted , Frances Mei Hardin, MD, and Colin sit down with clinical...
What does it take for a relationship to survive surgical residency, career changes, financial risk, and ten years of becoming very different people? On this episode of Surgeon, Interrupted , Frances Mei Hardin, MD, is...
What happens when you spend years becoming excellent at medicine while constantly masking who you are? On this episode of Surgeon, Interrupted , Frances Mei Hardin, MD, sits down with OB-GYN, physician educator, and...
What if burnout doesn’t look like hating your job, but like losing your creativity? In this solo-style episode of Surgeon, Interrupted , Frances Mei Hardin, MD, is joined by her husband Colin after returning from more...
What if you didn't get on the wrong train? What if you simply became a different person along the way? In this episode of Surgeon, Interrupted , Frances Mei sits down with Dr. Wai-Jia Tam , a Singaporean humanitarian...
What if changing your mind isn't failure, but actually a sign that you're paying attention? In this episode of Surgeon, Interrupted , Frances Mei sits down with Rachel Gerber Kule , a communications strategist...
In this follow-up episode of Surgeon, Interrupted , Frances Mei and Colin continue their conversation about Frances Mei's transition from clinical medicine into consulting, and get much more practical about what...
What happens when doctors spend their entire careers learning to suppress their emotions? In this episode of Surgeon, Interrupted , Frances Mei sits down with clinical psychologist Sacha McBain, PhD , a national leader...
How does a physician actually go from full-time clinical practice to consulting? In this episode of Surgeon, Interrupted , Frances Mei is joined by her husband, Colin, to break down the real, and highly nontraditional...
Medicine teaches us who we're supposed to be. But what happens when we step outside of that identity? In this episode of Surgeon, Interrupted , Dr. Frances Mei sits down with physician, graphic medicine artist, and...
What happens when a corporate lawyer leaves law behind to become an orthopedic surgeon? On this episode of Surgeon, Interrupted , Frances Mei Hardin, MD, sits down with Christina “Dr. Chrissy” Greenfield, MD, JD—an...
One of the most accomplished neurosurgeons in Europe joins Surgeon, Interrupted. Dr. Yu-Mi Ryang is President-Elect of the German Spine Society, Chair-Elect of the EuroSpine Education Council, and one of the first women...
Episode #64
Can someone still change medicine after they've left it? After returning from Hippocratic Collective's Los Angeles End of Academic Year celebration, Frances Mei shares a comment that stopped her in her tracks: "You...
Episode #64
<p>Can someone still change medicine after they've left it?</p><p>After returning from Hippocratic Collective's Los Angeles End of Academic Year celebration, Frances Mei shares a comment that stopped her in her...
<p>What happens when grief collides with medical training?</p><p>In this deeply personal episode of Surgeon, Interrupted, Frances Mei sits down with family physician, educator, and author Dr. Shanda McManus to discuss...
What happens when grief collides with medical training? In this deeply personal episode of Surgeon, Interrupted , Frances Mei sits down with family physician, educator, and author Dr. Shanda McManus to discuss loss...
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Assistant Director of Quality Assurance and Business Operations for Quality Innovations and Partnerships, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
fellowship-trained rhinologist/otolaryngologist, professional certified coach, lifestyle medicine specialist, American Head & Neck Society
Reparative Public Historian and Associate Director of WashU & Slavery Project, T1D Functional Nutrition
ICU physician, palliative care doctor, filmmaker
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