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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Signup to Generate a PitchA 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.
Recent episodes include "#121 The Eight Year Wake-Up Call with Dr. David Canes" (26 October 2026, 54 minutes), "#120 Voice and Visibility with Dr. Sandra Stinnett" (19 October 2026, 59 minutes), and "#118 Designing Life in Surgery on Your Terms with Dr. Gopi Shah and Dr. Ashley Agan" (5 October 2026, 63 minutes).
Surgeons with Purpose publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 59 minutes.
Booking probability for Surgeons with Purpose is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Surgeons with Purpose requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Surgeons with Purpose's contact route on record: verified email.
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Surgeons with Purpose is an education podcast.
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Join us inside Empowered Surgeons Group here . Dr. David Canes is a urologist and the CEO of Wellprept . He was born in South Africa to a foreign-language teacher and an actuary, moved to Canada and then New York while...
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Last 3 spots for the Women Surgeons retreat! Interview for a spot here . Joing us inside Empowered Surgeons Group here . Dr. Sandra Stinnett is a laryngologist at the University of Pittsburgh and director of its...
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Interested in the Cabo retreat? Learn more about it here . And interview for a spot here . Join us inside Empowered Surgeons Group here . Gopi Shah and Ashley Agan met when Ashley was a PGY-3 and Gopi was a fellow...
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Empowered Surgeons Group is going to Cabo January 6th-10th, 2027 for a mindset coaching intensive. Learn more about the retreat here . Interview for a spot at the retreat here. You know that old adage: when life gives...
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My TEDx journey started while I was pooping on a very fancy toilet in NYC. But before I say more about that... First things first, get Cesar's book, Great Speech, here . Then book a call with him here . And finally...
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*************SENSITIVE CONTENT WARNING******************* This episode discusses a recent suicide. Please listen carefully, or if this is particularly triggering for you, forgo listening completely. On July 23, 2025...
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Interested in the Cabo retreat? Click here to schedule a 15-min interview. Learn more about the powerful coaching community & mindset course, Empowered Surgeons Group, here . Decades of research point to the same...
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*************SENSITIVE CONTENT WARNING******************* This episode discusses a recent suicide. Please listen carefully, or if this is particularly triggering for you, forgo listening completely. ”If we could save...
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Sheikh C. Ali dreamed of becoming a private practice surgeon from age seven. Then, when COVID hit between his third and fourth year of medical school, he noticed the landscape shifting. The pathway he'd spent his life...
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For 19 years, Dr. Adrienne Towsen practiced in the kind of orthopedic group most surgeons dream of: five partners, employees who'd been there forever, a 30-year reputation, a family feel. Then came the supergroup. Then...
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Join us inside Empowered Surgeons Group here . Most of us got less than 20 hours of communication training in four years of medical school. Then we were thrown into the real world. Dr. Anthony Orsini has spent his...
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Take the quiz: What kind of surgeon are you becoming? here . Join us inside Empowered Surgeons group here . One of the most surprising truths about medical malpractice is this: the work that prepares you to become a...
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Take the quiz, What Kind of Surgeon Are You Becoming here . Join us inside Empowered Surgeons Group here . We often believe we have to create villains in the world in order to effect change. But what if that were not...
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Join us in Empowered Surgeons Group here . Why are so many talented women surgeons questioning whether they belong in surgery, and what does that reveal about the culture of surgery as a whole? In this episode of...
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Join us inside Empowered Surgeons Group here . Join Dr. Gita Pensa’s Litigation Education And Preparedness course here . Dr. Stephen Cohen is a board-certified general and colorectal surgeon, Section Chief of Surgery at...
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Take the quiz "What Kind of Surgeon Are You Becoming?" here . Join Empowered Surgeons Group here . Dr. Racheal Peterson joins me to share her journey into neurosurgery, a path she set her sights on before medical school...
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What kind of surgeon are you becoming? Take the quiz here . Join us inside Empowered Surgeons Group here . Check out Behind the Sports Medicine Podcast here and follow them on instagram here . Dr. Cameron Roth is a...
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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 O'Connell, pulls back...
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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 contract. But what about the...
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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 practice around...
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