Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast

Association for Academic Surgery: Removing the Mask with Dr. Carrie Cunningham

Apr 27, 2023

50:13

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Importance of Emotional Awareness

2min

Tina's Story

2min

The Importance of Self-Care

2min

The Unforgiveness of Pain

1min

The Cost of Suicidal Ideation

2min

Lessons Learned From COVID

2min

The Importance of Suffering

2min

The Pain of White Knockling

2min

10.

The Hardest Thing I've Ever Doed

2min

11.

The Importance of Permanence

2min

12.

How to Deal With Depression

2min

13.

The Fear of Losing

2min

14.

The Importance of Recovery

2min

15.

The Importance of Recovering From Depression

2min

16.

The Importance of Discipline in Recovery

2min

17.

The Importance of Reconnecting to Yourself

2min

18.

The Importance of Connection in Recovery

2min

19.

The Importance of Coping

2min

20.

The Importance of Compassion in Recovery

2min

21.

How to Survive Without Numbing Yourself

2min

22.

The Edge of Hopelessness

2min

23.

The Importance of Cultural Shift in Mental Health

2min

24.

The Dr. Loner-Breen Heroes Foundation

2min

25.

The Power of Affect

2min

26.

The Power of Compassion

2min

27.

The Future of Surgery Is Sitting in the Room

3min

Dr. Cunningham is the section head of the Massachusetts General Hospital Endocrine Surgery unit, a NIH-funded researcher, and the immediate past-president of the Association for Academic Surgery. This episode is a recording of her presidential address at their annual Academic Surgical Congress.

Guest
Dr. Carrie Cunningham, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Learn More
Association for Academic Surgery: https://www.aasurg.org/
Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes foundation: https://drlornabreen.org/

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