168; S5: Same Surgeon, Different Light w/ Dr. Brittany Zwischenberger

10/06/2025 44 min Episodio 9
168; S5: Same Surgeon, Different Light w/ Dr. Brittany Zwischenberger

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Host Dr. Sara Pereira sits down with Dr. Brittany Zwischenberger, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Duke University, to explore her remarkable career journey. Dr. Zwischenberger shares how she briefly considered majoring in Italian Studies before deciding to follow in the footsteps of her surgeon father and mentor. She also opens up about personal challenges—including divorce and single motherhood—and how support from her surgical partners helped her become a respected clinician, accomplished researcher, and the first female associate professor of cardiac surgery at Duke.

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