A Non-Traditional Path to Colorectal Surgery: Jennifer Hrabe, MD Behind the Retractor

Everyone's path into medicine is different. While many of us go directly into medical school after undergrad, many more are now taking gap years for self-development and preparing for the increasingly competitive application to medical school. Co-hosts AJ Chowdhury and Camilla Koczara learn about Dr. Jennifer Hrabe's non-traditional career in technical writing before she became a colorectal surgeon at the University of Iowa.

Timestamps:

0:31 Dr. Hrabe's journey between college and medical school

3:43 The process of preparing an application for medical school as a non-traditional student

7:29 Personal growth during a gap year

8:59 Surgery as a job or calling

14:45 Being an effective teacher to rotating students

18:18 What do colorectal surgeons do?

21:14 Robotics in surgery

23:38 Population changes in colorectal cancer prevalence in recent decades

25:48 Similarities and differences between colorectal surgery and gastroenterology

28:08 Healthcare at the VA

33:18 Favorite surgery

36:18 Final words of wisdom

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