S02E13: Surgeons Are Human Beings Too with Dr. Red Hoffman

In this deeply moving episode of The Intentional Surgeon, Dr. Sharon Stein welcomes Dr. Melissa Red Hoffman — trauma surgeon, hospice and palliative care director, writer, and former naturopathic doctor — for a conversation about the culture of surgery, vulnerability, and the power of integrated identity in medicine. Dr. Hoffman opens up about her nontraditional path, surviving violent loss, and how her experience in palliative care, trauma surgery, and chronic illness has reshaped her understanding of what it means to be fully present with patients — and with herself.

Together, they explore the ego, the myth of perfection, mental wellness in medicine, and what it truly means to show up as a full human being in the ope ...