Christina Henderson: Balancing Anesthesiology & Entrepreneurship

The Transcend Podcast por Transcend UW

Notas del episodio

Building a startup is one of the hardest things you can do. So is completing a medical residency. Our guest today is doing both at the same time.

In this episode, we sit down with Christina Henderson, the founder of Reliable Residence. She is a full-time anesthesiology resident right here at UW Health who is simultaneously building a high-growth venture to solve the exact "housing nightmare" she experienced as a medical student. We get her firsthand perspective on what it’s really like to be a "founder-physician" and explore her journey of turning a personal pain point into a rapidly-scaling business.

We dive into:

  • The "lightbulb moment" that turned a real-world problem into a business.
  • How to manage the intense context-switch between the high-stakes, structured world of the hospital and the chaotic, ambiguous world ... 
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