#18 Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident Interview - Lifestyle, Competition, and Entrepreneurship

Jason Han was Born and raised in South Korea until age 10. Came here with his family and attended Columbia University and Perelman School of Medicine, where he was the student body president. I'm currently a cardiac surgery resident at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the vice president of the TSRA, which is our national governing body. I'm broadly interested in communication, education, and leadership, especially concerning our patients and staff. I've written a column for the Philadelphia Inquirer for seven years and have written essays for the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of American College of Cardiology, and more. ___ 0:00 - Intro 0:41 - Statistics About Cardiothoracic Surgery 9:03 - Managing Things Other Than Medicine 16:10 - Choosing Medicine 19:23 - What Is Cardiothoracic Surgery? 29:37 - CT Residency 33:21 - Working Hours 34:44 - Tips/Tricks to Maximize Competitiveness 40:14 - Getting Feedback From Attendings 41:24 - Symptoms of Burnout and Maintaining Happiness 46:45 - Family 47:25 - Being an Immigrant in America 52:49 - Best Thing About Cardiothoracic Surgery 54:42 - Worst Thing About Cardiothoracic Surgery 56:25 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do? 58:28 - Projects to Educate People About Surgery 1:08:19 - General Advice for People Picking Careers in Medicine 1:11:51 - Any Advice for Your Younger Self? 1:13:11 - Advice for Med Students Looking Into CT 1:17:00 - Things to Look For While Choosing a Program 1:24:42 - Characteristics of a Student for Cardiothoracic Surgery 1:28:54 - Future Career Plans 1:32:49 - Super Important Question!!! 1:35:36 - Closing Message 1:37:47 - Outro __ Resources ___ View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for a transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast ___ Connect With Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley... Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: Twitter: zachhighley Linkedln: LinkedIn: zach-highley-gergel-44763766 Business Inquiries: [email protected] ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdE... Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... ___ Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes, I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top. The best way to help the show is to share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them!