{"podcast":{"title":"Flourishing in Medicine: From Surviving to Thriving","slug":"flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving-6711532","podcast_index_feed_id":6711532,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving/20240126_090110_7e5ffb5ac296d289b50f416b3ea3877b.jpg","author":"EmPRO Insurance","episode_count":43,"summary":"Flourishing in Medicine: From Surviving to Thriving explores ways that health professionals- physicians, nurses and nurse practitioners, physician assistants, mental health providers, therapists, and others- can truly flourish in the complex and challenging world of health care. The ability for physicians and other health professionals to practice high quality care and attain professional satisfaction and meaning in their work has been under continued challenge. These critically important members of our communities experience ongoing threats to their well-being and hence to the quality of care they deliver. The recent pandemic has only exacerbated changes that have occurred over the preceding years in the practice of medicine, exposing even further the fragility of our imperfect health care systems. This podcast explores the many ways that physicians can and do flourish, including a deeper exploration of what it means to work at the frontier of human frailty and suffering, while applying biomedical science and compassionate care to address the complexities of the human condition. It is the hope that this podcast can help support these health professionals and ultimately translate…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T20:18:43.222306+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving-6711532"},"episode":{"title":"Flourishing in Medicine: From Surviving to Thriving Episode 22 Navigating Medicine: A Surgeon's Journey of Advocacy and Empowerment with Dr. Carter Lebares","slug":"flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving-episode-22-navigating-medicine-a-surgeon-s-journey-of-advocacy-and-empowerment-with-dr-carter-lebares","published_at":"2025-04-07T20:30:18+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving-6711532/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving-episode-22-navigating-medicine-a-surgeon-s-journey-of-advocacy-and-empowerment-with-dr-carter-lebares","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving-6711532","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving/1976711","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/240596/1976711/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving/2025_04_07_18_09_46_b2f6776d-64c6-4b44-9da0-e42d3b84d7a0.mp3","summary":"Today, we are joined by Dr. Carter Lebares. Dr. Lebares is an Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of General Surgery and the Director of the Center for Mindfulness in Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. She is a gastrointestinal and bariatric surgeon who specializes in treating gastrointestinal disease, using minimally invasive surgery, such as robotics and surgical endoscopy. Her expertise includes treatments for reflux disease, obesity, early esophageal or gastric cancer, esophageal motility disorders, hernias, gallbladder disease and some kinds of biliary disease. Lebares' research interests include resilience and mindfulness in surgery, mindfulness and nutrition in metabolic syndrome and obesity, the neuroendocrine and cognitive effects of stress on learning and performance. She has developed and studied a customized curriculum specifically designed for surgeons, the Enhanced Stress Resilience Training (ESRT), which has been demonstrated to improve burnout and global executive function. In the conversation, Dr. Lebares shares her journey from biochemistry to academic surgery, driven by a deep commitment to advocacy and empowering others through resilience-building approaches. We also cover: Her early experiences advocating for disadvantaged youth that ultimately led her to medicine The evolution of surgical training environments and challenges to physician wellbeing Development of the Enhanced Stress Resilience Training (ESRT) specifically designed for surgeons Her vision for systemic changes in healthcare to preserve medicine as a \"pillar of civilization\" Dr. Lebares concludes by reflecting on finding joy in the simplicity of everyday life - being outdoors, connecting with people outside medicine, and appreciating ordinary moments th…","meta_description":"Today, we are joined by Dr. Carter Lebares. Dr. Lebares is an Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of General Surgery and the Director of the Ce…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3331,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving-6711532/episodes/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving-episode-22-navigating-medicine-a-surgeon-s-journey-of-advocacy-and-empowerment-with-dr-carter-lebares/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving-6711532/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving-episode-22-navigating-medicine-a-surgeon-s-journey-of-advocacy-and-empowerment-with-dr-carter-lebares.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}