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Welcome to ”The Rural American Surgeon,” a podcast series dedicated to providing insights, resources, and a community for the surgeons of rural America.
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What Rural Surgeons Need That Most Residencies Don’t Teach (opens the original)
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Dr. Joon Shim, program director at Bassett Healthcare in Cooperstown, New York, joins host Dr. Randy Lehman and Jacob on The Rural American Surgeon to discuss how Bassett prepares residents for the realities of rural general surgery. Dr. Shim explains how residents begin gaining operating room experience from day one and train across a broad spectrum of surgical cases without competing with surgical fellows. The conversation explores what it takes to thrive in rural surgery, including adaptabili
Why Rural Surgeons Can’t Afford to Be Too Specialized (Part 2) (opens the original)
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Stuart Ferguson returns for part two of his conversation on The Rural American Surgeon to explore the practical realities of providing urologic and general surgical care in the remote Shetland Islands. Stuart discusses the limitations that come with practicing in a small island hospital, including equipment decisions, limited critical care capacity, weather that can prevent patient transfers, and the need to know when a case should be referred. He then walks through his approach to transurethral
Why Rural Surgeons Can’t Afford to Be Too Specialized (Part 1) (opens the original)
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Stuart Ferguson, a consultant general surgeon in Scotland’s remote Shetland Islands, joins The Rural American Surgeon to discuss what it takes to practice surgery 200 miles into the North Sea and why he deliberately built his career around becoming a broad surgical generalist. Stuart shares his training journey from Glasgow and Northern Ireland to colorectal surgery, global health work in Zambia, and Scotland’s Rural Surgical Fellowship. He explains how the fellowship allowed him to build additi
What Does a Rural Surgeon Actually Need to Know? (opens the original)
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Dr. Amiri, program director at Marshall University, and fourth year surgery resident David Kanarowski join The Rural American Surgeon to discuss Marshall’s dedicated rural general surgery residency and how it prepares surgeons for independent practice in rural communities. They explain how residents spend roughly two thirds of their training at rural hospitals, gaining early operative experience without competing with other residents for cases. The conversation covers the broad skills rural surg
Are You Really Ready to Be the Only Surgeon in the Room? (opens the original)
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Dr. Anne O’Rourke, program director at the University of Wisconsin, joins The Rural American Surgeon to discuss how UW’s rural surgery track prepares general surgery residents for independent rural practice. She explains how the five-year program combines training in Madison with recurring rural rotations, giving residents experience with the broad skill set rural surgeons need, including endoscopy, C-sections, trauma stabilization, and general surgery. Dr. O’Rourke also shares what the program
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