Hanna Roza Kemeny, MD

With now more than half of residency completed, Hanna Kemeny, MD, and Mark Youngblood, MD, PhD, both of whom are in their fourth year of neurosurgical residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, share their thoughts on residency thus far and advice for medical students. Q: What have been some overarching themes of your residency? HK: There have been three...

Within medicine, and especially within surgical specialties, the idea of “work-life balance” has often remained an evasive - and at times taboo - topic. However, there has been a rising emphasis on the importance of prioritizing life outside of the hospital as an attempt to reduce physician burnout as well as improve professional satisfaction and productivity. I was excited to...