#9: An Interview with a Neurosurgery Resident

[@larissamoroz5149]

Congratulations to our amazing daughter Doctor Ellina Hattar-Medina! The most hard working, caring, gentle, brave and selfless Doctor!!!! God’s blessings in everything you do and there is nothing impossible for you!!! We love you and you are an amazing blessing for all us!!

[@FatManYogaYay]

Do you guys get a lot of hate for being Jewish? Are you upset that your Jewish daughter married a Mexican?

[@sarahh2121]

@@FatManYogaYaydo you spew racism everywhere you go or are you just threatened when women are clearly more educated and successful than you?

[@rakeenraccoon4094]

How do u know they are Jewish

[@Ash.Toronto]

@soultune908well said

[@tristanbuster7245]

@@FatManYogaYaylmao, you know Rone said an autistic person could read an entire history book about the civil war, remember every generals name, but never understand the reason for the war. Nothing wrong with being autistic obviously, and it’s not quite the same, but you just reminded me of that so I thought I’d share it🫡

[@evanrckeys]

It must be tough being in a residency where your partner can go to medical school, do their own residency, and be an attending before you... All the power to you Dr. Hattar! Keep grinding!

[@joesph9748]

Such a gift to have this talent and the desire to put the work in to be a surgeon. Thankful for our doctors.

[@conservativearabgirl5273]

Finally a middle eastern born American doctor! As a premed who was born in Baghdad and moved to America when she was 6, thank you Dr. Hattar for being a wonderful role model! I hope I can be a neurosurgeon one day ❤️

[@sarahursula-zw8gw]

there are more than you'd think , one of those neurosurgeons is from my home country Sudan , another neurosurgeon is from our neighboring country Egypt , they are out there , just not on social media .

[@conservativearabgirl5273]

allhamdiallah @@sarahursula-zw8gw

[@nvrbetrwhoohoo3941]

Is that a joke? There are plenty of mid-east born and Persian born doctors in the USA. Are you new to health care in the USA?

[@MAGA_Dec1773]

That’s racist. Why does that matter?! She’s a human like all the rest of us.

[@petunia172]

Her brilliance and genuine caring shine through. Congratulations to her parents.

[@KeenahMoncreace]

This was such an amazing interview! I’m currently in school and looking forward to becoming a neurosurgeon as well! As a woman going into a male dominated field you are truly inspiring. Thank you Dr. Ellina Hattar! You are truly an inspiration to us all!

[@dacooldude7692]

the medical field will soon be women dominated

[@useruser0090]

girly i just know that you will absolutely succeed in being a neurosurgeon, don't let anyone stop you from doing what you love sis, you've got it! i also want to pursue it as well! :)

[@elisaamandagonzalez9170]

Pop

[@AYNWSA89]

Especially as a black woman do your thing I’m rooting for you I’m aspiring to be one as well so hopefully we run into each other ✊🏾

[@ginkop4908]

Nice ! You did it. Dr. Ellina Hattar Medina. You are Amazing person.

[@ArpitYadav-650]

She is so calm and humble Hat's off to you Doctor.Girls must be more in surgical field specially Neurosurgeon in India and all over the world ❤❤

[@samuelbostian423]

Absolutely filled with knowledge and incredibly insightful!

[@anacarpenter9254]

Good afternoon listening to a highly skilled interviewer. Interviewing a highly professional woman with skills that can sway her flow of conversation. My line of thought is that honest detail counts. Cheers to the both of you.😊

[@ДианаОкара-и4э]

Great interview! We sincerely admire and are proud of the wonderful Doctor Ellina Hattar-Medina! Thank God that there are such selfless, hardworking, caring, highly qualified specialists who love their work! God bless you!

[@larissamoroz5149]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@dasitg1]

Amazing interview, thanks to and your humble and bright guest. Quite level-head honest talk. I learned a lot from it.

[@TheZachHighleyshow]

Thanks for watching and the nice words!

[@larissamoroz5149]

Thank you!

[@ArpitYadav-650]

Great Neurosurgeon Dr Ellina Hattar-Medina ❤❤

[@PierSilver]

"It's important to have an identity outside of neurosurgery". She says, after saying that she work 5am to 7pm, which is 14hour. If you sleep 7 hours, that leaves you 3 hours of spare time per day. Sorry but there is absolutely no way you get any significant "side identity" with that.

[@zingoid2710]

100% True. Comments like these are so misleading. Whatever you do in Medicine gives you very limited time for yourself, I can’t imagine what doing Neurosurgery is like, you must basically live and breathe it every. single. day. for decades.

[@julialopes5054]

Thats true. I am a neurosurgery resident - 4th year. Most days it’s 7am til 10-11pm. I just come home to say my prayers and sleep

[@farriyathalho7830]

Having an identity outside of work doesn’t mean you have to spend 40 hours doing something else. For example, if you run for an hour outside everyday or even 40 mins - you are a runner and that’s another identity. Spending lunch with your friends every wk - another identity outside of work. Yoga or Pilates 3-4x a wk - Pilates or yoga girl/boy (another identity). She didn’t say you need to have leisure time to do extracurriculars but to be a person other than just work. Having that 30 minute break from work allows your mind to relax and actually grasp concepts at work faster

[@devdroid9606]

I've had many spine surgeries and she comes across as very competent, experienced yet humble. It does take a lot of effort sometimes to convince a patient not to have a surgery, especially when they have lots of pain and it is disrupting their life, but that there is no clear surgical solution to the complaint.

[@krishgupta963]

Zach you have no idea how much you have helped me in my studies

[@silasketgaskets8709]

Retired ER physician here. kudos to getting into and completing a neurological surgery residency. Over the years I have consulted them on numerous occasions from the ER. I recall a conversation with one, an MD PhD colleague and friend that trained in a fancy big name program. Conversation was about there being so few residency spots in that field. He was very candid and told me that is to "maintain prestige" Would be more humane to allow more residency spots so they would not need to be worked to death.

[@curiouslyeternal]

It’s by design. It selects for resilience, a necessary quality to have for attending neurosurgeons.

[@silasketgaskets8709]

general surgery residents also have grueling schedules but there are many times more resident slots. i trained before work hours rules and we worked until we dropped. i agree with my neurosurgeon friend it is to maintain prestige.

[@chloecagle6493]

Aspiring neurosurgeon here - also an aspiring mom - is it even possible to do both? I know residency is temporary, but 5 am to 7 pm - damn. How would I get to spend time with my kids? I don’t want to wait until after, I’d be much older than I’d like.

[@PierSilver]

Short answer? No. Long answer? If you have robust support network who can literally manage your children globally (partner, family, babysitter) then you are fine. You will interact with the baby/ies for 30min-1h per day and that's it. Otherwise, still no.

[@dinamothupi996]

There is a neurosurgeon, Dr. Betsy Grunch, who has a KZbin channel and did talk about her experience of being pregnant and being a surgeon in the US. The channel's name is LadySpineDoc-Dr. Betsy Grunch but she may also have other social media platforms and she does talk about this as well as her overall experience as a neurosurgeon in interviews outside of her platforms. Hope that this helps and all the best in becoming a neurosurgeon.

[@xxdakid]

Just came across the show. Great interview! Love the stats at the beginning!

[@Itsadrianyay]

I tried caring, once, and it was extremely difficult. To maintain professionalism over 20 hours is incredible.

[@alejandrorestrepo2142]

Glad to found your other channel .

[@sultanjargia2191]

She looks like a BADASS with kind heart....

[@tribeadventure]

Congrats🥳I love the detailed information and I will be joining medical school soon in the US🙏I wanna be a neurosurgeon someday💯

[@june3536]

Interesting! I love your shows...🤩👏😇

[@Sonicphoenix600]

Great Interview. Can anyone explain what the AOA is. Thank you!

[@ElaniGordon]

Pathology next! - From an aspiring neuro / forensic pathologist

[@chlorineaunty]

when she said be humble❤✨

[@rebeccaphawa362]

After Medschool or UG .Can I do neurosurgeon directly or do I need to do neurologists first and then neurosurgeon?

[@missionfallrise1714]

I love this

[@reddbendd]

i feel like i could listen to her talk for an entire day HMMM idk why HMM

[@mahdisaloum5641]

Please do one on dermatology

[@TheZachHighleyshow]

Already done, it will be out sometime in summer.

[@Cierrabuttercupbb24]

She reminds me exactly alike my great grandmother who was a Gemini twin and they had Parkinson’s. I would mistakenly think they where both Sagittarius cuz of Ozzy. She had a twin.😮❤❤🎉

[@Ash.Toronto]

You dont belong here -.-

[@hannashamilsaadon284]

Thanck you zac ❤

[@kritika91]

Attending life is different from resident life and it’s not necessarily better.

[@yeldarbjenkins7495]

She’s a bad ass

[@ATLTraveler]

That’s a catch right there

[@GeeksGumbot]

They said i wasnt a teamplayer/lacked work ethic/

[@innafox5853]

Johns*

[@stevenkates4876]

Johns JOHNS Hopkins. JOHNS. Not John.

[@roybatty6368]

Those salaries are appalling....no wonder healthcare is so out of reach

[@robwes9227]

How so?

[@Josephhell43]

they killin us in work we work from 12 to 16 hours a day and we have emergency recalls which may be 24 hours and we see horrible things and bad injuries we study and study and study u dont even know what re u talkin about

[@justingomez2042]

Jesus loves you

[@julialopes5054]

You too

[@NickWright]

The profession KILLED legendary neurosurgeon Derek Sheppherd (RIP).

[@TheExclusiveB13]

The amount of time she says UMMMMMMM

[@hetvikhetia4354]

I'm around 5 mins in and it's becoming a headache 😂

[@Iamjustaguy123]

7th year resident....bruh

[@georgesinaihack3750]

It’s Johns Hopkins, not John Hopkins.

[@loyalmoneytv8756]

her voice is more masculine then his