Mend the Gap: Equity in Medicine

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Live from AAO 2025: Identifying challenges surgeons may experience when pregnant
Episode 41
Monday, 16 February, 2026

In this episode, Laura Enyedi, MD, speaks with guests LaKrystal Warren, MD, FACOG, Kasey Picciano, PT, DPT and Jaya B. Kumar, MD, FASRS, about the challenges women physicians face during and after pregnancy. · Welcome to this episode 0:11 · LaKrystal Warren, MD, FACOG 0:37 · Kasey Picciano, PT, DPT 1:01 · Jaya B. Kumar, MD, FASRS 1:29 · What are some of the pregnancy related risk factors for women surgeons? 2:30 · Kasey, what is pelvic health? What do we need to think about as surgeons and how to make post-partum easier on us? 4:57 · How do we get ourselves to physical therapy? 6:05 · Dr. Kumar, how can we sit comfortably while we operate? 6:48 · Dr. Warren, what should we worry about in terms of exposure? 8:21 · Are there certain things we should avoid or change? 12:08 · Dr. Warren, what is the rate of miscarriage in physician women? 17:16 · Struggling with varicose veins 19:11 · What did you wish you knew before you became pregnant? 20:40 · Kasey, do you recommend any exercises? 23:57 · Entering the post-partum period 25:52 · Thank you! 30:23 Laura Enyedi, MD, is a professor of ophthalmology and pediatrics at Duke Eye Center and medical director of South Durham Ophthalmology in North Carolina. LaKrystal J. Warren, MD, FACOG, is an OB/GYN at Contemporary Women's Care in Winter Park, Florida. Kasey Picciano, PT, DPT is a pelvic floor physical therapist in Winter Park, Florida. Jaya Badhwar Kumar, MD, is a vitreoretinal surgeon and partner at Florida Retina Institute. We'd love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to podcast@healio.com. Follow us on Twitter @Healio_OSN. Mend the Gap would also like to give you the chance to nominate yourself or a colleague for a travel grant! To enter, simply email us at podcast@healio.com!