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Mend the Gap: Equity in MedicineAuthor: Healio
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Live from AAO 2025: Tackling challenges as working moms
Episode 42
Monday, 16 March, 2026
In this episode, Laura Enyedi, MD, speaks with guests Andrea Tooley, MD, and Jaya B. Kumar, MD, FASRS, about the unique challenges women physicians tackle in their careers as they navigate pregnancy and return to work after maternity leave. · Welcome to this episode 0:11 · Jaya B. Kumar, MD, FASRS 0:41 · Andrea Tooley, MD 1:33 · Being pregnant as a surgeon. 2:22 · Dr. Tooley, how did you decide when to start a family? 3:50 · Dr. Kumar, being in private practice, how did you approach starting a family? 7:17 · "We don't owe medicine anything." 9:40 · Dr. Kumar, what were some challenges you found as a pregnant surgeon? 11:16 · Dr. Tooley, what were the particular challenges in oculoplastic surgery? 13:16 · What did you do for parental leave? 15:58 · Mom guilt and learning to be patient. 19:57 · What tips do you have for pumping at work? 22:23 · How do you handle childcare? 26:31 · Thank you! 30:48 Laura Enyedi, MD, is a professor of ophthalmology and pediatrics at Duke Eye Center and medical director of South Durham Ophthalmology in North Carolina. Jaya Badhwar Kumar, MD, is a vitreoretinal surgeon and partner at Florida Retina Institute. Andrea Tooley, MD, is an oculoplastic specialist and an orbital surgeon at Mayo Clinic. 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!
