My First Day as an Attending Plastic Surgeon | Life After Residency

Podcast: Cut & Tell · Hippocratic Collective

Opublikowano: 2026-07-30

What does the first day as an attending surgeon actually look like? After years of medical school and plastic surgery residency, Dr. Liz Malphrus officially begins her career as an attending plastic surgeon. But instead of jumping straight into the operating room, the reality is far different—and surprisingly emotional. In this episode of Cut & Tell, Liz shares what it's really like to leave residency behind, start building a surgical practice from scratch, earn patients' trust, navigate the business side of medicine, and finally experience something many physicians rarely have: control over their own career. ...