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Parenting as a Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon: Pearls of Advice from Those Who Are There (and Have Been There)

Webinar

Date: August 12 - August 12, 2025
Location: Online

Faculty: Dan Miller, MD; Kristin Livingston, MD; Selina Poon, MD; Martha Murray, MD; Ben Roye, MD; John Birch, MD

Pediatric orthopaedic surgeons strive for excellence as clinicians and scientists while also longing for optimal work-life integration. Unfortunately parenting has never been more challenging and there are no textbooks or JAAOS articles about how to thrive as a surgeon parent. This webinar will share priceless pearls of advice about how to thrive as a surgeon-parent from the family planning stage to the empty nest.

Learning Objectives:

Learning Objective 1: At the end of this webinar, the viewer should have understand current regulations, mandates, and practices related to parental leave in orthopaedic surgery and strategies for planning for this
Learning Objective 2: At the end of this webinar, the viewer should be able to incorporate some tangible strategies for protecting time with family members while maintaining a thriving surgical practice
Learning Objective 3: At the end of this webinar, the viewer should understand how being a loving and committed parent (or grandparent) is compatible with a successful professional career.