36. Dr. Cornelia Griggs on her memoir "The Sky Was Falling", having kids in surgery training, balancing the demands of surgical training with the need to become competent, and how she's doing now

"I am proud of myself for everything I've overcome but I also think it's ridiculous some of the sutff I had to go through to get here and I think some of it made me a better person and I think some of it was just bad to go through."


This episode is with Dr. Cornelia Griggs, who is a pediatric surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital.

In this episode we talk about:
- Her memoir "The Sky was Falling" about her time working in NYC during the pandemic
- Finding out her husband was sick shortly after they got married as surgical residents
- The decision to have kids in training
- Living with her kids away from her husband for a year while she finished fellowship (this just so happened to be when the pandemic hit)
- Her thoughts on the tension between training needing to be rigorous in order to become a surgeon but also understanding people are humans who will face challenges and need time to take care of themselves
- and so much more!

 Connect with Moms of Medicine:
- Instagram @moms_of_medicine
- Momsofmedicine@gmail.com

Connect with Cornelia:
- Instagram @dr.corneliagriggs
- Corneliagriggs.com
- Purchase her book "The Sky Was Falling"