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Boundaries, Burnout, and Being Present
The DocBuddy Journal
Host Erik talks with Dr. Angela Sturm, a facial plastic surgeon based in Houston, about a kind of burnout the surveys don't capture. It's not bad EHRs or staffing shortages—though those matter. It's something quieter and more corrosive: the erosion of autonomy. Dr. Sturm calls it moral injury, and she's seen it from both sides—inside large health systems and now running her own practice.
In this conversation, Dr. Sturm shares how she's built a practice and a life where boundaries makes her better at surgery. She also shares a refreshing perspective about AI adoption in medicine (she's a Claude and Cowork user), the peptide rush that mirrors the AI rush, and why physicians have to be the guardrail when patients want something just because it's possible.
Dr. Sturm also shared her perspective on using DocBuddy Op Note and how instant operative reports solved problems that transcription never could.
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Listen to Dr. Sturm's podcast.
