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If It's Not Ortho, It's Death & Other Lies We Tell Ourselves

27 February 2026 46:41 Hippocratic Collective

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In this episode of Social Rounds, Tony and Frances Mei sit down with Dr. Kate Buhrke — rock climber, former ortho gunner, and unapologetic regime-builder.

Kate shares her journey from growing up in suburban Illinois (not Chicago, according to Tony), to climbing hundreds of feet without ropes, to eating, sleeping, and breathing orthopedic surgery… and then not matching.

They talk about:

  1. The identity crisis of not matching
  2. What surgery demands of you — and what it takes back
  3. The paradox of “putting all your eggs in one basket”
  4. The culture of ortho
  5. Whether ChatGPT in journal club is criminal or minimal
  6. And why sometimes you just have to decide you’re not going to fall

This one is about ambition, ego, shame, calling, and what survives when your professional identity doesn’t.

Plus: apple-cracking intimidation tactics.

Hosted by:

Tony Chin-Quee: @wheyouat

Frances Mei Hardin: @francesmeimd

Guest: Kate Burhke, DO

Connect with Kate:

https://www.hippocratic-collective.com/members/kate-buhrke-do

Produced by: The Hippocratic Collective

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