Dagny Zhu, MD, and Susan MacDonald, MD, talk with Alison Early, MD, Regine Pappas, MD, and Shanika Esparaz, MD, about homemaker and mom hack tips for those balancing family life and a career in medicine.

• Welcome to another episode of Mend the Gap :42
• The topic :52
• What inspired this topic? 1:57
• Guest introductions 3:23
• What were some of the hacks that you found helpful? 6:09
• How do you prioritize your meals? And how do you make it easier? 6:55
• Working part-time 18:08
• Figuring out how to be most efficient with your time and finding a practice that will support your schedule 25:54
• How do you balance conferences while having babies at home? 36:40
• Thank you for listening 46:12

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Dagny Zhu, MD, is a cornea, cataract, and refractive surgeon, and medical director and partner at NVISION Eye Centers in Rowland Heights, CA.

Susan MacDonald, MD, is president of Eye Corps and associate clinical professor at Tufts School of Medicine.

Alison Early, MD, is an ophthalmologist specializing in comprehensive eye care, cataracts, diabetic eye care, dry eye and glaucoma at Cincinnati Eye Institute.

Regine Pappas, MD, is founder of Pinnacle Eye Center and past president of WIO.

Shanika Esparaz, MD, is a double board-certified ophthalmologist, medical retinal specialist, cataract surgeon and lifestyle medicine specialist. She is also a clinical assistant professor of surgery for NEOMED.

Disclosures: Early, Esparaz, MacDonald and Pappas report no relevant financial disclosures. Zhu reports consulting for Alcon, Lensar, Visus Therapeutics Advisory Board and the EyeSafe Advisory Board.