What happens when two doctors try to balance trauma, marriage… and real life?

This episode goes way deeper than medicine.

In this episode of The Device Girls, we sit down with Dr. Brian Kendall (ER physician) and Dr. Renee Bankhead (trauma surgeon) to talk about what life really looks like inside a dual-physician household.

From navigating intense careers to going through divorce… and finding their way back to each other — this conversation is raw, honest, and surprisingly relatable.

They open up about what patients don’t understand, what Covid was really like behind hospital doors, and the emotional weight that comes with a life spent saving others.

In this episode, we dive into:

• What it’s actually like being married to another physician

• Their divorce… and how they found their way back

• ER vs trauma surgery (and who really has it harder 👀)

• What doctors wish patients understood

• The emotional toll of medicine — especially during Covid

• How they balance family, careers, and entrepreneurship

“If you died today, you’d be replaced in the hospital tomorrow… but your family can never replace you.”

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:45 Meet Dr. Kendall & Dr. Bankhead

02:30 Their journey into medicine

04:50 Why ER vs trauma surgery

07:50 Balancing a dual-physician household

09:50 Divorce… and getting remarried

12:50 What patients don’t understand about doctors

15:50 Burnout, loss, and emotional weight of medicine

20:10 What Covid was really like for physicians

27:10 Their businesses outside of medicine

31:30 ER vs Trauma: who has it harder?

35:20 Advice for couples in medicine

38:20 Outro

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Hosts:

Sarah – https://www.instagram.com/sarahekruse

Haley – https://www.instagram.com/haleyygibssonfit

Guests:

Dr. Brian Kendall – Emergency Medicine Physician

Dr. Renee Bankhead – Trauma Surgeon | ICU Doctor | Entrepreneur

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