VIDEO: Surgeons Study “Ideal” Transition from Practice to Retirement

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Surgeons Study “Ideal” Transition from Practice to Retirement

April 29, 2025

For many surgeons, retirement is an emotionally evocative subject; yet there are few guidelines for smoothly transitioning out of active practice鈥攁nd transplant surgeons may have unique challenges. Listen to Drs. Ritah Chumdermpadetsuk and David Lee , which aimed at defining an 鈥渋deal鈥� retirement focuses on transplant surgeons and that identify behavioral and cognitive patterns associated with optimism toward retirement.

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