Cut & Tell is a real-time account of becoming a surgeon—at the exact moment the training wheels come off. Hosted by plastic surgery chief resident Elizabeth Malphrus, this show follows the transition from residency to “year one”: the first, most disorienting, and most defining stretch of a surgical career. It’s where the identity you’ve spent a decade building is suddenly tested—clinically, professionally, and personally. This is not a retrospective. It’s happening now. Through solo episodes, unfiltered conversations, and stories from inside the operating room and beyond, Cut & Tell explores what it actually takes to become a surgeon: the structure of training, the emotional cost, the invisible curriculum, and the tension between perfection and reality in a high-stakes field. It also asks harder questions—about trust in medicine, the role of physicians in a changing cultural landscape, and what it means to step into authority when you’re not sure you’re ready.
Cut & Tell
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Cut & Tell is a real-time account of becoming a surgeon—at the exact moment the training wheels come off. Hosted by plastic surgery chief resident Elizabeth Malphrus, this show follows the transition from residency to “year one”: the first, most disorienting, and most defining stretch of a surgical career. It’s where the identity you’ve spent a decade building is suddenly tested—clinically, professionally, and personally. This is not a retrospective. It’s happening now. Through solo episodes, unfiltered conversations, and stories from inside the operating room and beyond, Cut & Tell explores what it actually takes to become a surgeon: the structure of training, the emotional cost, the invisible curriculum, and the tension between perfection and reality in a high-stakes field. It also asks harder questions—about trust in medicine, the role of physicians in a changing cultural landscape, and what it means to step into authority when you’re not sure you’re ready.
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Publishing Since
4/23/2026
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May 28, 2026
What Actually Makes a Great Resident | Cut & Tell
<p>What makes a good resident? And beyond that — what actually makes someone great?</p><p>In this episode of Cut & Tell, Dr. Liz Malphrus breaks down the unwritten skills of residency that no one formally teaches: anticipation, adaptability, reading the room, emotional resilience, communication, and learning how to survive medicine without becoming robotic in the process.</p><p>From OR etiquette and closed-loop communication to social anxiety, burnout, and the strange art of staying positive during training, this is an honest conversation about the human side of becoming a doctor.</p><p>Whether you’re a medical student, intern, resident, or just trying to survive a high-pressure environment, this episode is a candid look at the traits that actually matter — and why all of them can be learned.</p><p>Cut & Tell is where medicine gets honest.</p><p>https://sashachapin.substack.com/p/my-six-stages-of-learning-to-be-a</p>
May 21, 2026
My Museum of Failures | The Stories Behind Becoming a Surgeon
<p>Cut & Tell is where medicine gets honest.</p><p>In this episode, Dr. Liz Malphrus opens up about the failures, regrets, rejections, and detours that never make it onto a CV. From getting a C in biology at Columbia, to losing out on a White House job she thought would define her future, to walking away from a career in music — Liz reflects on the moments she once believed had ruined everything.</p><p>This is a conversation about perfectionism, identity, career pivots, rejection, and the pressure in medicine to package every setback into a clean success story. Instead of a polished resume, this episode is an anti-resume: a candid look at the messy reality behind becoming a doctor.</p><p>If you’ve ever felt behind, rejected, uncertain, or like your path hasn’t gone according to plan — this one’s for you.</p><p>🎧 New episodes of Cut & Tell every Thursday.</p>
May 7, 2026
Residents Are Being Exploited (And Everyone Knows It) | Cut & Tell with Dr. Liz Malphrus
<p>Cut & Tell is where medicine gets honest.</p><p>In this episode, Dr. Liz Malphrus gets real about the hidden economics of residency training, and why so many residents feel trapped, undervalued, and burned out before they ever become attendings.</p><p>With just weeks left before finishing plastic surgery residency, Liz reflects on what she wishes someone had told her on day one: know your worth.</p><p>She shares:</p><ul><li>Why residency is a job—not “just training”</li><li>How the system keeps residents financially powerless</li><li>The reality of working 80-hour weeks for low pay</li><li>Why residents can’t simply “leave” like other professionals</li><li>The emotional and financial cost of medical training</li><li>How healthcare depends on resident labor</li><li>Why anger about the system may actually be justified</li><li>What needs to change for the next generation of physicians</li></ul><br/><p>From pandemic ICU shifts to the culture of silence in medicine, this is an unfiltered conversation about labor, identity, sacrifice, and the true cost of becoming a doctor.</p><p>If you’ve ever wondered why residents are burning out, or lived through it yourself, this episode will hit hard.</p><p>🎧 New episodes of Cut & Tell every Thursday.</p>
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