Don't F*** with the Pancreas

About Don't F*** with the Pancreas

The podcast made for and made by surgery residents. Encompassing all aspects of surgery, medical school, and life during residency. A chance to cover a broad range of things for current residents and future residents that don't get much attention, but deserve to be talked about such as: the dailies of residency life, living on loans, managing families and friends, interactions with colleagues, attendings, and staff, funny moments that deserve to be told. We want this to be for YOU, and about you, the listener. So reach out to us via email, dfwthepancreas@gmail.com with any ideas or topics or experiences you have had that deserve a spot in the show and we would love to have you!

Publisher

Drs. Levin Fairchild & Zander Buttress

Category

education · health & fitness · science

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

6 Feb 2023

Latest episode

13 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

75 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Oct 2026

   DFWTP Epi. 75 - A New Era

   Join Drs. Fairchild and Buttress as they adventure on new times in their podcast. Dr. Fairchild is not a Cardiothoracic Surgery fellow at Wake Forest, NC and Dr. Buttress is the chief surgery resident in Chattanooga, TN email dfwthepancreas@gmail.com for any questions, comments, future episode ideas, or to be featured in the podcast.

2. 

   9 May 2026

   DFWTP Epi. 74 - The Lawsuit, and our unapologetic take

   Join Drs. Buttress and Fairchild as they discuss the lawsuit agains the NRMP for "Medical Mismatch" and the monopoly the NRMP has over residency. To be short, we think its a bunch of hoopla, and you chose this profession, knowing or not knowing what you would be undertaking to become a physician. Hence, why we made this podcast- to shed light on this career and what it ACTUALLY takes and means to become a surgeon and get the privilege of taking care of human lives everyday. We hope you don't ...

3. 

   6 May 2026

   DFWTP Epi. 73 - EPIC chat, the AOL Instant Messenger of 2026

   Join Drs. Fairchild and Buttress as they discuss EPIC chat, and the quickly growing integration of this new feature in the EMR that is changing the landscape of medicine and interactions with physicians in 2026 email us at dfwthepancreas@gmail.com

Who has been a guest on Don't F*** with the Pancreas

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dr Rogers
• Dr Stewart
• Jammie Dill

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

19 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

25 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 47 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

66

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

71

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