Tony Chin-Quee, MD and Frances Mei Hardin, MD are back for Episode 2 of Social Rounds — the show where two ENT surgeon dropouts deliver fast, funny, and fearless takes on medicine, culture, and life.

In this episode, we cover:

– Inside baseball: Can doctors really “find joy” in medicine, or is wellness just another way to gaslight trainees?

– Outside baseball: Nitrous oxide is the new party drug — but should you really trust something called Galaxy Gas?

– Florida man: Credit card fraud, Chuck E. Cheese, and why reading the mouse his Miranda rights might be the greatest story of 2025.

– Social Rounds: Life advice no one asked for, featuring dirty scrubs, three-baths-a-day coping strategies, and the importance of minding your vaginal pH.

– Call Room Confessions: If he wanted to, he would… even if it means removing a hospital bunk bed to make the call room the official “sex room.”

This is not your average doctor podcast. After the notes, charts, and doctor’s lounge sandwiches — it’s time for Social Rounds.

Hosted by:

Tony Chin-Quee: https://www.instagram.com/wheyouat/

Frances Mei Hardin: https://www.instagram.com/francesmeimd/

Produced by: The Hippocratic Collective

2:00 - https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMms2311042

11:00 - Gottman Institute and positive/negative bids https://www.gottman.com/blog/want-to-improve-your-relationship-start-paying-more-attention-to-bids/

16:00 - Being Well by Doing Well https://surg.me/sites/default/files/nejm%20Being%20Well%20while%20Doing%20Well.pdf

16:00 - Colin's Response https://rethinkingresidency.com/wellness/distinguishing-necessary-from-unnecessary-think-pieces/

Welcome to Social Rounds — the brand-new show from Tony Chin-Quee, MD and Frances Mei Hardin, MD. Two ENT's, now founders of the Surgeon Dropout Club, who traded the operating room for the group chat. They're here to deliver fast, funny, and fearless takes on medicine, culture, and life. If you've ever wondered what a surgeon would really say when there were no more consequences...

In our debut episode, we cover:

– Inside baseball: the hidden costs of residency and why a $10K stipend isn’t enough

– Outside baseball: NASA + Google are building an AI doctor for astronauts (and Frances Mei volunteers as tribute to Mars)

– Pop culture rounds: Taylor Swift’s new album, Travis Kelce, and why dating a guy who can’t spell “squirrel” might be a red flag

– The eternal debate: is there ever a reason to wear scrubs in public?

– Surgeons read mean tweets (spoiler: it’s mostly Frances Mei’s mentions)

This is the start of something fun and irreverent. After you're done with pre-rounding, rounding, notes, charting, doctor's lounge sandwiches...it's time for Social Rounds.

Hosted by:

Tony Chin-Quee: https://www.instagram.com/wheyouat/

Frances Mei Hardin: https://www.instagram.com/francesmeimd/

Produced by: The Hippocratic Collective