Work-Life Integration with Orthopedic Surgeon Kathy Coyner

Madam Athlete

On today’s episode, I’m talking to UConn orthopedic surgeon Dr. Kathy Coyner about work-life integration.
Dr. Coyner is an associate professor of orthopedic surgery at UConn Health and team physician for UConn Athletics. Previously, she worked at UT Southwestern Medical Center and was a team physician for the NHL Dallas Stars. Kathy is on the board of the American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine and is a member of the Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society. I am especially excited to have this episode go live today, on March 7th, because Kathy is one of many RJOS members I’ve been lucky enough to feature on the Madam Athlete podcast, and if you’re listening on the day this episode goes live, I’ll be giving the keynote address at the 2023 RJOS Annual Meeting in Las Vegas! Kathy has built a career around supporting women working in orthopaedics and STEM through RJOS and the Perry Initiative.
We talk about:

• Making her first big career decision by choosing to go to UMass on a basketball scholarship over Yale in order to feel valued and supported in her career.
• How she personally handled gendered pay inequality.
• The work she does supporting women in orthopaedics and STEM through RJOS, the Perry Initiative, and the Inspiring Women in Engineering and Medicine workshop.
• How she integrates all of her work and life passions together.

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