MedPage Today October 15, 2025
A Q&A with a residency program director
Welcome to “Ask the Program Director,” a column from MedPage Today where your most pressing questions about residency — from the application process to life as a resident — are asked and answered.
Dear residency program director,
I’m a second-year surgical resident, and my twin sister passed away unexpectedly 2 weeks ago at just 30 years old. She had undetected Brugada syndrome. Her death was out of the blue and I feel like my entire world has been turned upside down — we were very close, lived in the same city, and saw each other or spoke on the phone at least once a week. I’m miserable and unmotivated. I don’t know how...
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