Confessions of a Doctoholic

By Hafsa Slaiman

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Hi, I'm Hafsa Slaiman, a surgical resident, wanderluster and extrovert. The problem though is that I hit more speed bumps than a formula one racer. Med school has proven to be far from Grey's Anatomy and my future has become more convoluted than the nephron. I’ve been away for a while but I’m back and ready to confess, but are you ready to hear it all? This podcast reveals it all: my breakdowns, my fails, my first times, my solutions and fun medical stuff, so whether you’re a med student, premed, doc or even someone who just wants to get inspired come along and join me on my journey.

Episode Date
The Patient Who Waited for a Call That Never Came
May 26, 2026
The Leech That Went Missing on the Ward
May 22, 2026
The Patient Who Left… and Came Back Worse
May 19, 2026
The Girl Who Ran Into the Snow After a Car Crash
May 15, 2026
The Resident Who Got Fired
May 12, 2026
The Patient Who Was Bleeding… and We Couldn’t Stop It
May 08, 2026
The Frostbite Case That Ended in Amputation
May 05, 2026
The Patient Who Reminded Me of My Mum
May 01, 2026
The Night I Saw My First Emergency Thoracotomy
Apr 28, 2026
The 10-Minute Massage That Saved My Night Shift
Apr 24, 2026
The Night I Watched a Heart Stop
Apr 21, 2026
The Abscess That Became a Relationship Test
Apr 03, 2026
The Case That Looked Like Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
Mar 30, 2026
The Day I Almost Passed Out in the Burn OR
Mar 27, 2026
The Night Team That Made Me Feel Smart
Mar 23, 2026
What If I don't Match?
Mar 20, 2026
To Everyone Opening an Envelope Today
Mar 16, 2026
Treat the Patient, Not the Number
Mar 13, 2026
Where I’ve Been: ABSITE, Burn Unit & Life Update
Mar 10, 2026
Matchmaker, Muzmatch & Modern Love: Doctor Dating Diaries
Jan 01, 2026
ALS, AMA, and a Code Violet
Nov 18, 2025
Private Jets & Organ Harvest: A Wild Day in Transplant Surgery
Nov 11, 2025
My First Open Surgery (and a Surprise Photo Op)
Nov 07, 2025
Diverticulitis, Drama & the Fetish I Can’t Unhear
Nov 04, 2025
Hemorrhoids, Butt Stuff, and Toilet Trivia
Oct 24, 2025
The Prank That Almost Got My Friend Fired
Oct 21, 2025
Blood, Guts, and Gut Feelings
Oct 17, 2025
Code What Now?!
Oct 14, 2025
Waking Up on the Wrong Side of My Attending’s Wrath
Oct 10, 2025
Grey’s Anatomy, But Make It Real Life: The Hospital Crush Chronicles
Oct 06, 2025
The Night I Didn’t Want Her to Die Alone
Oct 03, 2025
Pain, Patterns, and the Patient You Can’t Quite Figure Out
Sep 30, 2025
When the Consult Isn’t Yours… But You’re Forced to Own It
Sep 26, 2025
Fistulas, Knots, and Cloud Nine
Sep 23, 2025
When the Attending Said ‘Google Playboy Bunny'
Sep 19, 2025
When You Just Don’t Vibe With a Colleague
Sep 16, 2025
The Day a Fender Bender Became a Trauma Consult
Sep 12, 2025
The Elevator, the Mystery Voice, and a Weird Almost-Hug
Sep 09, 2025
Liver, Staples, and Surgical Joy
Sep 05, 2025
That Time My Senior Completely Lost It On Me
Sep 02, 2025
When Surgery Isn’t the Solution
Aug 29, 2025
Blood, Bypass, and the Slinky Artery Trick
Aug 26, 2025
That One Patient Who Just Didn’t Seem Right…
Aug 22, 2025
Contained Perforation… and Controlled Chaos
Aug 19, 2025
Bladders Made From Intestine?
Aug 15, 2025
Fired by a Patient (and Honestly? I’m Fine with It)
Aug 12, 2025
When a Crochet Needle Gets Lodged… There
Aug 08, 2025
My First Code and That Night I Froze
Aug 05, 2025
The Patient Who Refused Everything... Until She Didn't
Aug 01, 2025
The Gallbladder, the Hook, and the Drama
Jul 29, 2025
Bad Mood, Big Clot
Jul 25, 2025
I Pranked My Friend With a Fake ICU Protocol
Jul 22, 2025
The Level 1 Trauma That Stayed With Me
Jul 18, 2025
Dating with a Stoma Bag (Yes, Really)
Jul 15, 2025
How Green Peas Ruined My Day (and a Hernia Rotation)
Jul 11, 2025
Never Underestimate Crohn’s Disease
Jul 08, 2025
Gunshot Trauma, the Witching Hour, and a Whole Lot of Perspective
Jul 04, 2025
The Impossible NG Tube That Tested My Soul (and My Patience)
Jul 01, 2025
When I Called My Attending ‘Bro’
Jun 27, 2025
Vascular Surgery is Humbling (But Kind of Cool)
Jun 24, 2025
My First Solo Vascular Case – That Feeling of Being in Control
Jun 20, 2025
That Time I Did the Procedure… Without the Right Consent
Jun 17, 2025
When Everything Hits the Fan — But It’s Not What You Think
Jun 13, 2025
Drugged, Casted, and Fashionably Doomed
Jun 10, 2025
Too Proud to Pee (How I Got Wheeled to the Bathroom)
Jun 06, 2025
Falling Like Icarus
Jun 03, 2025
Perforated
Oct 25, 2023
AMET
Oct 04, 2023
My first REAL OR case
Sep 20, 2023
My first appendectomy
Sep 13, 2023
Exploding Abcesses
Sep 06, 2023
Welcome to residency
Aug 30, 2023
Intimate Toys and the emergency department
Apr 17, 2023
Cheesy nights
Apr 14, 2023
The Strikes
Apr 12, 2023
Black Wednesday
Apr 05, 2023
Gunners
Apr 03, 2023
Pet Peeves On Your Away Rotation
Mar 31, 2023
CPR in the OR
Mar 29, 2023
When Sh** Hits The Fan On an Away Rotation
Mar 27, 2023
My First Time Confirming Death
Mar 24, 2023
The Moment I decided To Return To Medicine
Mar 22, 2023
The Worst Day of My Life
Mar 20, 2023
The moment I MATCHED
Mar 17, 2023
Aca-Awkward
Nov 26, 2021
What Makes A Med Student Scream
Nov 24, 2021
I Get Tachycardia When I Think Of You
Nov 22, 2021
Cockblocked By The ER Physician
Nov 19, 2021
The Secret
Nov 17, 2021
Lost To A Squirrel
Nov 15, 2021
Doctor To Medic Footprints CEO (Part 2)
Nov 12, 2021
Doctor To Medic Footprints CEO (Part 1)
Nov 10, 2021
'Twas The Night Of Hemorrhages (Part 2)
Nov 08, 2021
'Twas The Night Of Hemorrhages (Part 1)
Nov 05, 2021
My First Natural Delivery
Nov 03, 2021
Blue Balls
Nov 01, 2021
Glow In The Dark Halloween
Oct 29, 2021
Hell Broke Loose At The Psych Ward
Oct 27, 2021
Acute Psychosis Ward
Oct 25, 2021
Moving to the US with Liberty Medics (part 2)
Oct 22, 2021
Moving to the US with Liberty Medics (part 1)
Oct 20, 2021
The Med School Bully Show Down (Part 2)
Oct 18, 2021
The Med School Bully Show Down (Part 1)
Oct 15, 2021
The Medical Mama
Oct 13, 2021
The Sponge Bob Square Pants Moment
Oct 11, 2021
Sixty Nine
Oct 08, 2021
Publication ✅
Oct 06, 2021
Back Again! (with some more exam dramas)
Oct 04, 2021
OSCE Dramas (Clinical History Edition)
Jun 14, 2021
TMI
May 31, 2021
OSCE Dramas (Clinical Skills Edition)
May 17, 2021
The Detox That Changed My Life
Mar 26, 2021
Why We Love Who We Love
Mar 24, 2021
You Took My Breath Away
Mar 22, 2021
Med School Is About Balance
Mar 19, 2021
Mask Makeup Part 2
Mar 17, 2021
Mask Makeup Part 1
Mar 15, 2021
Insomniac
Mar 12, 2021
Baby Fever
Mar 10, 2021
Ur-ine Trouble
Mar 08, 2021
His Heart Skipped A Beat
Mar 05, 2021
Turkeys vs Owls
Mar 03, 2021
The Early Bird Gets The Worm
Mar 01, 2021
Just Chili-n
Feb 26, 2021
Mega Million
Feb 24, 2021
Overthinkers
Feb 22, 2021
Med School Couples
Feb 19, 2021
What About Love?
Feb 17, 2021
Singles Awareness Day vs SAD
Feb 15, 2021
Valentine’s Day Palm Reading
Feb 14, 2021
Broken Heart Syndrome
Feb 12, 2021
Pungent
Feb 10, 2021
Ears and Butter Fingers
Feb 08, 2021
Scary Smart People
Feb 05, 2021
Embarrassed To The Genital
Feb 03, 2021
Real Life Struggles On The Surgical Ward
Feb 01, 2021
Phlebotomy aka Stabbing For The First Time Ever
Jan 29, 2021
Time To ParTEA
Jan 27, 2021
Ooops I Broke It Again
Jan 25, 2021
Journey of an American Doctor Through Medicine
Jan 22, 2021
More USMLE Steps
Jan 20, 2021
USMLE Tips From An American Physician
Jan 18, 2021
Egg Freezing Eggspert
Jan 15, 2021
PHD & Beyond
Jan 13, 2021
My Foody Experiences
Jan 11, 2021
ADHD Med Student
Jan 08, 2021
MedCest
Jan 06, 2021
You Will Obey My Request
Jan 04, 2021
Sweet Potato to Ninja Warrior
Jan 01, 2021
New Year SMART Resolutions
Dec 30, 2020
DUI Christmas
Dec 28, 2020
Fitmas Christmas
Dec 25, 2020
It’s All About HIV Baby
Nov 27, 2020
It's Food Coma Season
Nov 25, 2020
Surgery Scrubs
Nov 23, 2020
Hospital Bully
Nov 20, 2020
Weird Phobias
Nov 18, 2020
Self Injection
Nov 16, 2020
Diabetogenic
Nov 13, 2020
The Coronavirus Elixir
Nov 11, 2020
Tech Dinosaur Turned Diva
Nov 09, 2020
Anatomical Artist
Nov 06, 2020
Stressed Out
Nov 04, 2020
Rectal Exam Short Finger Problems
Nov 02, 2020
Trick Or Treat
Oct 30, 2020
Death On The Ward
Oct 28, 2020
Catching Up Again With Youtuber Ali Abdaal (Part 2)
Oct 26, 2020
Catching Up With Youtube Doctor Ali Abdaal (Part 1)
Oct 23, 2020
Keeping Up With The Gram
Oct 19, 2020
Dux
Oct 16, 2020
Skiing and Bucket List Fails
Oct 14, 2020
Freshly Squeezed
Oct 12, 2020
The Most Resilient Med Student
Oct 09, 2020
What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger - Bully Edition
Oct 07, 2020
Tinder Times
Oct 05, 2020
Study Tunes
Oct 02, 2020
Code Blue
Sep 30, 2020
Ok, But First Coffee
Sep 28, 2020
Age Is Just A Number
Sep 25, 2020
Friends With Benefits
Sep 23, 2020
Cadaver Central - First Anatomy Tutorial
Sep 21, 2020
Dentistry in Europe
Sep 18, 2020
Pro Procrastinator
Sep 16, 2020
Roach Molestation
Sep 14, 2020
Pregnant in Med School
Sep 11, 2020
Med PBL Pranks
Sep 09, 2020
Orientation Day Survival Guide
Sep 07, 2020
The Med Student That Went To Malta
Sep 04, 2020
Inflight Entertainment - Med Student Edition
Sep 02, 2020
Welcome to My Podcast
Sep 01, 2020
Med Student Syndrome
Aug 31, 2020
Confessions of a Doctoholic (Trailer)
Jun 04, 2020