Mohini Dasari
I love being a surgeon and taking care of patients. I also believe it is important to speak up about the hard parts about our profession, such as the culture and the training system. Only through honest dialogue can things change for the better.
Surgeon, Interrupted | Jan 2026
In this episode of Surgeon, Interrupted, Frances Mei sits down with Mohini Dasari, MD—a general surgeon and writer—who speaks candidly about one of the most taboo topics in medicine: leaving a surgical fellowship mid-training.
Mohini shares what led her to step away seven months into a transplant fellowship, the quiet suffering that preceded that decision, and how shame, identity fusion, and “just push through” culture keep physicians trapped long past the point of health. Together, Frances and Mohini unpack the myths we’re taught in training—that it will all be worth it later, that attending life fixes everything, and that wanting something different means failure.
Medicine Story: An Evening of Live Storytelling on the Meanings of Healing
June 2025 | The Nevada Theater, Nevada City, CA
Produced in partnership with The Nocturnists Satellites Program
My live storytelling performance about being a surgeon- and a mom- on call
The Podcast by KevinMD | Oct 2023
Join Mohini Dasari, a general surgeon. She shares her personal journey through the demanding world of surgical training, touching on her experiences with mental health challenges, the difficult decision to leave a prestigious transplant surgery fellowship, and the lessons she's learned about prioritizing well-being in the medical profession.
University of Washington, Division of Nephrology Grand Rounds | June 2023
My friend and colleague, Dr. Justin Bullock, and I deliver Grand Rounds on our research into leveraging identity safety to improve subspecialty training in medicine
