Immature Brains: A Child Neurology Podcast
Aug 27, 2026 · 51 min · 14 segments
Sam, Ali and Alizah interview Azara Singh about transitions of care, physician wellness, training residents and esoteric karaoke. We also discuss Sidney Carter and the beginnings of child neurology.
Azara SinghGuest
Alizah PattersonHost
Ali ChristyHost
Sam MackenzieHost
Well, speaking of things that make life better in so many ways, one of your other passions is physician wellness.
So in terms of how I got into it, I think I got into it how everyone who is interested in physician wellness gets into it, which is by...
But honestly, I think it's so much more, right? Like it's isolation, it's toxic perfectionism, and it's systemic.
It's like it's the standards that we hold ourselves to as a group and the things that we see are important and the metrics we decide that we will measure people by, including our residents.
And when I moved to the US, I joke about how I moved here for the air conditioning.
And I'm sorry, I conflate these two because, you know, when you think about anything that involves a change in how we practice, I think the question of how that work is going to be sustainable is so important.
Because when we talk about providing care, we often talk about providing care, but exclude the part of the conversation where we talk about the toll it takes to provide that care.
And so when we talk about sustainability, we're not just talking about financial sustainability or manpower, but we're also talking about How do we keep doing the work that we think is important? And how do we keep sort of filling our cup while pouring out from it? Absolutely.
Are people still talking about, are people still using the word resilience? Because I hate that word.
Well, speaking of things that make life better in so many ways, one of your other passions is physician wellness.
So in terms of how I got into it, I think I got into it how everyone who is interested in physician wellness gets into it, which is by...
But honestly, I think it's so much more, right? Like it's isolation, it's toxic perfectionism, and it's systemic.
It's like it's the standards that we hold ourselves to as a group and the things that we see are important and the metrics we decide that we will measure people by, including our residents.
And when I moved to the US, I joke about how I moved here for the air conditioning.
And I'm sorry, I conflate these two because, you know, when you think about anything that involves a change in how we practice, I think the question of how that work is going to be sustainable is so important.
Because when we talk about providing care, we often talk about providing care, but exclude the part of the conversation where we talk about the toll it takes to provide that care.
And so when we talk about sustainability, we're not just talking about financial sustainability or manpower, but we're also talking about How do we keep doing the work that we think is important? And how do we keep sort of filling our cup while pouring out from it? Absolutely.
Are people still talking about, are people still using the word resilience? Because I hate that word.
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