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Core IM | Internal Medicine Podcast

#196 Stories of Courage and Career Development with Horn Award

Core IM | Internal Medicine Podcast

Core IM Team

Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

We hope these stories resonate with anyone who has felt pulled between professional purpose and personal life, and remind you that you’re not alone in wanting both.

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🔹 Transcript and Shownotes

(1:09) | How the Horn Award Opened the Door to Growth in Dr. Tyra Fainstad’s Career and Life

(10:28) | How Dr. Carol Ward Created the Horn Award and Honored Mary Horn’s Legacy

(14:16) | Dr. Hilit Mechaber’s Story of Courage, Vision, and Impact Beyond the Award

(17:55) | Why does the Horn Award Matter?

Tags: CoreIM, Internal Medicine, Career Development Award, Mary O'Flaherty Horn Award, Clinical Care, Scholarship, Teaching, Leadership, Wellness and Care, Family Responsibilities



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1:02.3

Today, we're getting a bit personal. For as long as I can remember, I have always found myself

1:07.8

questioning in my head, am I enough? Am I enough for the team I'm odd?

1:12.8

Am I doing enough for my family? I think growing up with a lot of invisible caregiving responsibilities

1:18.6

to my brother, to my parents, I think I've always kind of walked into rooms just feeling

1:24.0

what does everybody else need of me? What can I do more for others? And I think it wasn't

1:28.9

until I discovered the Mary O. Flaherty Horn Award and thankfully got the award that I was able to grow

1:36.0

in ways that I couldn't have imagined. And that's just not my story. That's the story of others who've

1:41.8

gotten this award and dared to reimagine what work-life balance

1:45.6

and well-being looks like for them. Today, I'd like to tell you a few of those stories,

1:51.5

what exactly the Horn Career Development Award is, and why it's like nothing I've seen out there.

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