Guest Amy McLean Sprole grew up in Kansas and knew two things when she was graduating high school: She wanted to go into medicine and she wanted to spread her wings outside the midwest. She immediatly dove into the pre-med track and was so focused that she was able to do all of those requirements and still make time for international study abroad opportunities, including an art history experience in Italy. She thinks that out-of-the-ordinary adventure made her stand out in med school applications and may have been a reason for her acceptance to Cornell.

She entered into med school thinking that she would pursue surgery without being able to articulate why, except that it seemed the hardest thing to do, a pattern she realizes she had had throughout life. She had to consciously set out to choose instead what she liked. She found plastic surgery and fell in love.After 10 years of training in New York, she found just the right mix of surgery and enterpreneurship that she'd been looking for, but it sprang up where she least expected it.

In this epsiode, find out from Amy how, when looking for where you belong, sometimes there really is no place like home…on Roads Taken with Leslie Jennings Rowley.

About This Episode’s Guest

Amy McLean Sprole is a board certified plastic surgeon, trained in both aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgery. Having returned to her native Wichita, she is now one of the only female plastic surgeons in the area. In addition to her clinical work, she is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita. You can find out more about her practice at pscwichita.com.

For another story about an unexpected homecoming, listen to our episode with Jenny Land MacKenzie.

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Executive Producer/Host: Leslie Jennings Rowley

Music: Brian Burrows

Email the show at RoadsTakenShow@gmail.com

Find more episodes at https://roadstakenshow.com

Executive Producer/Host: Leslie Jennings Rowley

Music: Brian Burrows

Email the show at RoadsTakenShow@gmail.com

No Place Like Home: Amy Sprole on doing hard things and then searching for what you like

Roads Taken