From GP to Doctorpreneur – Dr Catherine Fernando
Dr Catherine Fernando is a GP near Edinburgh and a mother of 4. She recently launched IYASU, a company that designs luxury vegan medical bags and celebrates women in healthcare. In this podcast, she shares her experience of becoming a creative retail doctorpreneur from scratch.
Listen to the podcast’s host Abeyna and Catherine discuss:
- How Catherine overcame a diagnosis of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma as a junior doctor
- How this experience eventually helped build up the resilience and tenacity needed to become a doctorpreneur
- Steps she took to design a bag from scratch and without a fashion degree
- The sacrifices she made professionally and personally while building her business including quitting her job and homeschooling 4 children
- Advice she has for budding retail doctorpreneurs
Check it out now!
