We recently connected with Jacqueline Donovan and have shared our conversation below.
Jacqueline, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Do you think your parents have had a meaningful impact on you and your journey?
My parents instilled in me extreme ownership and hardwork. They never let me complain or moan about shortcomings and always taught me to put my head down and work hard. This helped me with all the adversity that hit me during the early stages of residency and my career as a physician.
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.
I did not even know podiatry existed or what is was. All I knew was I wanted to go into medicine. When I attended John Carroll University, Kent State held a career fair. I met a podiatrist who was speaking at it and afterward he invited me to spend time in his clinic. I worked as a medical assistant in his office for two years, learned as much as I could, saw a glimpse of what podiatry had to offer. Once I learned the extent of a podiatrist’s surgical capabilities I was hooked.
I completed my medical school career in Cleveland, Ohio and Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine, moved to Columbus, Ohio to complete a 3 year surgical residency in foot and ankle surgery, and completed a 1 year fellowship in orthopedic trauma. I then practiced in Columbus for 4 years following completion of my fellowship.
I moved to Cleveland during Covid to be near family with my husband (Barrington) and two children, Barrington and Scarlett. I had multiple job offers fall through and decided to start my own business. During this time I was also offered to become full time faculty at KSUCPM where I now teach full time as well.
I am always striving to improve, I know that I am not perfect, but I do know that I can outwork anyone. This is the one thing I can credit my success to.
Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?
Absolutely not. Everyday there are challenges and they are always different. Facing those challenges head on every single day, make me a better Doctor, Teacher, Leader, Mother and wife.
Putting training and knowledge aside, what else do you think really matters in terms of succeeding in your field?
Hard work. Nothing comes easy and there are no hand outs.
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