Building a Career as a Single Parent or the Parent of a Special Needs Child

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

2:35 PM - 2:55 PM ET

Facilitator(s)

Alexa Levey, MD (she/her/hers)

Interventional Radiologist
Yale School of Medicine, United States
Mary Costantino, MD, FSIR (she/her/hers)

Medical Director
Advanced Vascular Centers, United States

Panelist(s)

Alexa Levey, MD (she/her/hers)

Interventional Radiologist
Yale School of Medicine, United States
Aron K. Chary, MD

Interventional Radiologist
MidSouth Imaging - Vascular Interventional Physicians , United States
Mary Costantino, MD, FSIR (she/her/hers)

Medical Director
Advanced Vascular Centers, United States
Catherine T. Vu, MD

Professor
University of California Davis, United States

Description of the session: The purpose of this session would be to openly discuss the quiet and often isolating life surrounding being a parent of a special needs child or a single working parent. To discuss how to navigate career development and advancement while fostering the growth and development of children at home in the setting being a single parent or parent of special needs child with or without additional support. To open the floor for hard conversations and discuss the possibilities rather than just the limitations.