‘How the darkest times led me to medicine’: Dr Jana Pittman’s hurdles to becoming a doctor

The former world champion athlete talks heartbreak, failure and a mum's wisdom at the AMA conference.
Dr Jana Pittman. Photo: Fairfax.

“Does anyone know how many small people have come out of my vagina?”

Dr Jana Pittman is on stage at the AMA conference, a world champion athlete who for 20 years competed around the globe in the green and gold.