Dr. Tommy Show

Concierge medicine physician Dr. Radley Griffin joins the show to talk about screening for heart disease using Coronary CT Angiography. Who is at risk for the disease and who should be screened and how often. Also we discuss concierge medicine current events. And song of week is A Day in the Life--50 years ago St. Pepper taught the band to play! The Dr. Tommy Show is hosted by concierge medicine p...

Dr. Griffin joins the show to discuss the current state of concierge medicine, careers in membership medicine, and the Duke Diet. http://GriffinConciergeMedical.com The Dr. Tommy Show is hosted by concierge medicine physician Dr. Tommy McElroy. Dr. Tommy is the founder of Echelon-Health which provides concierge medicine, fitness, and nutrition services to those living in greater Tampa, Florida. ht...

Jay Ellison joins the show to discuss the GOP 'Repeal and Replace' plan. Is it market oriented reform or 'ObamacareLite' you be the judge? The Dr. Tommy Show is hosted by concierge medicine physician Dr. Tommy McElroy. Dr. Tommy is the founder of Echelon-Health which provides concierge medicine, fitness, and nutrition services to those living in greater Tampa, Florida. https://www.youtube.com/c/as...

Dr. Hoffmann is a professor of neurology and author of Cognitive, Conative and Behavioral Neurology and Brain Beat. He joins the show to discuss the 5 steps to better Brain Fitness and more in this special edition show. More about Dr. Hoffmann here, http://mhoffmann4.wixsite.com/booksandbio The Dr. Tommy Show is hosted by concierge medicine physician Dr. Tommy McElroy. Dr. Tommy is the founder of...

MEMBERSHIP PHARMACY FOUNDER Phil Baker, PharmD was led by God to start a pharmacy that serves the needs of the community by giving clients wholesale pricing on drugs. As the founder of Good Shepherd Pharmacy he is able to provide affordable medications (sometimes even free) for nearly the entire Southeast. Good Shepherd Pharmacy is the perfect solution for those without expensive medications, with...

DISPENSE MEDICATIONS IN YOUR OFFICE Mike Gould is the founder of ScripsNow which allows you to dispense medications in your physician’s office. Learn about how supplying your patients with medication can help the bottom line, increase compliance, and add value to your practice. ScripsNow is a privately owned sales and marketing company dedicated to the operational improvement of medical and dental...

Chris Markford, co-founder of the Florida Chapter of the Free Market Medical Association (http://fmma.org) and adminstrator of the Orthopedic Surgery Center of Clearwater (http://oscc.org/), shares about how price transparency is transforming the outpatient surgery industry. If you need orthopedic surgery in Tampa and you are paying cash or have a high deductible, then you should check out your op...

THE DOCTOR WHISPER Sharon Fekete understands what makes marketing doctors different from other professions. As a co-author of her new book “Things I Never Learned In Medical School, or How I Found My Doctor Whisperer”, Sharon and Dr. Savel illustrate many of Sharon’s out-of-the-box marketing ideas, tips and tricks that created huge results for her clients over the years. Over the years Sharon has...

Dr. Jonathan Yousef, founder Lifetime Family Urgent Care, joins the Dr. Tommy Show to discuss hormones, medical marijuana, podcasting, and more. Dr. Yousef is the host of Optimal Health Podcast. https://www.lifetimeurgentcare.com/ http://optimalhealth.libsyn.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWxxQQ52vxA

BURNOUT AND HOW TO OVERCOME IT Dr. Stacey Funt is radiologist and lifestyle medicine specialist who helps people overcome obstacles in their lives that can lead to poor health. A specialist in environmental toxins, Dr. Funt became a personal health coach so she could help people identify other sorts of ‘toxic’ elements in their lives and eliminate them. Dr. Funt is working with physicians and phys...

SPECIALIST IN SENIOR CONCIERGE SERVICES Learn about some of the things you should consider when you are helping your older loved ones and what types of services are available. Candy Cohn is a patient care advocate. She helps seniors find the proper residential living space when they move out of their home. There is no cost to the client for Candy’s services. As a Senior Placement and Home Health A...

INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT Laurence Kotlikoff is running for the office of President of the United States. What does he think about the current candidates and their ideas for fixing our current political and economic problems? What is the true figure for the national debt? Why does he think his ideas are better than those of Donald Trump and Secretary Clinton? Learn all about it in his fr...

WHY EMPLOYERS SHOULD DO BACKGROUND CHECKS Kristin Jackson is a sales and relationship manager with TSI Legal and joins the show to discuss the importance of doing background checks for employers. Learn how an ounce of prevention can be worth much more than a pound of cure. Also we discuss the problem of insurance fraud and how it costs us all when it is committed. We also talk about college sports...

THERAPY FOR PTSD AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY Yolanda Harper is a mental health therapist who helps clients overcome prior traumatic exposure with counseling combined with Accelerated Resolution Therapy which is an eye-movement technique that helps treat trauma. We discuss the biological and psychological basis for the way the body and mind respond to trauma. We also discuss PTSD and the work of Dr....

HOW TO BLOW PAST TRAINING PLATEAUS Exercise and fitness expert Stephen Marcotte is on to talk about how to avoid overtraining and overcome plateaus. What is the most effective way to alternate training modes between strength and cardio. What is periodization in training and how does it help you continually improve your fitness. We also discuss emotional health. What is the best way to unwind and r...

IS LIBERTY ALIVE IN AMERICA? Professor of Economics, author, and syndicated columnist Walter E. Williams is on the show to discuss liberty, the Constitution, and moral decline. Is the American public more agreeable to tyranny than liberty. Was is the difference between a democracy and a republic and which one did the founding fathers plan for our country? Who does Dr. Williams favor in the upcomin...

BREAST AUGMENTATION OPTIONS Dr. Anahita Azharian educates us on the different types of breast implants that are available and which ones are best for which situation. Saline implants are the most affordable, but what are the drawbacks. Also, is silicone safe? What is the controversy behind silicone breast implants and what are some of the possible complications. How does a shaped implant fit diffe...

FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE AND DIRECT PRIMARY CARE AT PATRIOTDIRECT FAMILY MEDICINE Dr. Jeffrey Wacks combines functional medicine with direct primary care to create a true root cause analysis of problems and find solutions to medical issues. Dr. Wacks discovered early on in his career that he needed to practice medicine in way that allowed him to spend more time with patients. At PatriotDirect he seeks...

CONCIERGE MEDICINE FROM A PATENT PERSPECTIVE Chris Yates joins the show to talk about how having a personalized approach to medicine has helped him become healthy. Chris and Dr. Tommy discuss the philosophy of membership medicine and how it helps both doctor and patient become focused on the same goal—optimizing patient health. They discuss how a shared family history of health issues steered both...

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DOS AND DON’TS Chris Paradies is an intellectual law expert who helps entrepreneurs develop and protect their intellectual property through his Tampa law office and an internet-based IP consulting firm. We cover the basics of intellectual law and the steps you should go through to protect your intellectual property. We also discuss the difference between state and federal pro...

EXPLORING ATLAS.MD AND THE GROWTH OF MEMBERSHIP MEDICINE Dr. Josh of AtlasMD and Dr. Tommy discuss how Atlas. MD EMR is the most affordable and remarkable EMR for membership medicine practices. Did you know that Atlas. MD converts 9 software solutions into 1 web-based membership medicine electronic medical record that include billing, charting, scheduling, communication including text and video, a...

HOW COMPANIES SAVE MONEY BY SELF-INSURING McKensie Dopps isn’t your typical insurance broker. Working in a field dominated by older men, she has carved out a niche by helping companies find the most affordable health plans for their employees. Self-insured companies do not have to comply with the dictates of the Affordable Care Act, so they can create custom plans that save money on such things as...

HOW TO DO BUSINESS NETWORKING Mark O’ Donnell, President of RGA Network, comes on the show to give some tips on how to make the most of your networking opportunities. What is an ‘elevator speech’ and how do you develop a good one? What should you do with business cards as soon as you get them? What is the best way to follow-up with someone you’ve met how do you ‘break-up’ with a networking associa...

SOCIAL NETWORKING, PHOTOGRAPHY, & BEING A DAD Matt Sweetwood USA President and CEO of beBee, Inc. joins the show to talk about a new kind of social networking that combines elements of LinkedIn with elements of Facebook with other completely new features to create a professional networking platform that allows you to create a personal brand. Learn how the algorithms that work on Facebook and Linke...

SPONTANEOUS CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Marleen Geyen, President and CEO of Geyen Group South, joins the show to share about how a rare condition called SCAD (Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection) caused her to have a heart attack. Learn about the symptoms of heart attack and why you should not ignore suspicious symptoms just because you don’t fit the profile of someone w...