Physician Empowerment

Dr. Kevin Mailo welcomes Marlies van Dijk, founder of Alberta Health Services Design Lab and Lead of The Pivot Group, to the podcast to talk about human centered design and how to truly innovate for change in health care. Marlies felt a restlessness in her nursing career that became the realization that she couldn’t influence the change she wanted in the places she was working. She moved jobs a lo...

Dr. Kevin Mailo welcomes Dr. Mandy Brisebois, physician and Certified Health and Wellness Coach, to the show to address the reality of interpersonal conflict and how to resolve it. Dr. Brisebois specializes in helping practitioners work through conflict and shares her experience with listeners.  Dr. Brisebois clarifies that conflict is the end result of missing the boat on necessary steps that com...

Dr. Kevin Mailo welcomes Past President of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), Dr. Katharine Smart, to the podcast. Dr. Smart shares how leadership roles can enhance the success of wellbeing within our careers.  Dr. Smart details how the child health program she spearheaded in the Yukon came to be, and explains how wellbeing for patients and physicians alike is balanced in her program. She car...

Dr. Kevin Mailo welcomes Dr. Nour Khatib, emergency physician and speaker, to the show to talk about her journey through finance and medicine. Dr. Khatib explains why he introduces her as a “Med School dropout” and shares how both her career backgrounds are valuable to her. Dr. Nour Khatib divulges that in her first year of medicine at McGill she experienced burnout and spoke to administration who...

Dr. Dimitre Ranev, one of the co-founders of Physician Empowerment, hosts the show this episode to talk with guest Rod Burylo about financial advice, banking, and fiduciary duty. Rod Burylo is an expert in the industry, Chief Financial Officer of the Empowerment Office, and the author of “The Wealthy Buddhist”, and shares a wealth of insight with listeners. Rod Burylo defines some of the roles tha...

Kevin Mailo, co-founder of Physician Empowerment, talks with another fellow co-founder, Dr. Dimitre Ranev, about finance and investing. Dimitre is also co-host on the Primary Medicine podcast and along with being a practicing physician, gives talks on stocks, tax planning, and the like. Dr. Ranev acknowledges that he wasn’t always knowledgeable about financial health. He credits Kevin with spurrin...

Kevin Mailo, co-founder of Physician Empowerment, talks with fellow co-founder Dr. Wing Lim about having a growth mindset and allowing yourself to not be an expert in everything. Dr. Lim shares how CBE - Continuous Business Education - is a cornerstone to his success and to what Physician Empowerment seeks to share with others.  Dr. Lim discusses how a conference he attended was the first place wh...

Kevin Mailo, one of the co-founders of Physician Empowerment, talks with fellow co-founder Dr. Wing Lim about wealth mindsets. They explore not just financial health, but personal and practice-oriented wealth habits that lead to greater well-being and sustainable growth.  Dr. Wing Lim, founder of Synergy Wellness, references a wakeup call he received from his mentor, Dr. George, in the form of the...