Physician NonClinical Careers with John Jurica

This week John interviews Dr. Nilesh Dave, a board-certified pulmonologist. Nilesh began to serve in leadership roles well before he understood the full meaning of what that would entail. His first clinical position required him to start a brand new sleep lab for a large hospital. So, he was thrust into making important decisions and communicating with colleages and decision-makers from the get-go...

In this episode, John interviews pediatric orthopedic surgeon, and sports medicine expert, Dr. Alfred Atanda. In addition to running a thriving practice treating young athletes, Alfred has developed a passion for telehealth, having integrated it into his practice. He has now become an expert in telehealth, and teaches other physicians how to integrate it into their practices. He has also spearhead...

In this week's episode, I'll be talking about three of the dumb mistakes I made while building an online business. I'm focused on an online business that provides coaching, consulting, teaching, publishing, or speaking, and is supported by a platform such as a blog, podcast or video channel. Here are a few examples of such physician-run businesses: David Geier has created an online business servin...

This week on the Physician NonClinical Careers podcast, John delves deep into the world of healthcare design with his guest Dr. Manuel (Manny) Hernandez. Manny discusses his lifelong desire to be a physician, taking us through his amazing, diverse career. He is an internationally-recognized physician, designer and healthcare innovation strategist. Since early 2018, he has been Principal, Strategic...

In this week's podcast episode, John is alone behind the microphone to describe six nonclinical careers that any discouraged doctor might consider. John has personally spoken with physicians happily engaged in these careers from the ranks of the board-certified and those straight out of medical school. John reminds us of the tactics useful for pursuing any of these careers: Create a complete Linke...

Dana Corriel is an internist, speaker, coach and social media expert. She completed medical school at the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, and her internal medicine residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Coaching health care professionals on how to maximize their online presence, she created #SoMeDocs ('Doctors on Social Media') for physicians looking to impact healt...

Given my desire to promote physician leadership, I've been looking for an awesome physician executive to interview. Hence, I invited Dr. Barbara Loeb to tell us about her career journey. Barbara started out as your typical hard-working general internist, running a small practice in the Chicago area. But she subsequently pursued a leadership career that put her in executive positions at several of...

This is the conclusion of my interview with Dr. Christopher Leonard. He is the chief information officer at Vohra Wound Physicians . In this part of the interview, Chris goes more deeply into how informatics has evolved. And he describes how to successfully pursue such a career. He also explains why he obtained a master's degree in health informatics. If you'd like to read the show notes, and acce...

Dr. Christopher Leonard started his clinical career as a general surgeon and took advantage of opportunities in medical informatics. Initially, however, he was not aware that what he was doing was called informatics. He was simply trying to standardize and improve wound care for his patients. But as he implemented protocols, integrated them into the EHR, and shared his improvements with others, he...

Today's guest is a great example of a physician in a seemingly awesome career who chose to pivot out of medicine completely. He left a very lucrative field, plastic surgery, and moved into consulting. But it was not an easy transition. And we get to hear all about it in today's fascinating interview. George Huang completed his medical degree at Wayne State University School of Medicine. He went on...

I've been fascinated by the medical science liaison career. Its an entry level position in the pharmaceutical industry that is often open to both licensed and unlicensed physicians. In today's interview, I speak with an obstetrician who leveraged her clinical work, professional relationships, and networking to obtain her first job as an MSL. Dr. Swati Shah is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecol...

Today's interview is loaded with practical advice on how to pursue a job as a medical director for a health plan. My guest, Rich Berning, helps tease out the various roles within that career, and also explains related jobs with an Independent Review Organization and a hospital UM department. Rich is a full-time medical director. His first job in the field was with Anthem in Albany, NY. After worki...

I have a very interesting story this week – it's with an entrepreneur who has spent the last 4-½ years developing his international start-up company. He is not a physician, but he presented one of the workshops at the recent Physicians Helping Physicians Nonclinical Career meeting in Austin Texas. Matt McGuire is the classic Silicon Valley entrepreneur, outgoing, totally committed to his company,...

In this week's interview, Dr. Lynn Marie Morski explains why quitting is critical to creating a fulfilling life. It's an activity with a bad rap, since strategic quitting is crucial to advancing our careers, and improving other important domains of our lives when done properly. Lynn Marie is a Family Physician, Sports Medicine expert, attorney, author of Quitting By Design , founder of the Quitopi...

Today I have the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Marjorie Stiegler. She is an expert in branding, online marketing and course creation. And she's an entrepreneur, author and accomplished keynote speaker. Marjorie is an anesthesiologist and Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is an expert and national speaker on patient safety, simulation, medical decisi...

The first PHP Networking Conference was held on April 6 and 7, 2019 in Austin, Texas. Michelle Mudge-Riley opened the conference and the founding members described their career journeys for the attendees. Faculty presented multiple workshops, and served as mentors. John partnered with Dr. Jay Dave for a discussion of six careers open to non-residency trained physicians. He presented a session abou...

I've always been fascinated with hospital QI work. And I've been looking for a guest who can describe in detail how to pursue such a career. I heard today's guest discuss his journey at a conference last year, and I thought he'd be able to explain the how and why of such a career to us. So, I'm very pleased to present my recent conversation with David Lucier. David is Director of Quality and Safet...

Dr. Jason Ryan was practicing cardiology and teaching medical students at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He created educational videos to help his students pass their USMLE Step 1 board exams. The students found the videos very helpful, and began sharing them with their classmates. Jason enjoyed creating the videos and students wanted more. So, about five years ago, he created a...

This is a solo bonus episode in which John provides a short summary of the presentation he is giving at the first Physician Helping Physicians Nonclinical Career Conference. The conference is being held in Austin, Texas in April 2019. During the discussion, John answers the following questions: What are the most common senior hospital management positions for physicians? Why is a career in hospita...

This week, I'm learning about investing in short-term rentals from Dr. David Draghinas. David is a full-time anesthesiologist located in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. He received his medical degree and anesthesia training at the University of Southern California. Following his residency, he spent 3-1/2 years in the Navy, mostly at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego, before moving to Dallas. In ad...

In this mini solo episode, John relates what he's learned about networking since starting the podcast. Networking has been an important and powerful strategy for many of his guests. He provides examples of various forms that networking takes. And he offers his ideas on how to integrate neworking into your job search.

This week I have a conversation with a great guest, Dr. Christian Zouain. He came to the U.S. after completing medical school in the Dominican Republic. Once here, he worked on completing his boards and applying to residencies. In the meantime, he began working as a medical assistant and scribe. He was able to transition to utilization management and made the decision not to pursue a residency pos...

Dr. Andrew Wilner is a neurologist and epileptologist who spent years as a full-time medical writer. Now he is Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center where he provides direct patient care and teaches neurology residents on the inpatient and outpatient services. In Part 1, we heard about Andrew's journey from internal medicine in the U.S., to neurology...

In this two-part interview, Dr. Andrew Wilner explains how he started as an internist, then found himself at McGill University in Montreal studying neurology a few years later. He went on to become an epilepsy specialist. Shortly thereafter, he took a detour into a career as a full-time medical writer that lasted ten years. When he decided to get back into clinical medicine, he gave locum tenens a...

This week, Dr. Nana Korsah describes her journey from burnout to balance. She reached a point where her own well-being, and her family's, were suffering. She had an "aha moment" when she realized she could find her true calling, and engaged a physician career and life coach. She made some drastic changes, tried a few different things, and sought training to become a life and financial coach. It al...