Docs Outside The Box

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Nii brings on Travis Hornsby, founder of Student Loan Planner, a team of consultants that help people navigate paying off their debt fast while maximizing loan forgiveness opportunities. Student Loan Planner has counseled over 8,000 clients and created plans that cover approximately $1.8 billion in student loan...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Nii and Renée continue their conversation about the 11 money traps that keep doctors burned out. In today’s episode, they delve into Money Trap #2 - No Financial Planning. They break it down into three parts: budgeting, not understanding how money works, and not meeting with a financial advisor.  Things to expec...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Nii talks about all things related to podcasting with Orthopedic Surgeon and Sports Medicine specialist Dr. Derrick Burgess - Host of TimeOut with The SportsDr. Podcast . His podcast is where life, sports, and medicine intersect.  Things to expect in this episode: The state of podcasting Dr. Derrick's messa...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Dr.  Nii converses with Kevin Matthews, number one bestselling author, former financial advisor, certified financial planner and creator of BuildingBread, an educational program designed to inspire millennials to set, simplify and achieve their financial goals. In this episode, they cover many financial topics f...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Nii and Renée sit down to discuss a multitude of topics including their 5-Star review, when a patient’s outcome is not what you thought it would be and switching from a PC to a MacBook. Lastly, they offer creative debt solutions to a listener grappling with going to PA school and accumulating more debt or pullin...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! In this Docs Outside the Box episode, Nii and Renée take on two hot-button topics - abortion and gun violence. In the wake of the overturning of Roe v Wade and Uvalde, they explore the consequences for women who are denied abortions and the impact of gun violence on children and teens in our country.  They also...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Nii talks with Molly Bell, a recruiter at Provider Solutions & Development, to discuss the income pay gender gap between women and men physicians and how women can negotiate their pay and leverage other benefits.   Things to expect in this episode: Gender pay disparity statistics and the reasons behind them...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Nii sits down with Trevor Cabrera, who completed his residency training in General Pediatrics at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston and then transitioned to working as an exclusive Locum Tenens provider. Listen in as Dr. Cabrera, also known as The Nomadic Pediatrician , talks about his firs...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! After reading Mark Manson’s New York Times Best Seller, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F-ck , not once, but two times, Nii extracts and summarizes the most noteworthy points. Things to expect in this episode: Who you are is defined by what you are willing to struggle for Learn to give a F about what’s really imp...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! A leading expert in medical entrepreneurship and healthcare venture capital, John Shufeldt, MD, sits down with Nii to discuss the twenty businesses he has started, their successes and failures, and how physicians can start and scale their own ventures. Things to expect in this episode: Tribal Health, is the best...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Inflation is here and there aren’t many people out there who are fans of it either. Gas and food prices are through the roof (among other consumables). But there might be a small silver lining in this if you have some extra cash lying around. Treasury I Bonds (issued by the U.S. Treasury) have been very enticing...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Navient got sued by multiple states for unscrupulous behavior that pushed borrowers to use forbearance instead of income-driven repayment plans.  Things to expect in this episode: Nii talks about how much he’s getting from the class-action lawsuit against Navient Nii talks about how the multiple forbearances bal...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show!  Things to expect in this episode: Renee talks about being post-call with OB. Does she prefer working as a locums or doing per diem work Nii and Renee answer listener feedback/questions from text messages Nii & Renee share if they bought a new rental property with Awning Nii & Renee help a pre-PA student...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Dr. Nerissa Kreher is a Chief Medical Officer of a biotech company and a Pediatric Endocrinologist. She transitioned into biotech early in her career and brings 15 years of experience in the biotech/pharmaceutical industry.  Things to expect in this episode: Dr. Nerissa talks about how she got started in the pha...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Dr. Lucie Mitchell is a long time listener of Docs Outside. She joins Dr. Nii today to share her story about how a major panic attack in the last 3 months of residency training led her to pay off $70,000 of student loan debt in less than a year and turn medicine into art. Things to expect in this episode: How a...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Things to expect in this episode: Our podcast has a new description Updates on my first four months with Atomic Habits I’ve been working out for 16 weeks straight (T25) Waking up at 5 am 4 Books in 4 months Will by Will Smith The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson Atomic Habits You Are A Badass by Je...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Things to expect in this episode: What is physician leadership? Does being a doctor mean that one is a natural leader? Learn to ask questions on topics that are unfamiliar to you in order to better serve your patient.  Doctors should view themselves as business owners which means educating themselves about all t...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Things to expect in this episode: We’re in Denver, CO at the AACOM Educating Leaders Conference! We talk about our responses during the first-ever panel dedicated to Dr. Meta Christy, the first Black Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine.  We’re partnering with locumstory.com on a special campaign this year. We give yo...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Dr. Brook Choulet is a concierge psychiatrist and the Founder of Choulet Wellness in Scottsdale, Arizona. She is also still a resident!    Things to expect in this episode: Dr. Brook discloses how she works with high-profile clients like the NBA's Phoenix Suns. Defining what concierge medicine is. How Dr. C...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Nii & Renee are on the road in Denver, Colorado. They’re attending the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Annual Conference and are panelists on the first ever Dr. Meta Christy Presentation.    On this episode they discuss: Attending SNMA’s Annual Medical Conference in Orlando I...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Dr. Param is a radiologist, real estate investor, and coach who helps individuals get to financial independence through real estate investing. Today, she discusses how she spent her first 10 years post-residency saving and investing in stocks. After a series of moves by her hospital including cutting 8 weeks of...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! What if I told you that your inability to hang onto your New Year’s Resolutions has less to do with motivation and more to do with the daily habits/systems you have in place to support that Resolution?   Are we wasting our time on making goals in life?    Nii reviews Atomic Habits by James Clear   Things to expe...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Nii recaps his recent mission trip to Ghana. You on safari or on a mission? Advice to residents Do we prescribe too much opioids in the United States Diagnostic skills of Ghanaian physicians   Nii & Renee talk about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock.  MAKE EXTRA MONEY AS A RESIDENT OR ATTENDING - COMPLETE MEDIC...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Nii talks about his upcoming medical mission trip to Ghana. We talk about what happens on medical mission trips.    Updates on Nii’s habit building.   What Renee and Nii are reading.   Google pays podcasters to video their shows.   Sign-Out: Pusha T - Diet Coke MAKE EXTRA MONEY AS A RESIDENT OR ATTENDING - COMPL...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Dr. Sam Meraj has been Senior Director of Quality, Safety, and Reporting for large national retail chains. I’m talking about the places where you buy groceries, purchase televisions, and even get an oil change for your car at the same time. In this episode, we discuss the details of her job as well as: When she...