Physician NonClinical Careers with John Jurica

Today we discuss a popular hospital-based job that can also serve as a stepping stone to the C-suite. It is the position of CDI medical director. CDI is the acronym for clinical documentation improvement, or more commonly today, clinical documentation integrity . I have interviewed two CDI specialists in the past. One worked primarily as an independent CDI consultant, and the other worked as a phy...

Your first job interview is a critical part of your nontraditional job search. You've narrowed your choice to a single job. You've convinced someone that you're qualified. And now you've landed an interview. There may be an initial phone interview. Then you may be invited to one-on-one or group interviews. Some of today's tips apply primarily to face-to-face interviews, but most also apply to tele...

On today's show, I have the pleasure of introducing Dr. Cherisa Sandrow. She is a board-certified family physician who completed her medical degree at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She worked for nine years practicing family medicine, with an emphasis on obstetrics. After practicing medicine as an employee, Dr. Sandrow pivoted out of her busy office-based practice and developed...

Today's topic is one I've been dying to talk about for a long time. It has to do with professional associations and societies and their place in physician career transition. Today for the podcast I am going to introduce you to important professional societies and associations. I will be visiting each society's site online today so that I can provide you with a little bit of specific information on...

Dr. Andrew Tisser specializes in emergency medicine and is the host of the Talk2MeDoc Podcast . The podcast and Dr. Tisser's work as a career strategist focus on the unique issues pertaining to the early career physician.  Andrew earned his medical degree at the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine. He then completed his residency at Upstate Medical University in Syracu...

Today I thought I would discuss another topic related to the pursuit of a hospital management job. I read  an article on KevinMD  by  Patty Fahy, MD  recently that talked about BSM (Business School Mindset). The author gave examples of the BSM mindset: "...graduates are assured that an MBA degree has prepared them to manage in any industry: a tattoo parlor, a government entity, or a hospital syste...

Today I discuss my work as chief medical officer. I spent 14 years as a senior hospital executive. There was a lot to like about that job. More than I can cover in one podcast episode. I presented the positive aspects of a hospital management career in Podcast Episode #20 . But today, I'll focus on some of the specific projects I worked on and the directors who I worked with. I think it will give...

Dr. Chase DiMarco holds an MS and an MBA, and is an MD/Ph. D-candidate. He is the Founder of MedEd University  and the CEO of  FindARotation , a clinical rotations platform. He hosts the Medical Mnemonist Podcast and Rounds to Residency Podcast and is co-author of Read This Before Medical School , published in 2019. Chase is a consummate entrepreneur, author, teacher, and businessman. If you enjoy...

This is Part 2 of my discussion of coaches and how to hire one. I receive frequent questions about this topic from listeners. Their questions generally involve one or more of these themes: Should I use a coach? Where do I find a coach? Are coaches expensive? Do you recommend certain coaches? I'm aware of three directories of physician coaches: Happy MD lists five coaches affiliated with Dr. Dike D...

This is Part 1 of my discussion of coaches and how to hire one. I receive frequent questions about this topic from listeners. Their questions generally involve one or more of these themes: Should I use a coach? Where do I find a coach? What does coaching cost? Do you recommend certain coaches? I have spoken on the podcast in the past about what coaching is, and how it differs from mentorship, onli...

Dr. Laura McKain is a board-certified physician with more than ten years of pharmaceutical industry experience. She has experience with clinical-regulatory strategy, study design, protocol writing, Phase 2-4 clinical trials, medical monitoring, safety surveillance, data analysis, and report writing. She received her medical degree from Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and completed her tra...

What can you expect, and how should you prepare, when leaving your current position?  Most of you will be in the following situation: Working for a medical group or healthcare system.  You find clinical medicine to be frustrating and unrewarding for a variety of reasons, including: lack of respect, understaffing, poorly designed or slow EMRs, long hours, churning of patients to maintain worked RVU...

Dr. Maiysha Clairborne was a guest of the podcast on Episodes 40 and 151. She has returned to the PNC Podcast because she is an amazing coach. She has worked with hundreds of physicians to improve their careers and their lives. And she has a new program that I want to learn more about and share with you. As a quick reminder, Maiysha is a Board Certified Family Physician, Integrative Medicine Pract...

This discussion was first presented in June of 2019. It was in response to one of the most common questions brought up in the Physician Nonclinical Career Hunters Facebook Group. Your MD or DO degree is valuable. It enables you to compete for jobs with PhDs and PharmDs. Remember, too, that these jobs are open to residency-trained physicians, often at slightly higher salary levels to start. 1. Medi...

Dr. Brook Choulet is a concierge psychiatrist and the founder of Choulet Wellness in Scottsdale, Arizona. Dr. Choulet was raised in San Diego, California, and completed her medical degree at the University of Missouri Kansas City's rigorous six-year BA/MD program. She then pursued training in General Psychiatry at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix. She is currently in her final...

Dr. Marsha Caton obtained her M.S. in Biology and Ph. D. in Human and Molecular Genetics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for many years and is an expert in managing NDA submission teams and delivery of regulatory documents for drug approval. She has expertise in medical writing, medical affairs, pharmacovigilance processes, health authority...

In today's episode, I describe how coaches, mentors, and masterminds can support your career transition. My first mentor was an internist I met through my volunteer work in continuing medical education at my hospital and state medical society. He encouraged me to pursue a career in hospital management. What are the characteristics of a MENTOR? Here are a few... Volunteer Informal Infrequent Self-s...

Today we're revisiting the conversation with Dr. Dana Carpenter from Episode #61. It was an eye-opening interview introducing us to Medical Communications. Sometimes this term is used to refer to any company that employs medical writers, such as a CME producer. However, in this context, we're talking about the firms that provide marketing and advertising services to pharmaceutical and medical devi...

Nonclinical Nation, it has been a long time since we have heard about clinical documentation improvement as a nonclinical career. And I thought it was time to revisit this topic. In fact, there are many interviews from early in the podcast that are worth revisiting. So, I decided to bring back some of them during this summer of 2021. We'll post several of these in the coming months, interspersed w...

Dr. Fisayo Ositelu completed an MD and MBA, graduating from Stanford University with both degrees in 2013. Rather than complete a clinical residency, he chose to leverage his education by working in Silicon Valley. Using his medical and business training, he assisted his first employer with developing and selling products to healthcare organizations and financial institutions. In June of 2019, he...

Dr. Luissa Kiprono is a perinatologist with a very interesting background, having been born and raised in Romania. As a child, she qualified for the Romanian gymnastics team and turned it down to pursue her education. She emigrated to the United States with her family when she was 19 years old. She set her sights on becoming a physician. She worked many different jobs after completing her undergra...

This week I present my conversation with Dr. Jonathan Baktari, the quintessential physician entrepreneur. Jonathan received his medical degree at Ohio State. Following that, he completed his internal medicine residency at Northwestern University and pulmonary/critical care fellowship at UCLA. He was at the peak of his medical career when he saw a new opportunity. Applying everything he'd learned a...

Dr. Stephanie E. Freeman, is a board-certified critical care specialist, best-selling author, speaker, and consultant. In addition, she is the expert in helping doctors discover alternative careers in medicine. As Founder and Chief Medical Advisor of DrStephanieICU.com, Dr. Stephanie discusses real-world career strategies to help physicians "think outside the box" regarding their careers. By shari...

This week, Dr. Leelee Thames, the Chief Value Officer at Novant Health, is our guest. She is the third University of Tennessee physician executive MBA graduate to join us. During our interview, she will explain why she loves her job. Leelee completed her medical degree at Texas A& M College of Medicine and her anesthesiology residency at the University of Oregon Health and Science University. Duri...

I want to remind you that the Nonclinical Career Academy Membership Program has just re-opened after being closed to new members for 6 months. There are more than 20 courses for physicians looking to shift to a nonclinical career. I'll say more about that later. For now, if you want to learn more about it, go to nonclinicalphysicians.com/joinnca . In honor of my 200th episode, I want to do a coupl...