Physician NonClinical Careers with John Jurica

In this week's show, Dr. Kerri Best-Sule describes how she discovered early in her clinical career that traditional medical practice does not support healthy family life. She completed her pediatric residency at the University of Maryland and then went on to practice outpatient pediatrics for 3 years before deciding to make her transition into the pharma industry. She started by working as a contr...

In this week's show, John interviews Dr. Jeffrey Gazzara. Dr. Gazzara attended the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine for medical school and completed his internship at the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.  He is a General Practitioner who has been practicing in telemedicine for five and a half years.  Over that time, he has been promoted to a number of leadersh...

In this week's episode, John and his partner in NewScript , Dr. Tom Davis, discuss the state of the healthcare system, and other issues affecting physicians. They also describe new resources they plan to post in NewScript and briefly discuss the recently completed Nonclinical Career Summit. Tom also describes his recent efforts to streamline and improve his coaching and consulting business. And hi...

In this week's episode, John interviews Dr. Ryan Bayley. He first appeared on the show over 4 years ago to talk about his experiences as a business and success coach. Since then, the part of his practice that seems to be growing the fastest is helping to address or prevent disruptive or inappropriate behavior. Dr. Bayley realized that a growing number of physicians were being put on administrative...

In this week's episode, John interviews Dr. Prenay Parikh. Prenay is an internist, podcaster, and real estate investor. He still works as a nocturnist, but he's been helping others to invest in real estate since co-founding  Ascent Equity Group about three years ago. He is also the host of the From MD to Entrepreneur Podcast . In addition to his medical credentials, he recently completed a Masters...

In this week's episode, John Jurica provides an overview of the factors that went into planning the first NewScript Nonclinical Career Summit. NewScript is an online community of clinicians looking for professional satisfaction, overcoming the stress and burnout arising out of the current healthcare system, and moving into more satisfying nonclinical and nontraditional careers. John is the co-foun...

In this week's episode, Dr. Mike Woo-Ming returns to the podcast to explain how to build a cash-based business. Since it eliminates the hassle of billing insurance companies, such practices bring more autonomy and satisfaction. There are several types of businesses that follow this model, including: weight loss skincare and aesthetic medical spas concierge medicine During the conversation, Mike de...

In this week's episode, Alan Goldberg, franchise expert, and consultant describes what a franchise is and why it is an excellent option for building a new clinical or nonclinical business.   During our conversation, he explains the legal and financial aspects of franchises and listed dozens of types of franchises physicians and other clinicians might find especially attractive.   Finally, since hi...

In this week's episode, John provides a description of the 5 common categories of home-based and remote careers. And provides an overview of the specific jobs open to physicians and other clinicians in each one.   Those 5 categories of jobs include:   Chart reviews  Medical writing  Telemedicine  Consulting  Coaching   He also describes the newest opportunities that have opened up in each of the f...

In this week's episode, John describes why some job searches become so frustrating and unproductive. It can feel like we're bogged down and not making any progress once we've decided to pursue that nonclinical position. Part of the explanation is that we may be expecting too much. When making such a drastic move the path is often not as straightforward as we're expecting. And we must learn a whole...

Eleanor Tanno, MD is a Family Physician, Speaker, and Advance Directive Consultant. She completed her medical degree at the U. of Maryland School of Medicine, and her Family Medicine Residency at the Virginia Commonwealth University. She is a full-time primary care family physician and partner in her private practice. She started her side venture, Advance Directive MD , to help people create meani...

My guest today is Matt McWilliams. He is living proof that one can pursue one's passion in life, and do so while making a profit as well. He is the bestselling author of the book Turn Your Passions Into Profits. Matt worked with some of the top companies and entrepreneurs on the planet such as Shark Tank's Kevin Harrington, Tony Robbins, Ryan Levesque, Michael Hyatt, Brian Tracy, Jeff Walker, and...

John frequently receives questions about nonclinical and nontraditional careers from subscribers, podcast listeners, and mastermind members. This is the first in a series of episodes over the next several months in which he responds to 3 or 4 questions.  This week John answers four questions: 1.    What are the highest-paying nonclinical jobs? 2.    Are there affordable resources for those pursuin...

During a recent Nonclinical Mastermind meeting, one of the members posed this question: How do I create a business that allows me to provide advice to clients without creating a physician-patient relationship? This week John attempts to answer that question by presenting 6 guests who have appeared on his podcast. Each one provides wellness and health improvement advice and coaching without establi...

Email subscribers and podcast listeners often approach John with questions about finding a nonclinical or nontraditional clinical job. One of the most common questions is: "How do I get started?" In this week's podcast episode, John answers this question while including some of the decisions he made as he pursued his former career as a hospital chief medical officer. He highlights a stepwise appro...

During this week's episode, John describes why email marketing is an important tool for almost any business and how he has changed his approach to email marketing over the past year or so. Unlike social media platforms, you own your list and it cannot be suddenly limited or deleted. Email marketing is less expensive than other marketing approaches, and it provides you with customers who have demon...

In this week's podcast episode, John describes three major issues that arise during a transition to a nonclinical career . The three big issues that can easily complicate your transition if not recognized early arise in these 3 areas: legal or contractual, financial, and emotional. He also describes the steps that can be taken to reduce or eliminate their impact. You will find links mentioned in t...

Dr. Armin Feldman practiced psychiatry and psychoanalysis for over 20 years and owned outpatient head injury rehabilitation clinics around the country. Fifteen years ago, Dr. Feldman began providing an entirely new kind of medical-legal consulting. All of his consulting is pre-litigation and pre-trial. He helps attorneys manage the medical aspects of cases, increase case value, and save time, but...

The week between Christmas and New Year's Eve is generally pretty slow. So, rather than bringing an interview or an intense career-related topic, we address the following question: How do I encourage my guests to leave at the end of a dinner party? In a fun and humorous way, John provides a top ten list, in reverse order, of the techniques that he and others have used to gently recognize that it i...

Today's guest first appeared on the podcast in Episode 35 . She returns now to describe how her business has grown and to discuss her new book. Life and weight coach Dr. Katrina Ubell is a pediatrician and master-certified life and weight loss coach. She established her weight loss program in 2016 and has assisted more than 1,300 physicians with their battles to get in shape and lose weight. She i...

Working remotely has become all the rage, with its potential advantages of adding flexibility and autonomy to our lives, avoiding office politics, and practical savings in fuel and automobile maintenance costs. But there are some real downsides that can occur. Today's guest is Frieda Wiley, Pharm. D., who worked as a chemist before pursuing her pharmacy doctorate. Like many of you, she was attract...

This week's episode presents Part 2 of an excerpt from my course How to Secure a Career as a Medical Science Liaison . Together, these 2 episodes provide you with a good understanding of what an MSL does and how to pursue your first job as an MSL. The material presented over these two weeks, while dense with information, only represents about 15% of the material in the course itself. But if you're...

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) in the pharmaceutical industry is a popular position for physicians who wish to leave clinical practice. This is true because it is possible to qualify for the job regardless of the extent of training (i.e., whether residency-trained or board certified, or not) or specialty; it does not require special certifications or degrees (beyond a medical degree); and it pr...

John was interviewed recently, and at one point the host asked John to describe some of the most esoteric nonclinical jobs he has discovered. That got him thinking about the guests he has met over the past 5 years. So, this week he describes 5 of those guests and the interesting jobs they do that stand out in his mind as particularly unique and unexpected. You will find links mentioned in the epis...