Physician NonClinical Careers with John Jurica

Today's guest is who you call when you're dealing with challenging private practice matters. Dr. Phil Boucher is a husband, a father of five, and a pediatrician in private practice in Lincoln, Nebraska.  He is very prolific, treating patients, educating parents, and helping his colleagues enjoy their clinical work. He has created an online presence for parents that includes a podcast and YouTube c...

Today I have the pleasure of welcoming two guests who are experts in delivering one of the newest telemedicine-supported specialties. Today, we'll be hearing from the President and the CIO of a company that hires physicians and provides in-person and remote wound care services. It was founded well over 10 years ago. And it uses technology, including telemedicine, to improve access and quality for...

Today's guest, Dr. Jill Wener, found a new passion and pursued it while working as a hospitalist. Then it became obvious to her that her new skills could help burned-out physicians. Jill obtained her medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine and completed an Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Washington Medical Center, in Seattle Washington. Today, Jill explains how she...

Dr. Jessica Lubahn is a urologist, health writer, and consultant. She is also the founder of ONDRwear , an apparel company that sells luxe leakproof underwear. Jessica tells me that she created this company to destigmatize urinary, menstrual, and other leakage through the creation of products that are highly effective and beautiful.  Dr. Lubahn received her medical degree at the Washington Univers...

Dr. Greg Hanson decided to start a business that provides the latest way to connect doctors with interesting jobs. Greg is a PGY-3 interventional radiology resident in Philadelphia. He graduated from UCLA with his BS in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences before moving across the country to New York City. While in New York, Greg obtained his Master of Public Health degree in epidemiology with an adva...

In today's interview, we build on the discussion in Episode 168 by speaking with Dr. Paul Hercock from the United Kingdom about the Medical Device Industry. Dr. Hercock is an Emergency Medicine physician who started out working for the National Health Service. He graduated from Nottingham Medical School in 2002. After initially training as a surgeon he pivoted into a career in Emergency Medicine....

In this week's interview, we take our first deep dive into how to land your first job in Industry . Dr. Nerissa Kreher is a pediatric endocrinologist and the Chief Medical Officer of a biotech company.  Today she helps us understand what the term "Industry" means in the context of nonclinical physician careers. Nerissa received her medical degree from East Carolina University. She then completed h...

Jordan G. Roberts, PA-C is a medical writer and former neuroscience physician assistant. He is the owner of Modern MedEd, LLC , a company that creates and markets continuing medical education for premier CME providers across the country. It also helps clinicians advance their careers with non-clinical career resources, jobs, CME reviews, and more.  The company connects healthcare professionals wit...

In today's interview, I am offering a replay of my interview with Dr. David Draghinas, from March 2019, on the topic of short term rentals as a lucrative side business. As I hoped he would, Dave has created his own course to help physicians to replicate what he has done, i.e., find, manage, and generate income with short term rentals. And I'm really happy to be able to offer access to his course t...

In this week's podcast episode, Dr. Meredith Loveless describes how she landed her first nonclinical job as CMO for a MAC. Meredith earned her medical degree at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine. Then she completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the Medical College of Virginia. She practiced obstetrics and gynecology with a subspecialty in pediatric and adolescent gy...

In this week's podcast episode, Dr. David Yeh describes how to invest wisely when preparing for a career pivot. David is a practicing physician, speaker, author, investor, and founder of The Wealthy Doctor Institute . He is also a Registered Investment Advisor. David is an alumnus of Cornell University and New York University School of Medicine. He is Board Certified in Radiology and Nuclear Medic...

In this week's podcast episode, I interview Dr. Gretchen Green about how to become an expert witness, and how to open an expert witness consulting business. Gretchen describes how her expert witness consulting business allowed her to cut back on clinical work, find more freedom, spend more time with her family, and make more money. She enjoys the work because it is intellectually stimulating and s...

John recently read a book called Find Your Zone of Genius: How to Redefine Intelligence, Become an Expert on Yourself, and Make Greatness a Given, by Laura Garnett. Its principles are applicable to physicians struggling to determine if they should remain in medicine, start a nonclinical career, or do something else. Laura is a performance strategist, speaker, and author. She works with CEOs and ex...

For this podcast episode, John describes three big communication mistakes that will impair your performance and derail your career. Here are the MISTAKES - in no particular order… Choosing the WRONG MEDIUM – usually NOT choosing face to face or telephonic communication as opposed to something else. The more important the message, the more you should be inclined to make it face-to-face. Lack of CLA...

In this interview with Dr. Jennifer Spector, we learn how she transitioned from practicing podiatrist to full-time medical editor for a popular podiatric online journal. After completing her residency, Jennifer spent several years building her practice. She later began volunteering at one of her professional associations. She chaired several committees and held several leadership positions at the...

In PNC Podcast Episode 159, Dr. Robert Adams talks about non-clinical retirement opportunities that he identified after a long and eventful military and medical career. Robert "Bob" Adams is a fascinating physician who served in the Navy, became a Navy SEAL, transferred to the army and went to medical school, and served as a physician in the army medical corps. After leaving the military, he opene...

This week, Dr. Jessie Benson explains why she decided to make a major career change after ten years of work as an intensivist. She found that her work was not bringing the joy and fulfillment that she needed. So, she very intentionally began developing new skills and new certifications before she fully transitioned to her new life. She helped build her house, and now studies and performs music as...

In this week's PNC Podcast episode, Dr. Heather Fork describes why your resume is so important and how to optimize it. Heather completed her medical degree at the University of Texas and her residency in dermatology at the University of Miami – Jackson Memorial Program. And she is a Master Certified Coach through the Coaches Training Institute. Right out of residency Heather started a dermatology...

Dr. Nazareth is a gastroenterologist and Chief Medical Officer of a data privacy company. She is an advisor to multiple startups and venture capital funds locally and internationally. She sits on the medical advisory board for Women's Health Magazine and is an advocate for teaching digital literacy to all healthcare professionals. She completed her medical degree at Brown University, and her inter...

Dr. Kaci Durbin is a medical writer and board-certified obstetrician. She currently works as a regulatory writer for a contract research organization (CRO). In her spare time, Kaci also provides freelance medical writing, focusing on continuing medical education (CME) materials and needs assessments. Kaci was employed at a private practice for 5 years and then transitioned into OB hospitalist work...

Earlier this year, I was a participant in the Leverage & Growth Virtual Summit, organized by Dr. Peter Kim from Passive Income MD. It was a unique experience with about 50 experts providing valuable mentoring and teaching over 2 weeks. I had a lot of fun participating and watching the other videos that were posted. Many of you told me you also found it very helpful. So, I wanted to get Peter on th...

In this episode of the PNC podcast, John describes nine excellent books that will help to educate you as you begin your career journey. The first two books will get you in the right frame of mind. And provide tools for you to apply to overcome some of the self-limiting beliefs that might hold you back. Then John presents four books specifically written to assist physicians in their search for a no...

Nii Darko received his medical degree from Kansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences, and an M.B.A. in Health Care Leadership from Rockhurst University. He completed his General Surgery residency at Morehouse School of Medicine and a Trauma/Critical Care fellowship at the University of Miami. Nii is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Nii hosts Docs Outside the Box, an Apple Podca...

Dr. Maiysha Clairborne returns to the podcast as part of a masterclass that we prepared for the Nonclinical Career Academy.  In this excerpt from the masterclass, Maiysha addresses mindset issues commonly experienced by those pursuing a career pivot.  Maiysha maintained an Integrative Practice for 10 years and is trained in neurolinguistic programming. NLP helps overcome mindset traps and limiting...

In this episode of the Physician NonClinical Careers Podcast, Dr. Errin Weisman and John talk about coaching, telemedicine, podcasting, and Errin's soon-to-be-released course, "How to Go From Burnout to BadAss". Errin discusses how her coaching journey began. She was working in a typical medical practice and realized she couldn't do that for the next 30 years of her life. So she sought coaching fo...