Above & Beyond Dermatology

Episode 043 | Today's episode is all about helping people, particularly in the geriatric population, who suffer from itchy skin. Tune in to learn about a secret OTC weapon you may not be aware of yet that Dr. Butler and I often recommend to our patients. There's no better time to discuss this than in the dead of winter in central Wisconsin where the dreaded winter itch is currently raging. My gues...

Episode 042 | Lashelle Ullie is a Beverly Hills esthetician and men's skin health expert who advocates for an integrated care approach to holistic wellness that combines conventional and complementary treatment strategies for optimal health. He's also the host of Conversations with Lashelle on Youtube. Specializing in men's skin health and assisting individuals living with cancer, Lashelle connect...

Episode 041 | ***Please note that this episode was recorded in October 2024 and is being published on January 16, 2025. Dr. Swigost's tale has evolved in some big ways since that time, including the announcement of the imminent closure of Dapper Dermatology in Austin, TX on 2/28/2025. Adam shared with me that he has no regrets about this experience, and I believe it. He's undoubtedly more prepared...

Episode 040 | Dr. Angel Sanfilippo Casey is a double board-certified dermatologist and Mohs micrographic dermatologic surgeon with a focus on skin cancer and cosmetic dermatology. She's a partner in a suburban private practice, Center for Surgical Dermatology, in Columbus, Ohio and serves as assistant program director and the head of Dermatologic Surgery for the OhioHealth Dermatology residency pr...

Episode 039 | Dr. Manju Dawkins is a board-certified dermatologist and creator/co-founder of Thimble, the first easy, safe, and comprehensive solution for alleviating needle pain and stress. Needle aversion stops millions from participating in other forms of essential care, including early disease detection, blood donation and life-saving treatments. Thimble is a holistic platform of pain and stre...

Episode 038 | Saul Marquez is the founder and CEO of Outcomes Rocket, a global digital marketing agency exclusively serving clients in the healthcare industry. With over twenty years of experience in sales and marketing within the healthcare sector, Saul’s journey began in sales and leadership roles at major players like Stryker, NuVasive, and Medtronic. Recognizing significant gaps that comp...

For all who celebrated, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends. I'm grateful to all of you who have listened to the show so far. Instead of selling you something on Black Friday, I want to give you something. What you're about to hear is an unfinished draft of an e-book I started many months ago. While I never ended up finishing it, it contains a lot of valuable informatio...

Episode 036 | David Lipman, DC, a seasoned chiropractic physician and owner of Physical Evidence Chiropractic in Boca Raton, FL, has successfully treated thousands of patients. With a deep personal commitment to bio-optimization, Dr. Lipman has achieved extraordinary levels of strength, endurance, and overall health well into his 60s. His mission is to share the knowledge and processes that have p...

Episode 035 | Joshua Weitz, MD is the CEO and Clinical Director at Dermatology Associates of Rochester. Dr. Weitz specializes in immunology and is passionate about nonsurgical procedures such as CoolSculpting® and miraDry® that use the body’s natural immune response to produce results that benefit the patient. He’s triple board-certified in internal medicine, allergy/immunology, and anti-aging and...

Episode 034 | I had the good fortune of meeting and befriending the delightful and remarkable Niroj Bhandari, MBBS when he was a Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences medical student doing his clinical training at Dhulikhel Hospital in Dhulikhel, Nepal. Jai Nepal!🇳🇵That was back in 2018 while I was a dermatology resident at Stanford, but I caught up with him shortly after he received the...

Episode 033 | Larry Keller, CFP®, CLU®, ChFC®, RHU®, LUTCF (oh my!) of Physician Financial Services is a great person to know if you're in the market for disability insurance. If you're a physician and have never even thought about or heard of disability insurance, he's an even better person to know. There is no shortage of insurance agents and/or financial advisors who work with or want to work w...

Episode 032 | Tofunmi Omiye, MD, MS is an incoming dermatology resident (class of 2028) at Stanford and is currently a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University where he works in the Daneshjou (shout out Roxana!) and Zaba (shout out Lisa!) Labs that are part of the departments of Dermatology and Biomedical Data Science. Dr. Omiye works at the nexus of artificial intelligence, healthcare, and pol...

Episode 031 | Michael Hersh, MD is a practicing gastroenterologist, coach, and founder of Better Physician Life. When he became an attending in 2009, he hit the ground running. Like many of us, he was excited to build his practice and engage with patients. He joined a small multispecialty group and took on as many leadership opportunities as he could find. If there was a committee that needed a yo...

Episode 030 | Diana Londoño, MD is 1 of the only 0.5% (1 in 200!) of urologists in the U.S that are both women and Latin. She's also a life coach, writer, speaker, Reiki Master and founder of Physician Coach Support. She's my friend, and she is most definitely #NotAProvider. Dr. Londoño' treats a wide array of urological conditions but doesn't stop there. Her mission is to provide you with compass...

Episode 029 | Brittany Busse, MD is the co-founder, president, and Chief Medical Officer of ViTelHealth, Inc and the Founder and CEO of the ViTelHealth Physician Services Cooperative. She has more than seven years of experience in Executive Physician Leadership and in developing processes and technology specific for Telemedicine. Dr. Busse has a keen intuition and is able to make meaningful connec...

Episode 028 | Aamir Hussain, MD, MAPP is a board-certified dermatologist who is currently practicing in Northern Virginia. He is an internationally-recognized speaker, writer and educator on health policy, medical education and interfaith dialogue. He speaks five languages and enjoys teaching and working with diverse patient populations. Dr. Hussain has won multiple teaching awards from Georgetown...

Episode 027 | Amna Shabbir, MD, CPC is passionate about helping doctors thrive in life after medical training as an early career physician. She is the Founder of Early Career Physicians Institute, a Certified Wellness and Life Coach, Dual Board-certified Geriatrician-Internist and Super Mom to two young girls. In this episode:🔥 In search of alignment🔥 3 stages of the Early Career Physician ...

Episode 026 | Luká Yancopoulos is a visionary entrepreneur and the driving force behind Grapevine, a groundbreaking startup that is transforming the healthcare supply chain. Since its launch in 2022, Grapevine has made waves in the industry, including earning the prestigious President’s Innovation Prize the same year for its outstanding innovation and entrepreneurship. Under Luká's leadership, Gra...

Episode 025 | Dr. Teo Soleymani, a Los Angeles native, one of my Stanford residency mates, and founder of California Dermatology and Mohs Surgery Specialists (CDMS), completed his undergraduate studies in Evolutionary Biology at UCLA. He went on to graduate from the UC Irvine School of Medicine, where he received numerous accolades for academic excellence including induction into the prestigious A...

Episode 024 | Dr. Nicholas D. Brownstone received a BA degree in Psychology from Cornell University and attended medical school at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson. He trained for over 3 years as a resident in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery before switching to a career in Dermatology. Dr. Brownstone completed a fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco Department of Dermatology in P...

Episode 023 | Dr. Oxana Ormonova is a board-certified Internal Medicine Physician, Clairvoyant, Spiritual Healer, and Intuitive Life Coach gifted with insight and perception to facilitate deep transformation and healing on spiritual, emotional, and mental levels. From a very young age, Oxana realized she was different – being able to see and feel things no one else could. As a physician,...

Episode 022 | Dr. Meena Julapalli is triple board-certified in pediatrics, dermatology, and pediatric dermatology. After 7 years in academics as an Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics at the University of Texas - Austin and the University of Colorado, she opened her own direct care pediatric dermatology practice, Bluebird Dermatology, in Houston, Texas. Dr. Julapalli is passionate ab...

Episode 021 | If you're a specialist who knows there has to be a better way but doesn't know where to start, start with Diana Girnita, MD, PhD, FACR, visionary Founder and CEO of Rheumatologist OnCall and the Direct Specialty Care Alliance. She's one of my heroes, and I'm so grateful she took the time to share her wisdom and experience with us. Rheumatologist OnCall is a telemedicine company deliv...

Episode 020 | I'm excited to bring you an excerpt form a recent episode of the wonderful Dermasphere podcast hosted by Drs. Luke Johnson and Michelle Tarbox. This is episode 130 for them. They've been at this for a while and have amassed a bit of a cult following. The show is fun and wildly educational. I'm grateful to Luke and Michelle for allowing me to cross-post the interview on The Direct Car...

Episode 018 | Building a successful direct care dermatology practice may not be rocket science, but even if it was, Dr. Miguel Villacorta would still crush it. He's one of my heroes in direct care dermatology, and I can't wait for you to learn from him. Dr. Villacorta is a board-certified dermatologist, the visionary founder of Galt Dermatology & Concierge Medicine, and an advocate for transfo...