Creative Careers in Medicine Podcast

In this episode of CCIM, host Dr Elise Putt speaks with Dr David Carmody, a child and adolescent psychiatrist, to discuss his clinical work, the challenges of managing a growing business, and the impact of telehealth on psychiatry.  David shares his schedule, which includes clinical work, and working at the Child Protection Service. He shares how he overcame funding and people challenges to b...

In this episode of the CCIM Podcast, hosts Dr Dana Phang and Dr Elise Putt are joined by CCIM Founder Dr Amandeep Hansra, as they reflect on the lessons learnt from recent podcast guests, and on the challenges and triumphs of pursuing creative careers in medicine.  Amandeep shares her own journey in founding the Creative Careers in Medicine (CCIM) community and how it helps thousands of clini...

Welcome to another episode of CCIM, the podcast that explores creative career opportunities in the field of medicine. In this episode, our host Dr Dana Phang is joined by Dr Melanie Tan, who shares her experiences and insights into the world of clinical governance. Dr Tan starts off by recounting a heartbreaking case she worked on involving a doctor who was a witness in a claim against a hospital....

In this episode of the CCIM podcast, host Dr Elise Putt speaks with Dr Anthony Llewellyn to discuss his diverse career and the various roles he currently holds. Dr Llewellyn shares how he balances his time between psychiatry, coaching other doctors, consulting with organisations, and participating in speaking engagements and podcasts. He also talks about his recent board role as the chair of the a...

In this episode of the Creative Careers in Medicine podcast, host Dr Dana Phang interviews Dr Helena Franco, a medical professional with a diverse background and a passion for orthopaedic surgery. Dr Franco shares her journey from being an undergraduate student in medicine to becoming an orthopaedic PHO in Queensland. Dr Franco talks about her early interest in law and her experimentation with kid...

In this episode of CCIM, host Elise Putt interviews Dr Josh Case, who has found a unique career path that combines his passion for medicine with his expertise with software engineering.  Josh works as a locum doctor a few days a month in various locations across Australia and also runs a company called Go Locum, which is a medical workforce marketplace aimed at making the locum work industry...

In today's episode, host Dr Dana Phang sits down with Dr Ashe Coxon, a GP with a non-traditional career path. Ashe shares her journey from being encouraged by a stranger to consider medicine to questioning her decision during her junior doctor years. She describes the challenges she faced and how she eventually found her calling as a General Practitioner, career counsellor and is the fou...

Welcome to a new episode of Creative Careers in Medicine, hosted by Dr Elise Putt.  Today's guest is Associate Professor George Rubin, a seasoned expert in public health. George walks us through his multifaceted career, beginning with his time in Atlanta where he confronted the struggles of a city driven by business interests. He then discusses his contributions in Bangladesh with the Ford Fo...

In this episode of Creative Careers in Medicine, Dr. Dana Phang interviews Dr. Sarah Rav, a 25-year-old doctor from Melbourne who has redefined her career through social media and content creation. Dr. Rav discusses her journey into medicine, driven by a personal experience with her grandmother's Alzheimer's disease and a desire to support and educate families facing similar challenges. She also s...

Dr Simon Kos is the Chief Medical Officer for Microsoft with a career that’s taken him international in the world of tech.  What’s now a booming industry, the world of ‘health tech’, was only in it’s infancy when Dr Kos first started out. Here he talks about that journey and how he’s gotten to where he is today.  Thanks for listening.  To get more CCIM, subscribe...

Laureate Professor Nicholas Talley is a world renowned Neurogastroenterologist and author.  He’s known by medical students across Australia and around the world for co-creating the bible of clinical examination in ‘Talley and O’Connor’s Clinical Examination’. This is just one of his many publications, with additional textbooks and over 1000 papers to his name. His current research focuses on...

Welcome back to a new season of the Creative Careers in Medicine Podcast. Today we are joined by the one and only Doctor Karl! You probably know a bit about his career in TV and radio but do you know about his career as a doctor, mechanic or roadie?  Join us as we find out all about the many lives Doctor Karl and what it takes to be a medical professional in the media! Thanks for listening.&n...

Dr Kate Gregorevic is a Melbourne-based geriatrician and writer. In this interview she discusses caring for vulnerable patients in the midst of a pandemic, why she's so passionate about her specialty, overcoming imposter syndrome to grow and challenge herself, and the experience of bootstrapping a health business.

In this special episode, guest host and Crazy Socks 4 Docs day founder Dr Geoff Toogood discusses physicians' mental health with Professor Michael Myers, a professor of clinical psychiatry and behavioural sciences at SUNY-Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn, New York.

Associate Professor Jane Munro is a paediatric rheumatologist at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital and one of the founders of the Pandemic Kindness Movement. In this interview she talks about how and what kickstarted the movement, the overwhelming support and humanity it very quickly attracted, and the importance of following your heart and values.

For the last 20 years, Dr Lucy Cooper has been working as the clinic GP at the St Vincent de Paul Society's Matthew Talbot Hostel in Woolloomooloo Sydney. After initially feeling a little out of place in the medical profession, Lucy eventually managed combine her interests, personal values and faith, and her desire to really help people into a rewarding career. In this interview she discusses the...

In this chat, Louise discusses the way she balances all the competing commitments in her life, the importance of finding your own professional path by following your interests, and achieving what she describes as "flow".

Dr Chris Moy is the current Vice President of the Australian Medical Association. In this conversation, the Adelaide GP discusses how he "accidentally" got into medicine and ultimately discovered the anger which initially drove him into medico-politics. He also discusses the recent mini-lockdown in his state of South Australia and what it has been like to work closely with health authorities and g...

Dr Neela Janakiramanan is a Melbourne based reconstructive plastic surgeon specialising in hand and wrist surgery and skin cancer. Neela is an incredible communicator with a passion for public health advocacy, social justice and equity. In this interview she discusses everything from experiencing Victoria's extended lockdown restrictions as a clinician, to being inspired by her grandfather perform...

Dr Fiona Lander is an engagement manager with consulting firm McKinsey & Company, specialising in healthcare strategy and transformation. After studying both medicine and law concurrently, she's worked as both a doctor and lawyer, forging an impressive career while working and living in Australia and abroad. In this interview she discusses how following her passions and blazing her own path re...

Dr Brandon Carp is a Melbourne-based doctor who transformed his medical career into a very successful business career as the founder of Unified Healthcare Group. In this interview Brandon talks about the changing attitudes around how people view the commercial side of medicine, and how these kinds of medical careers are becoming increasingly recognised and validated as important professional pathw...

Dr Kate Kloza is currently preparing to spend her 5th winter on an Australian Antarctic research base. With a truly inspiring passion for Antarctica and for the work she does for the Australian Antarctic Division, Kate has served as the sole doctor on different expeditions on each of Australia's 4 permanent Antarctic and sub-Antarctic research stations, for periods of around 12 months at a time. I...

Associate Professor Marie Bismark turned her medicine and law degrees into a successful medical, medicolegal and research career. She's currently retraining and working as a consultation liaison psychiatry registrar with Melbourne Health. This year, a team she's leading at the University of Melbourne received $1m in NHMRC investigator grant funding to research why health practitioners in Australia...

Hugh is an experienced clinician and health technology advisor, with a focus on leveraging big data and artificial intelligence. He is a board certified consultant radiologist and academic, trained in the NHS and Europe's leading cancer research center, the Institute of Cancer Research, where he was twice awarded ICR Science Writer of the Year. In this conversation he discusses all these roles as...

Dr Jill Gamberg is a Sydney GP and one of Australia's first certified lifestyle medicine physicians. Originally hailing from Canada, Jill had always wanted to eventually become a doctor but took a very interesting pathway to get there. In this conversation she talks about her background as an athlete and athletic therapist, the future of lifestyle medicine, her forays into media and commitment to...