Docs Outside The Box

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! In this episode of Docs Outside the Box Dr. Nii lays out his plan to read a new book a month in 2023, and discusses how he selected each of the twelve titles. Included in his selections are How to Win Friends and Influence People, Heavy: An American Memoir , Building a Second Brain and How to Be an Antiracist ....

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Drs. Nii and Renée meet up in the studio to dish on Rihanna’s Super Bowl halftime performance and why music artists perform at the Superbowl for free. The conversation segues into the reasons why some doctors offer unpaid services. The topic shifts again to cover Kyrie Irving’s recent trade to the Dallas Maveric...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Drs. Nii and Renée come together to discuss a recent study published by Health Affairs that contrasts the lack of diversity among US physicians to the impact of debt on the populations that are underrepresented in medicine. The study asserts that understanding the differential burden of debt by race and ethnicit...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Back home from completing a four-day work weekend, Dr. Nii joins Dr. Renée in the studio to talk about a recent Wall Street Journal article that reported on Stanford Health Care residents joining the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR), the largest housestaff union in the United States. The doctors discuss...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! The medical community worldwide has been rocked by the news that ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) program, passed the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination, Steps 1, 2, and 3. Early investigations suggest that the program could be used in clinical decision-making. In this latest episode of Docs Outside the...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! A disillusioned third year medical student announced his official withdrawal from medical school and medicine in a post on Medium. The Ethiopian immigrant stated that he believes the current medical system is designed to harm not help people, prioritizes profits over patients and often fails to address the root...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! The last taped show for 2022 is also the 81st episode of the year, and Drs. Nii and Renée are celebrating with part two of the Top 10 YouTube Shorts of 2022! Counting up from number 5 to number 1, the couple highlight the shows with the most viewer reactions and continue the conversation on topics like cashing o...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Rounding off the year, Drs. Nii and Renée respond to the shows that resonated with their audience the most in a rundown of the Top 10 YouTube Shorts for 2022! Starting from the bottom at number 10 and making their way up to number 6, the first part of this two-part series touches on hot button topics like aborti...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! RVA baby, a holistic concierge practice for newborns, was born out of pediatrician Dr. Janet West’s passion for caring for infants and moms in the early months following birth. In this Docs Outside the Box episode Dr. Nii converses with Dr. West about her journey from a burned out medical director to a creator o...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! The Physician Philosopher, Dr. Jimmy Turner, returns to Docs Outside the Box, to discuss his latest book, Determined: How Burned Out Doctors Can Thrive in a Broken Medical System . Bringing his own personal insight and experience with burnout as well as a mountain of evidence-based psychological studies, Dr. Tur...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! The topic of this week’s Docs Outside the Box is “Don’t be a Broke Retired Doctor”, number eight of the “Eleven Money Traps that Keep Doctors Burned Out” series. In this episode Drs. Nii and Renée discuss the importance of investing in retirement plans early on, so that later in life, when and how a doctor retir...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders is under scrutiny after announcing his departure as head football coach at Jackson State University for the University of Colorado. Some criticism stems from Sanders’ statement three years ago that God was sending him to Jackson to rebuild and elevate the struggling footb...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! What if your last paycheck was your last paycheck? Most people don’t think about getting sick or injured and losing their ability to earn a living. Such was the case for Dr. Stephanie Pearson, a former OB/GYN, who lost her ability to practice after suffering a shoulder injury at work. Dr. Nii welcomes Dr. Pearso...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! America has one of the most toxic work cultures in the world, and the field of medicine is no exception. Dr. Nii welcomes guest, Cindy Corson, a Physician and Provider Recruiter with Provider Solutions & Development, who advises physicians on how they can avoid burnout and job dissatisfaction by establishing...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Dr. Felecia Froe is impacting neighborhoods throughout Tulsa, Oklahoma, through socially responsible real estate investing. Dr. Nii brings licensed urological surgeon and real estate syndicator, Dr. Froe, on the show to discuss her company, Money with a Mission, and the work she’s doing bringing professional wom...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! In the wake of Tom and Gisele Brady’s recent divorce announcement Drs. Nii and Renée hit the studio to read listener comments from their previous episode, “Won’t You Come Home, Tom Brady?”, and continue the discussion. The doctors also answer audience questions and close out the show by bringing to light Qatar’s...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Since childhood Dr. Renée wanted to be a pediatrician. In college she narrowed it down to pediatric endocrinology. However, during her fourth in medical school, while doing rounds, she realized that Obstetrics and Gynecology was her true calling. On this episode of Docs Outside the Box Dr. Renée sits in the gues...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Stepping even further outside the box, Dr. Nii brings on the show Theo Jones, a Family Nurse Practitioner to talk about the growing field of IV Hydration medicine and how doctors are getting involved. Theo is the founder of the Weekend Whitecoat Concierge, a primary and urgent care practice in Maryland that offe...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Trained pediatric hospitalist turned coaching specialist, Dr. Kimmy, teaches doctors how to take their stories of transformation and translate them into six-figure coaching services. Dr. Kimmy joins Nii on the show to share how and why she left medicine to create The Doctor Coach School.   Things to expect in th...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Looking for a job in a competitive market or medical specialty adds to the challenge of finding the right position. Mary Kay Moreau, a Senior Recruiter with Provider Solutions & Development, joins Nii to discuss factors that come into play, like recruiter assistance, geographic location, and salary/benefits....

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Nii welcomes to the show Dr. Ragy Girgis, co-creator of the Columbia Mass Murder Database (CMMD), the world’s largest and most comprehensive database on mass shootings. A psychiatrist and Columbia University faculty member, Dr. Girgis discusses his research findings, most notably that psychosis is not related to...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Nii talks with Allyson Hollingsworth, a physician recruiter with Provider Solutions & Development , on how to ask a potential employer questions that address sensitive topics like diversity equity and inclusion (DEI), generational conflict, medical restrictions at religious hospitals and more.   Things to ex...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Nii and Renée share their experience at the National Residency Matching Program’s (NRMP) annual conference, “Transition to Residency,” where they gave a fireside chat on the potential impact of incorporating financial literacy into medical school and residency curricula. The couple discusses the impact of ignori...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Nii brings back Dr. Ronnie Shalev to share her story of how she transitioned from a burned-out ER physician to a financially free real estate syndication investor. In this episode Dr. Shalev covers the gamut of real estate investment opportunities available to busy professionals, highlighting the benefits of syn...

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Nii brings back Dr. Ronnie Shalev to share her story of how she transitioned from a burned-out ER physician to a financially free real estate syndication investor. In this episode Dr. Shalev covers the gamut of real estate investment opportunities available to busy professionals, highlighting the benefits of syn...