Dr. Nii Darko

Docs Outside The Box

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Hosts Dr. Nii (Ghanaian) and Dr. Renee (Haitian) are first-generation physicians who paid off $662,000 in student loans in 3 years - while figuring out contracts, career moves, and money management that their colleagues learned at home. Every episode covers what first-gen docs need to know: Contract negotiation and career decisions Paying off debt without family financial guidance Building wealth from scratch The questions you don't know to ask (but your colleagues already knew) Real strategies from doctors who had to figure it out on their own. Subscribe and build your blueprint with us. Down...

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Dr. Nii Darko

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038 – Necessity is the mother of invention with. Dr. Graham Snyder 11.12.2017 46:25

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE ON: APPLE PODCASTS | GOOGLE PLAY | STITCHER Drowning is the leading cause of death for children between the ages of 1 to 4. It’s the second leading cause of death in children aged 1 to 15. My next guest, Dr. Graham Snyder (Emergency Medicine) grew tired of having painful conversations abo...

037 – Learn med biz with Physician CEO 20.11.2017 45:01

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE ON: APPLE PODCASTS | GOOGLE PLAY | STITCHER This episode is with Guy Kezirian, MD who is here to talk about Physician CEO (paid sponsor). It’s a business immersion program for physicians and takes place at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. It’s for physicians wh...

036 – Reduce your taxes by thousands with Diane Gardner 13.11.2017 55:52

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE ON: APPLE PODCASTS | GOOGLE PLAY | STITCHER We all want to know how to do it: save money on taxes! On this episode we chop it up with certified Tax Coach Diane Gardner on ways physicians can save tons of money on their taxes. She also talks about her new book “10 Most Expensive Tax Mistak...

035 – Learning the skills to be an entrepreneur over lunchtime with Dr. Scarbrough 06.11.2017 51:23

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! My next guest is Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough , author of Lunchtime Physician Entrepreneur: An Easy Blueprint from Moving from Employee to Private Practitioner in Your Spare Time . This book is a six-step guide to help doctors not only get courage, but to learn the know-how to start a private practice on their own te...

Ask Darko v2.0 Side Hustle in Med School 27.10.2017 19:38

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! On this episode I answer questions from my listeners!! Where are you from? Where did you grow up? Why did you start the show? Can you have a side-hustle while in medical school? $200K in students loans as PGY -1. Sould I be more frugal with my spending to allocate more towards loans or utilize the Income Based R...

034 – Dr. Ampadu on creating a charity to help childhood literacy 23.10.2017 56:09

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! We all know that literacy is very important, because it’s connected to how we interact in the world and has a large impact in how we do economically in society. In developing countries, childhood literacy is a problem and my next guest has decided to do something about this issue. Dr. Akua Ampadu is the founder...

033 – That 1099 vs W2 Life with Dave Denniston 16.10.2017 57:46

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! My next guest is Dave Denniston who is a Chartered Financial Analyst that works with physicians. He also is a fellow podcaster and hosts the Freedom Formula for Physicians Podcast . I am definitely a fan of the podcast and this is due to his knowledge, consistency, and genuineness. The show covers a wide range o...

032 – Dr. Kenyon Meadows thinks outside the box on his finances 09.10.2017 45:33

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Most studies say expect the stock market to crash about every eight years. Basically its 2017 and we’re overdue for one. Having a diversified market portfolio can help defray the risk, but if a crash like 2008 occurs again, how can you protect yourself better? My next guest believes he has a better way to invest...

031 – Dr. Sivakumar’s prescription for the tedious sign-out process 02.10.2017 53:03

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Imagine if the same amount of research and development that goes into creating the newest iPhone went into fixing electronic medical records. I would definitely be all for that. Although not the entire EMR, my next guest, has made it his passion to create a solution for one of the most critical aspects of patien...

030 – Dr. Aleron Kong creates fantasy worlds in LitRPG 25.09.2017 49:38

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! This night-owl doc spends his days creating fantasy worlds for his books in the genre of LitRPG. LitRPG is the combination of science fiction writing with role playing video games. This genre has quickly amassed a huge following that spans all over the world. On this episode, Dr. Aleron Kong takes us on his jour...

029 – Dr. Vicki Chan focuses on building a business empire 18.09.2017 51:59

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Network marketing is a popular side-hustle among people who are not medical professionals. For various reasons, doctors have been slow to pick up this form of business. On this episode, we get to explore the ins and outs of network marketing with Vicki Chan, MD. Besides being an amazing ophthalmologist, she cu...

028 – Financial independence with blogger Physician on Fire 29.08.2017 54:16

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! This episode I’m choppin’ it up with the anonymous and famous physician blogger Physician on Fire ! Started back in January 2016, Physician on Fire is a website on personal finance, early retirement, medicine and everything in between. From humble beginnings to now one of most visible physician personal blogs o...

027 – Drs Jamil & Idries Abdur-Rahman from Twin Doctors TV 28.06.2017 54:32

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Drs. Jamil & Idries Abdur-Rahman To educate, inspire, entertain. That’s the motto of our next guests – Drs Jamil & Idries Abdur-Rahman. They are the talent behind the popular TwinDoctorsTV website and YouTube channel . Both are board certified Ob/Gyn docs, both practice in Chicago, and if you haven’t no...

026 – Dr Hala Sabry on motherhood, vulnerability, and Physician Moms Group 16.06.2017 1:07:08

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! On today’s episode I get to chop it up with the creator of the Facebook Physician Moms Group (PMG) – Dr. Hala Sabry. Frustrated and without anyone to really turn to with her questions about medicine and motherhood, Dr. Sabry created PMG in 2014 as a safe space for other physician mothers to ask questions and fi...

025 – This doctor has the Rx for your social media woes 12.06.2017 52:16

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! On the 25th episode of Docs Outside the Box, you get to hear from Dr. Kevin Pho – creator of the popular website KevinMD ! If you have never heard of KevinMD then you’re definitely not living outside the box, because this website has been named the web’s top social media influencer in health care. What started o...

024 – The new face of old fashioned medicine 16.05.2017 41:27

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! For some time now, technology has been both disruptive and a force for change to even the most stubborn of industries. Dr. Paula Muto hopes that what Uber has done to the taxi industry, her company ( UberDoc ) can do to healthcare. UberDoc is a web application that makes it easy to connect patients with surgical...

023 – Top 3 themes of success from my guests 21.04.2017 8:14

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Another solo episode. This one I discuss the top 3 themes I’ve observed throughout all of my Docs Outside the Box interviews. Make sure you share this one! Music: Venomous/Dope Rap Instrumental/KYU Tracks SUBSCRIBE: iTunes | GooglePlayMusic | Stitcher The post 023 – Top 3 themes of success from my guests appea...

022 – 5 Minutes of Positivity 10.04.2017 5:01

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! You never know where you’ll find inspiration. I found some inspiration in the weirdest of places recently – on call during nightshift. I was challenged to put the script away and basically just freestyle a show. Music: Venomous/Dope Rap Instrumental/KYU Tracks SUBSCRIBE: iTunes | GooglePlayMusic | Stitcher T...

021 – Click your way into the future 07.04.2017 57:26

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! My next guest is Dr. Latisha Rowe, CEO of Click It Clinic . Click It Clinic provides practice management support to allow physicians to interact and treat their patients virtually. For those who don’t know, telemedicine is touted as the next frontier in how physicians and patients will interact in the future. Wi...

020 – Medical education on a sisterly level 26.03.2017 55:55

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Imagine getting a chance to work and do something meaningful with your best friend all the time. My next two guests – Drs. Gameli Dekayie-Amenu & Chantal Stephens-Archer get to do that on a daily basis with their passion project BestiesMD . Best friends since meeting in college at the University of Chicago,...

019 – Dr Drai on building momentum with coaching 16.02.2017 35:25

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! I’m bringing back an old friend to Docs Outside the Box – Dr. Drai . Dr. Drai was featured on episode 3 where we talked about his breaking point from a pure clinical practice. Dr. Drai continues to be sought after by media for his medical opinions, but now he’s taking his physician coaching to a larger scale....

018 – Learning the things you should’ve been taught in medical school 13.02.2017 1:01:29

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! On this episode I get to chat with Dr. Bonnie Mason – CEO of Beyond The Exam Room . Through a combination of online and live courses, Beyond The Exam Room (BTER) educates and prepares physicians for things we all should’ve learned in medical school. Wanna learn to read and understand contracts? Check – There’s...

017 – Step outside the box with Future Proof MD 06.02.2017 42:06

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Future Proof MD Necessity is the mother of all invention . Everyone has heard this old proverb. It became relevant again during our economic recession in the years of 2007 – 2009. Although there were plenty of negative events chronicled during the Great Recession , one bright spot was the rise of the personal f...

016 – A Year of Failure 01.01.2017 11:40

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! No guests for this episode everyone! You’ve heard stories from various doctors living outside the box – this episode you get to hear from me! Learn why I called 2016 the Year of Failure for me I started a locums tenens company called Equal Access Health. It’s not your average locums company. Currently we have g...

015 – Don’t call her a superwoman – Dr Nicole Swiner demystifies the Superwoman Complex 12.12.2016 47:20

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! Physician, author, speaker, social media coach, wife, mother, and owner of her own publishing company. Many say it takes superpowers to juggle all of these talents – but my next guest, Dr. Nicole Swiner, will say she’s no superwoman! She truly is living outside the box. In order to drum up more attention for her...