Doctors Changing Medicine

Does the financial language seem so complicated? Are you a physician looking to grow your income? This episode is definitely for you!  Dr. Elisa Chiang MD, PhD. is a practicing ophthalmologist and oculoplastic surgeon, a certified life coach, and the host of Grow Your Wealth Mindset podcast. She dove into the world of personal finance and investing when she was in the grad school years of the MSTP...

Dr. Jia Hwei Ng is a board-certified nephrologist, a clinical researcher at Zucker School of Medicine at Northwell, and the founder of Publish MD. Dr. Hwei is passionate about helping clinicians get over the hurdles of publishing. She coaches clinicians on how to publish research papers and achieve their academic goals without feeling overwhelmed. She is also the creator of the PublishedMD YouTube...

This episode is a very special one. Join me in wishing the Doctors Changing Medicine podcast a happy birthday! Each week, for 52 weeks, I have spoken to a physician who is doing amazing things in medicine. Meaning, there are still so many more stories to tell! On this day, I want to say a special thank you for listening, sharing, and writing us reviews. I also want to invite you to tune in to toda...

Dr. Latifa Akintade is a practicing Gastroenterologist, a money coach, and the creator and founder of the MoneyFitMd platform which includes a podcast and a money school for badass women Physicians. She helps women Physicians grow from financially overwhelmed to financially confident so that they can achieve financial peace of mind. Her goal is to help women Physicians build wealth from the inside...

If you're the type of physician who feels like you should be successful at this point, because you've done all the work but still go to bed disappointed, this episode is definitely for you! Dr. Moore MD is a certified dermatopathologist and the founder of She is money, a success strategy and coaching company for ambitious intelligent women physicians. Even after founding her first profes...

Dr. Amy Vertrees is a general surgeon in Columbia and is affiliated with Maury Regional Hospital. She is the founder of a wonderful company called Boss, and the host of the Boss Business and Surgery Series podcast . Dr. Vertrees received her medical degree from Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences F.Edward Hebert School of Medicine and has been practicing for over 10 years. Dr. Vertree...

Physical manifestations of burnout are the end-stage manifestation of chronic stress. Dr. Londoño underwent burnout twice, with the second one lasting almost a year and manifesting physically. Her husband once described her as a negative person who he wouldn't want to be around, and this was her final tocsin. She decided to venture into life coaching and is now supporting fellow Physicians. D...

Elaine Stageberg is the principal and co-founder of Black Swan Real Estate. She has a background as a Psychiatrist and healthcare administrator in Rochester Minnesota. Elaine and her husband purchased a single-family house in Oklahoma, transformed the house from boarded up to occupied in 4 weeks, and now to a multi-million dollar real estate, Black Swan.  Elaine could have quit back when she attai...

Open charts, full inboxes, gaining weight, missing kid's activities, not sleeping well…Alexia went through a couple of burnout phases as a practicing physician with no boundaries. She decided to fully focus on her medical informatics role and this allowed her to step back, take care of herself and work through the different burnout phases and also see how her fellow physicians are struggling....

Dr. Kristi Angevine, MD is an Obstetrician and Gynecologist, and a certified life coach who helps high achieving overthinkers find true self-confidence. She shifted from her private practice to being an entrepreneur and recently launched her podcast Habits on Purpose.  Dr. Angevine’s show covers an umbrella of topics and has proven to be a success right from its debut. She coaches high-achieving w...

Dr. Ronke Dosunmu is a board-certified pediatrician, a serial entrepreneur, and a business coach. She has also worked in the pharmaceutical industry and also does Clinical Research. Dr. Dosunmu is the founder of MavenCEO and has been running her pediatric private practice for 28 years. She is passionate about empowering women to is on a mission to empower women with the Competence, Coaching and Co...

The EntreMD Method is out! If you have no idea what I am talking about, tune in to this episode.  The EntreMD Method is a roadmap for strategizing your business and building a successful brand that reflects your goals. This book has been (and still is) the number one bestseller from the day it was released! And I am so proud of the tsunami of change that it's creating. So, how did I do it? Ho...

Did you know that the suicide rate of women physicians is 130% higher than that of the general population? Physicians hold the highest rate of suicide compared to any other profession. Being high functioning people and showing up for work like physicians keeps people from noticing that sometimes they need help and dolefully fall deep into high functioning depression. In this episode, I speak to Dr...

Dr. Kate Mangona is a practicing board-certified pediatric radiologist, mother of two. With her husband Victor, she is an active and passive real estate investor with a portfolio worth over $5 million. Kate is also a relationship coach who helps physicians find peace and joy in their marriages and live a purposeful, meaningful life.  Tune in this week as Dr. Mangona and I discuss her work as a rel...

As physicians, we are unbelievably devalued in the healthcare space, a space where we're supposed to be the leaders. It’s high time we said enough is enough, and did something about it! Imagine learning new things, getting breakthroughs in our businesses, and changing the paradigm for ourselves. Imagine creating a massive impact inside and outside the exam room, getting your own table and a s...

Many people view a long-term relationship as a place where passion goes to die, but when you are able to shift your mindset and find peace within yourself, you can bring pleasure and purpose to all aspects of your life. In this episode, I speak to Dr. Alexandra Stockwell, a physician turned relationship and intimacy expert who helps committed couples shift their mindset and find the emotional and...

Several years ago, Dr. Laura Fortner got sued for medical malpractice even though she went above and beyond for that patient. She has felt the shame, loneliness, anger, doubt, fear, and helplessness that comes with a medical malpractice lawsuit. As she was going through that journey, Dr. Fortner realized one thing - the culture of medicine and how it has been associated with perfectionism.  With t...

Coming from a family of doctors, Dr. Caroline Clerisme was inspired to become a physician. As a child in Haiti, Dr. Clerisme enjoyed seeing how her mother, a dermatologist, interacted with and cared for her patients. Her own positive experience with her orthodontist and braces led Caroline to pursue a degree in dentistry. Dr. Clerisme is now the CEO of Doctors out of Debt and the founder of Doctor...

Dr. Sears is passionate about helping physicians thrive in health care. Also known as GutGirlMD, she's a board-certified gastroenterologist and hepatologist mother of three who “accidentally” stumbled into the role of a physician leader. She started GutGirlMD because she believes that it takes Guts to be a Girl in Medicine and is now on a mission to stop the hemorrhaging of female physicians...

Imagine rummaging through your late mother's belongings in a bid to decide what should be kept and what should be disposed only to come across a handwritten book manuscript that she never published. This is exactly what Dr. Kimberly Reynolds, popularly known as Dr. Kimmy, experienced after her mother passed on. Finding her mother's manuscript was like a punch in the gut - an incident mad...

Why is sleep important and how can we get better at it? ​​ ​​In this week’s episode, I interview Dr. Funke Afolabi-Brown, assistant professor of pediatrics, board-certified pediatric pulmonologist and sleep medicine physician. She helps children sleep better and breathe better and by extension, she helps improve the sleep of their parents. ​​ ​​In addition to teaching and seeing patients, Dr. Brow...

Have you ever come across a doctor's profile on TikTok? Well, if you haven't, you definitely should tune in to this episode! Dr. Degha Fongod is a board-certified internal medicine physician practicing aesthetic medicine in Northern Virginia. She uses the power of short video content creation to grow her private practice and teaches fellow doctors how to do it! In fact, one of her TikTok...

Today's episode is such a befitting episode for the holiday season. It's about philanthropy. I know you could be thinking that philanthropy is only for the super-rich, but hold that thought! Dr. Recha Bergstrom, a radiologist based out of Northern California thinks otherwise.  After Dr. Bergstrom's son was born eight weeks early, he needed to stay in NICU for six weeks. Finding a co...

Is private practice a dying industry? Dr. Karen Kaufman has an answer for you!   Dr. Kaufman is double board-certified in Allergy Immunology and Internal Medicine. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology, and has been recognized repeatedly as a Top Doctor in the greater Washington DC area. Dr. Kaufman made a bold step of starting her now thriving solo practice in V...

Do physicians need a budget? The short answer - yes. The need for a budget doesn’t hinge on your pay stub. Instead, it’s about taking control of your finances and making every dollar work for you. In this episode, I speak to Dr. Amanda Christian, a practicing physician and the co-founder of Money Over Milkshakes. Money Over Milkshakes is on a mission to provide personal finance content that is eas...