Physician NonClinical Careers with John Jurica

Dr. Maiysha Clairborne was a guest of the podcast on Episodes 40 and 151. She has returned to the PNC Podcast because she is an amazing coach. She has worked with hundreds of physicians to improve their careers and their lives. And she has a new program that I want to learn more about and share with you. As a quick reminder, Maiysha is a Board Certified Family Physician, Integrative Medicine Pract...

This discussion was first presented in June of 2019. It was in response to one of the most common questions brought up in the Physician Nonclinical Career Hunters Facebook Group. Your MD or DO degree is valuable. It enables you to compete for jobs with PhDs and PharmDs. Remember, too, that these jobs are open to residency-trained physicians, often at slightly higher salary levels to start. 1. Medi...

Dr. Brook Choulet is a concierge psychiatrist and the founder of Choulet Wellness in Scottsdale, Arizona. Dr. Choulet was raised in San Diego, California, and completed her medical degree at the University of Missouri Kansas City's rigorous six-year BA/MD program. She then pursued training in General Psychiatry at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix. She is currently in her final...

Dr. Marsha Caton obtained her M.S. in Biology and Ph. D. in Human and Molecular Genetics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for many years and is an expert in managing NDA submission teams and delivery of regulatory documents for drug approval. She has expertise in medical writing, medical affairs, pharmacovigilance processes, health authority...

In today's episode, I describe how coaches, mentors, and masterminds can support your career transition. My first mentor was an internist I met through my volunteer work in continuing medical education at my hospital and state medical society. He encouraged me to pursue a career in hospital management. What are the characteristics of a MENTOR? Here are a few... Volunteer Informal Infrequent Self-s...

Today we're revisiting the conversation with Dr. Dana Carpenter from Episode #61. It was an eye-opening interview introducing us to Medical Communications. Sometimes this term is used to refer to any company that employs medical writers, such as a CME producer. However, in this context, we're talking about the firms that provide marketing and advertising services to pharmaceutical and medical devi...

Nonclinical Nation, it has been a long time since we have heard about clinical documentation improvement as a nonclinical career. And I thought it was time to revisit this topic. In fact, there are many interviews from early in the podcast that are worth revisiting. So, I decided to bring back some of them during this summer of 2021. We'll post several of these in the coming months, interspersed w...

Dr. Fisayo Ositelu completed an MD and MBA, graduating from Stanford University with both degrees in 2013. Rather than complete a clinical residency, he chose to leverage his education by working in Silicon Valley. Using his medical and business training, he assisted his first employer with developing and selling products to healthcare organizations and financial institutions. In June of 2019, he...

Dr. Luissa Kiprono is a perinatologist with a very interesting background, having been born and raised in Romania. As a child, she qualified for the Romanian gymnastics team and turned it down to pursue her education. She emigrated to the United States with her family when she was 19 years old. She set her sights on becoming a physician. She worked many different jobs after completing her undergra...

This week I present my conversation with Dr. Jonathan Baktari, the quintessential physician entrepreneur. Jonathan received his medical degree at Ohio State. Following that, he completed his internal medicine residency at Northwestern University and pulmonary/critical care fellowship at UCLA. He was at the peak of his medical career when he saw a new opportunity. Applying everything he'd learned a...

Dr. Stephanie E. Freeman, is a board-certified critical care specialist, best-selling author, speaker, and consultant. In addition, she is the expert in helping doctors discover alternative careers in medicine. As Founder and Chief Medical Advisor of DrStephanieICU.com, Dr. Stephanie discusses real-world career strategies to help physicians "think outside the box" regarding their careers. By shari...

This week, Dr. Leelee Thames, the Chief Value Officer at Novant Health, is our guest. She is the third University of Tennessee physician executive MBA graduate to join us. During our interview, she will explain why she loves her job. Leelee completed her medical degree at Texas A& M College of Medicine and her anesthesiology residency at the University of Oregon Health and Science University. Duri...

I want to remind you that the Nonclinical Career Academy Membership Program has just re-opened after being closed to new members for 6 months. There are more than 20 courses for physicians looking to shift to a nonclinical career. I'll say more about that later. For now, if you want to learn more about it, go to nonclinicalphysicians.com/joinnca . In honor of my 200th episode, I want to do a coupl...

The Nonclinical Career Academy Membership Program has just re-opened after being closed to new members for almost 6 months. There are more than 20 courses for physicians looking to shift to a nonclinical career available to members. And to kick things off, on Wednesday, June 9, at 7 PM Central, I'm hosting a free training called Discover Your First Nonclinical Job (Even If You Don't Know Where to...

Today we'll hear from another graduate of the University of Tennessee Physician Executive MBA program. Dr. Rachel George completed her medical education at J. J. M. Medical School in Davangere, India, and her internal medicine residency at Mercy Hospital in Chicago Illinois. She got her start in management as the medical director of the hospital medicine program where she started her career. While...

Dr. Randall (Randy) Cook a well-respected clinician, educator, and organizational leader. He holds certifications from the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Preventive Medicine in the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine subspecialty, as well as certifications from the American Professional Wound Care Association and the American Board of Wound Management. He has succeeded in multipl...

Today I would like to ask a favor of you. This is episode 196, which means that we are rapidly approaching EPISODE 200. I can't believe it.  I want to do something special for my 200th episode. I'd like to find out what, if any, impact this podcast has had on YOU. So, here is what I would like to do (but it depends on YOU to help me out ). I'd love to hear how the podcast has positively impacted y...

Welcome back Nonclinical Nation. Today we're going back to basics. But before we get too far into today's monologue, I would like to ask a favor of you. As stated in the opening, this is episode 195, which means that we are rapidly approaching EPISODE 200. I can't believe it. Two hundred weekly episodes – almost 4 years of consistent content. I want to do something special for my 200th episode. I'...

In today's interview, I'm talking with the Head of Growth at Gentem about branding and marketing. Gentem is a Billing and Revenue Cycle Management Company that uses AI to eliminate medical billing headaches for independent medical practices. Omar Khateeb is a former medical student who left to become a sales, marketing, and branding expert. After several years honing his skills, he joined Gentem a...

I've brought a great guest back to the podcast. Dr. Peter Kim will teach us a bit about how to build a thriving real estate passion project on today's show. Many of you should be familiar with Dr. Peter Kim. He offers the Leverage & Growth Virtual Summit, the Passive Income MD blog, and his Passive Real Estate Academy. He first joined us in Episode 154 to talk about building a passive income side...

In today's interview, Dr. Francis Yoo explains why we must imagine our eulogy in order to pursue freedom and meaning in our lives. Francis is a born-and-raised New Yorker. He runs a part-time cash-pay, holistic-integrative private practice. And he helps physicians awaken to their potential, do soul-searching, inner work, and profound personal development. His goal is to help them find authentic me...

This week, I spend a few minutes discussing which advanced degree to consider pursuing to advance your career. This issue was triggered by a listener's question. And it truly made me think more deeply about the issue. I start by listing the general principles to consider when deciding on which advanced degree to pursue if any. There is no randomized controlled study to apply to the decision. But m...

In this week's podcast, Dr. Sanj Katyal describes how he can help you apply positive psychology to save your career. Dr. Sanj Katyal completed his Medical Degree at the New York University School of Medicine, and his residency in Radiology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Sanj also holds certifications in Positive Psychology and Positive Psychology Coaching from the Whole Being Inst...

Dr. Dan Field explains how he went from retirement to ardent CMO in this week's interview. Dr. Dan Field is the chief medical officer for MDstaffers , recently ranked the 49th fastest-growing company in the United States. There, he oversees all clinical staff operations and quality assurance. He also oversees the Medical Expert staffing component. Dan is a board-certified emergency medicine physic...

In this week's interview, Dr. Jonathan Vitale explains how he found his remote nonclinical career in utilization management. Dr. Vitale is a board-certified Family Physician, certified counselor, and Physician Transition Coach. He transitioned from a traditional clinical career to a full-time remote career in Utilization Management. He has extensive experience in clinical medicine, telemedicine, m...