Physician NonClinical Careers with John Jurica

On this week's episode of the PNC podcast , I provide 7 reasons I believe physicians should consider for completing an advanced business degree. Here they are: An MBA will differentiate you from your competition and demonstrate a commitment to management and leadership. You will be able to acquire a job that requires an advanced degree. In the process, you will gain important applicable skills and...

Charlotte Weeks joins me to discuss the best way to write a resume, especially when seeking nonclinical jobs. Charlotte is an executive career coach, resume writer and an outplacement consultant. She is an expert in career transitions who has worked with many physicians. We first met at the Annual Seak Conference, and I subsequently interviewed her for this podcast in Episode 17. She is the founde...

In this interview with Dr. Maria Abunto, we learn why the medical science liasion is a popular nonclinical career. Maria is a global MSL working for a device company. She received her medical degree at the University of the East in the Philippines, and a master's degree in public health from the University of Pittsburg. Prior to landing her first job as an MSL, she worked with an IRB in a large ch...

On this week's episode of the PNC podcast, Dr. Shirag Shemmassian joins me to discuss a nonclinical career I've never considered before: academic consultant. Shirag was pre-med throughout his college career and planned to be a surgeon. But when the time came for him to apply to medical school, he decided to switch his focus to the area of his research, clinical psychology. With little direction wh...

This week I'd like to prepare you for a position as a Hospital Quality Improvement Medical Director. This is a critical hospital role that I found: intellectually challenging key to improving patient care important for achieving and publishing outcome scores to the public, and, an essential skill set for the future CMO or CQO By understanding and mastering these concepts, you will be able to artic...

This week I present my conversation with cardiac surgeon Robert Applebaum, who successfully pivoted to a satisfying nonclinical job after a long and successful clinical career. It was fun to catch up with a friend and colleague who I've known for years. We both come from the same hospital where we collaborated on quality improvement initiatives, me as CMO and Rob as Director of the Open-Heart Prog...

In 2007, emergency medicine physician Dr. Lisa Jenks opened Genesis MedSpa.  Since it's opening, Genesis has grown tremendously, moving from a 4-treatment room facility into a 10-room facility in 2012 and then adding an additional three treatment rooms in 2016.  Under her direction, Genesis has won the BBB's 'Excellence in Customer Service' award three times. In addition to providing great medspa...

I also like to give you a look behind the curtain every so often, because creating a small business to do coaching, writing, consulting, speaking or teaching may be your new choice of career. And I think you can learn from what I've done to avoid the mistakes I've made along the way. The three big initiatives I discuss are: Redesigning my web site and adopting new domain and web site names: NonCli...

For today's episode, John recounts his experiences assisting his wife, Kay, in purchasing and running an in-home care franchise. Involving a franchise is a good way to reduce the risk of failure, compared to starting the business from scratch. Of course, there are franchise fees and royalties that must be paid. He describes the process they followed to research franchises, identify candidates, and...

On this week's episode of the PNC podcast, Paul Esselman returns to the show to discuss physician executive roles in health care. Paul is the president and managing director of Cejka Search, a healthcare executive search firm that focuses on leadership positions in hospitals and health systems. Paul was our guest in Episode 041 published in late 2018. In this interview, he describes the growing de...

Dr. Nicole Rochester is the founder and CEO of Your GPS Doc, LLC , a health advocacy company. Its mission is to educate and empower patients and caregivers so they can effectively navigate the healthcare system. Nicole is a board-certified physician and Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. She graduated from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and completed her pediatrics residen...

Since I want to focus on pharma jobs this month, I decided to do something a little different with this episode of the podcast. I've taken the best parts of my interviews with Drs. Savi Chadha and Linda Ho, from Episodes 50 and 51, and combined them to bring a very focused guide to getting your first MSL job.   It was interesting to hear how Savi and Linda agreed on several topics, yet each with t...

Dr. Gerald Diaz is a former computer software engineer who created an online medical image repository that provides significant cognitive offloading to busy clinicians. Gerald started as a software engineer. Then he discovered that he yearned to have a more tangible impact on people's lives. So he pursued his medical education. He received his medical degree from the St. Louis University School of...

This week, I bring you my conversation with a former academic pediatrician who transitioned to a career as medical director with a contract research organization, or CRO. Dr. Michelle Bailey received her medical degree from State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Health Sciences University and completed her pediatrics residency at Duke University Medical Center. She trained in the Integrativ...

Dr. Nneka Unachukwu loved being a pediatrician. But 15 months into her first job, she was faced with the decision to move to a different employer, or start her own practice. With encouragement from her first employer/mentor, she decided to start her own practice. To do so successfully, she immersed herself in the business side of private practice, and quickly acquired the skills needed to grow a p...

This week, I want to discuss the process of making the decision to leave clinical medicine and create a new vision for your future. If you're like me, you have reached the point where you realize that there is something wrong in your medical career. It's not meeting the expectations you had when you chose it. Even worse, it has actually become destructive. Working in the grind of "corporate" or "a...

Dr. Nisha Mehta is a writer, speaker and physician advocate who focuses on issues related to life in medicine and the changing healthcare landscape. Her missions include: addressing the physician burnout epidemic through physician empowerment and cultural change in medicine, and increasing the business and financial literacy of physicians in order to promote career longevity and satisfaction.  Nis...

In this episode, I have a fun conversation with Dr. Lara Salyer. She is a family physician based in southern Wisconsin who left her employment in a traditional medical practice, and created her ideal consulting practice serving patients in a new way. She obtained training and certification in funtional medicine and opened a cash-based practice, incorporating holistic methods. As she did so, she br...

Why Do We Need to Know Our Customers? Answer: So we can effectively and efficiently meet their needs through the products and services we produce. However, business owners are often not intentional about attracting their ideal customers. We simply put out a product or service, and sell to whoever shows up. And we become frustrated, because it seems the process is completely out of our control. But...

Dr. Jarret Patton is a physician coach, national speaker, award winning author, and podcaster. He worked for many years as a pediatrician and hospital leader prior to beginning his full-time nonclinical activities. He received his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and completed his pediatric residency at New York University and Bellevue Hospitals.  Doctor Jarr...

Have you ever met anyone who is a busy orthopedic surgeon and a partner in a private equity firm? Well, today is your chance. Marshall Kuremsky set his sights on becoming an orthopedic surgeon early in his childhood. And he took all of the necessary steps to make that happen. But along the way, he became interested in finance, and in private equity investing. So, he applied the same intense study...

This week I'm thrilled to welcome Dr. Debra Blaine to the podcast. She has worked for many years in urgent care. However, I asked her to join me on the podcast to discuss her new role as a published author . Debra's educational background is interesting. She was born in New York City and grew up on Long Island, New York. She received her BA in Philosophy and Hebrew at the University of Texas at Au...

In this solo episode, John describes how a Facebook Group can grow your tribe and support your business. Specifically, he explains: How the Physician Nonclinical Career Hunters Facebook Group was started; The history of the group, including its current membership, and recent growth and engagement; The steps to creating a new group; The different types of groups; Why defining mission, vision, value...

Dr. Marjorie Stiegler returns to the podcast to discuss legal landmines that you should anticipate when establishing a nonclinical business. Physicians are subject to specific challenges in this area that non-physicians often are not. These are issues that Dr. Stiegler teaches about in her branding and speaking courses. Marjorie highlights risks related to: inadvertently establishing a physician-p...

On this week's episode of the podcast, John interviews Dr. Jawad Arshad, an emergency physician looking to bring much-needed transparency to the healthcare marketplace. He and his partners also intend to disrupt the health insurance industry by removing insurers from the physician-patient interaction. Dr. Arshad is an emergency medicine physician. He completed his medical training at SUNY Upstate...