Physician NonClinical Careers with John Jurica

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...

This week, John describes why he believes a podcast is an awesome platform for supporting your business and growing your tribe. Then he reminds us why consistency in producing and releasing each episode is critical to achieving success. Finally, he walks us through the process he follows when producing each podcast episode. And he provides information about a dozen tools that he uses to create a p...

In today's interview, Dr. David Norris describes why he became interested in healthcare finances, especially as it relates to running a physician practice. He completed medical school at the University of Kansas School of Medicine and an anesthesiology residency and fellowship (Cardiovascular) at Vanderbilt University. He was always interested in the financial and business side of health care and...

In this episode, John describes what he has learned over the past several years about selecting a niche for your online business. He starts by providing examples of physicians who have created businesses from coaching, consulting, teaching, writing and speaking. Each of them has developed a niche based on their expertise and passion, and clients willing to purchase their products and services. Joh...

Dr. Haneen Abu-Remaileh is a Family Physician with an interest in maternity care. With 2 children under the age of 4, she works clinically as a Locum Tenens physician.  She received her medical degree from the University of British Columbia, and completed a Family Medicine Residency at the University of Calgary. Haneen is also a physician entrepreneur. She realized that there's a fundamental probl...

Today we learn about freelance consulting with Dr. Christopher Loo. Christopher is a retired surgeon, serial entrepreneur, investor, consultant, executive coach, best-selling author, and advisor. He received his MD-PhD from the Baylor College of Medicine-Rice University Department of Bioengineering. He entered an orthopedics residency, but realized quickly that patient care would not be right for...

In this episode, John describes the importance of an email list to business owners. Then he describes the methods he uses to nurture his list. It boils down to the following formula: Attractive Sign-Up Bonus + Appropriate Placement + Consistency EQUALS Growing Email Subscriber List John provides a detailed description of the lead magnets he uses and the places where he offers them to attract new s...

This interview is a real treat for me. I've invited Tom Davis back on the podcast. You'll remember him from Episode 047. Tom is really good at several things, including Medicare Advantage Plans, coaching, consulting, and telemedicine. And he has recently been focused on telemedicine. He wanted to figure out how to optimize the practice of telemedicine to benefit physicians and patients, rather tha...

On this week's episode of the PNC podcast, Dr. Helen Rhodes describes how persistence helped her find meaningful clinical and nonclinical jobs that, together, created a delightful career. Helen is an obstetrician/gynecologist who has completely redesigned her clinical career. She received her medical degree from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and completed the Obstetrics and Gyn...

This week's episode of the PNC Podcast is the last interview in our series of physician coaches, with Dr. Jattu Senesie, who offers a systematic approach to achieving life and career success. A native of Washington, D.C., Jattu attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, for her pre-med before going on to medical school and her OBGYN residency at Emory University. Upon completing her re...

Dr. Yvonne Ator is a physician coach who helps other physicians overcome compassion fatigue, disillusionment, and burnout, and thrive in their personal and professional lives. She employs Daring Way Facilitation and positive psychology-based personal and executive coaching to accomplsih this. Yvonne received her medical degree from East Carolina School of Medicine and a Master's in Public Health f...

Dr. Starla Fitch is a Certified Executive and Life Coach for Physicians, an international speaker, author of the best-selling book, "Remedy for Burnout," and an oculoplastic surgeon. She's known as "The Connection Doctor" because of her acclaimed TED talk, "Connect or Die: The Surprising Power of Human Relationships." Starla uses her expertise to help the physicians she coaches connect to success...

Dr. Krystal Sodaitis was an academic pediatrician at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She became interested in insurance medicine, and decided to pursue a career working for an insurance company in utilization review. It took a some time, but she was able to secure a position in a large insurance company in Chicago, Illinois, thereby avoiding the need to move to a new home. Since beginning h...

In this 100th episode, John looks back over the previous 99 shows and celebrates by presenting updates from nine of his outstanding guests. We hear about the ongoing work and future plans from: Mike Woo-Ming, MD, MPH Mandy Armitage, MD Charmaine Gregory, MD, FACEP Sylvie Stacy, MD, MPH Tom Davis, MD, FAAFP Sue Zimmermann, MD Savi Chadha, MD, MPH Peter Steinberg, MD Emma Hitt Nichols, PhD Each gues...