The SurgeonMasters Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Pump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better… Jeff welcomes to the podcast urologist and mentor, Dr. Tim Terry. Tim has been a visiting professor in four countries and has published more than 90 academic articles.  Reflective practice is the cornerstone of […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicated to improvin...

Send us Fan Mail Pump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better… Jeff welcomes to the podcast family physician and author, Dr. Jenny Brockis. Jenny always wanted to run a family practice. That was her dream and she achieved that dream. But being a perfectionist, a […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicated to improving the perso...

Send us Fan Mail Pump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better… Jeff welcomes to the podcast board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon and patient advocate, David Hanscom, MD.  For the first part of his career, David was absolutely fearless. Then one day at age 37, he began […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicated to improving...

Send us Fan Mail Pump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better… Jeff welcomes to the podcast Dr. Dana Corriel, a board-certified internist and the founder of SoMeDocs. Dana strongly believes that all physicians can positively impact their careers by embracing social media the right way. […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicate...

Send us Fan Mail Pump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better… Jeff welcomes to the podcast physician and entrepreneur, Dr. Michelle Mudge-Riley. Michelle has spent more than 16 years assisting physicians with career strategy and transitions. Many physicians are afraid when they start to feel […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community d...

Send us Fan Mail Pump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better… Jeff welcomes to the podcast psychologist, success coach, and international best-selling author Dr. Sharon Grossman. There are many factors that contribute to physician burnout – from system-wide issues, to internal demands that we place […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer comm...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff welcomes to the podcast certified physician coach and physician executive, Dr. Terri Malcolm. Terri reminds us that emotions play a pivotal role in our actions, behaviors, and thoughts. As physicians, it’s important for us to be emotional scientists. As a physician coach, Terri strongly believes that we need to attain a better understanding of […] SurgeonMasters is a physicia...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff welcomes to the podcast Dr. Kara Pepper – a practicing primary care internist, certified life coach, and primary care physician for Atlanta Ballet. Most physicians are aware of the concept of second victim syndrome – the negative experience or emotion that physicians may experience after an adverse event. On top of the experience of […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer comm...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff welcomes to the podcast Dr. Paul DeChant, an experienced physician executive, leadership coach, and an expert on physician burnout. We spend a lot of time on the personal aspects of burnout, but not nearly enough time discussing the organizational drivers of burnout. Most people understand the manifestations of burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, cynicism, etc.)...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff welcomes to the podcast psychologist, success coach and author of the international bestseller, “The 7E Solution to Burnout” –  Dr. Sharon Grossman. In her book, Dr. Grossman offers strategies for people in high stress professions (particularly physicians) to be able to coach themselves through burnout.  SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicated to improving the...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff welcomes to the podcast Dr. Darin Davidson – an orthopedic surgeon and health & wellness consultant.  Darin argues that we can and should be doing a much better job of practicing holistic wellness in our careers and in our lives. That means integrating the complementary areas of psychology, nutrition, sleep, and more to help […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer communit...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff welcomes to the podcast Dr. Kara Pepper, a practicing primary care physician, as well as a certified life coach! The topic for today’s podcast is Imposter Syndrome. Kara worked as a professional ballet dancer after high school. After a brief career filled with injuries, she needed to find a different occupation. SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicated to improv...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff welcomes back to the podcast, Dr. Kyle Jones, Associate Professor in the Department of Family & Preventive Medicine at the University of Utah. Kyle’s book, Fallible: A Memoir of a Young Physician’s Struggle with Mental Illness, explores a lot of serious issues that impact many medical students and physicians throughout their careers. Over 40% […] SurgeonMasters is a physi...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff welcomes back to the podcast SurgeonMasters collaborator and Emmy-award winning documentary filmmaker Robyn Symon.  Last time she was on the podcast, we talked about Robyn’s documentary film Do No Harm which investigates the high rate of burnout and suicide among physicians and how it links to medical errors and patient safety. And with September […] SurgeonMasters is a physi...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff welcomes to the podcast SurgeonMasters collaborator and physician coach, Dr. Errin Weisman.  On this episode, Errin and Jeff talk about different coaching styles and clarify what coaching is. Errin uses her energy and experience in coaching to provide lots of encouragement. As a coach, she is not telling people what to do.  SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicat...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff welcomes to the SurgeonMasters podcast award-winning author, Karla McLaren, M.Ed.  Everyone is experiencing some level of anxiety during this global pandemic. While most people try to avoid anxiety at all costs, Karla suggests we embrace our anxiety! Fear, panic, and anxiety are connected, but all different.  SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicated to improving...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff welcomes to the podcast Senior Manager of Education Programs in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Miami and physician wellness advocate, Dr. David Cohen.  While most of what you hear about mindfulness meditation these days focuses on things like exercises, mantras, breathing, and the like – there are other practices that focus us too.  SurgeonMasters is a...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff welcomes to the SurgeonMasters podcast orthopedic surgeon and health & wellness consultant, Dr. Darin Davidson. The current pandemic provides a great example of how holistic methods can be used to complement the more traditional medical practices to result in an improved overall state of wellness. There are lifestyle factors that we all engage in.... SurgeonMasters is a p...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff welcomes to the SurgeonMasters podcast primary care physician and physician coach, Dr. Kara Pepper.  There’s never been a more relevant time to talk about burnout in the medical community because so many physicians are experiencing it to some degree in light of the Coronavirus pandemic and the open wounds of racism. Burnout is not […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer commun...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff Smith welcomes Heidi Allespach, PhD, an Associate Professor of Clinical Family Medicine, Medicine & Surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine to the SurgeonMasters mini-podcast. Heidi is a clinical psychologist who has worked with graduate medical learners for more than 20 years. She devotes her time to enhancing surgeon wellness through […] SurgeonMast...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff welcomes to the podcast Associate Professor (Clinical) in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine, Dr. Kyle Jones. Kyle is also the author ofFallible: a memoir of a young physician’s struggle with mental illness.  In his newly released book, Kyle describes his experience as a physician […] SurgeonMasters is a physician pee...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff welcomes to the podcast general surgeon and certified Gallup Strengths Coach, Dr. Laura Grimmer, MD.  Now, more than ever, it is important to focus on what we do best. First, determine some of your strengths. What do you do best? What do you do better than your colleagues? What comes easier to you?  SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicated to improving the perso...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff welcomes to the podcast CFO & Practice Administrator of Access Omnicare and the FORM Hand, Wrist & Elbow Institute, Amirra Besh. Amirra is also a strong wellness advocate and practitioner who has competed in more than 8 Spartan Races.  In this episode, Amirra and Jeff talk about the importance of incorporating wellness into our routines.  SurgeonMasters is a physician...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff welcomes to the podcast award-winning documentary filmmaker and physician advocate, Robyn Symon.  Robyn directed the film Do No Harm which investigates the hidden epidemic of physician suicide, burnout, and the link to patient safety. The film follows the stories of several physicians in medical school, residency, and clinical practice working in our toxic healthcare environm...

Send us Fan Mail Pump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better… Jeff welcomes to the podcast SurgeonMasters collaborator and physician coach, Dr. Helane Fronek. Helane joins Jeff to offer her perspective on where we’ve been making a positive impact on burnout in medicine.  Regardless of […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicate...