Jeffrey M. Smith, MD

The SurgeonMasters Podcast

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The SurgeonMasters Podcast is for surgeons who wish to create a highly successful and sustainable practice that is lifestyle-friendly with less stress and frustration. Each episode focuses on learning, understanding and implementing effective habits that will allow you to create a thriving practice while still having time to travel, connect with your family, take care of your health, and pursue outside interests. Your host is Jeffrey M. Smith, MD a practicing Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon (Orthopaedic Traumatologist) who also assists other Surgeons to develop the critical skills needed to create...

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Jeffrey M. Smith, MD

Episodes

System Change! Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes– Episode 27 19.04.2018 8:53

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… On this episode of the podcast, Jeff welcomes back Karla McLaren to talk about System Change! While we can all benefit from the many strategies that we teach on these mini-podcasts, Karla shares with […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicated to improving the perso...

Help Us Help You! Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 26 29.03.2018 8:26

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… This week on the Mini-Podcast Jeff talks about the goals of the SurgeonMasters Podcast, and encourages listeners to “Help Us Help You!” SurgeonMasters is passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of surgeons […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicated t...

Getting Paid! Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 25 08.03.2018 8:55

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… On this episode Jeff welcomes Matthew Twetten, MBA, a health policy expert in physician payment and coding, to talk about financial wellness and being properly reimbursed for MORE of the work we do. Our […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicated to improving the pe...

Humanitarian Work! Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 24 22.02.2018 9:11

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… On this episode Jeff welcomes Dr. Todd Swenning who tells us how he put into action a brewing interest in humanitarian work with a 2017 trip to Paraguay, and how rapidly that is fostering […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicated to improving the personal and prof...

Financial Literacy! Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 23 25.01.2018 8:56

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… This week, we are welcoming to the mini-Podcast Dr. James Dahle, apracticing ER physician, and the founder and author of The White Coat Investor. This week, Dr. Dahle talks to us about our own financial literacy and […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicated to imp...

Expressive Writing! Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 22 11.01.2018 8:46

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… This week, we are welcoming to the mini-Podcast Dr. David Hanscom, an Orthopedic Surgeon specializing in complex spine problems. This week, Dr. Hanscom talks to us about the technique of expressive writing to help with […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicated to...

PTSD Self-Care Tips! Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 21 14.12.2017 7:52

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… This week, we are welcoming to the mini-Podcast Dr. Ann Marie Warren, a licensed psychologist and Associate Investigator of Trauma Research. Dr. Warren talks to us about PTSD and associated self-care tips. We’ve chosen to […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicated...

The Buddy System! Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 20 30.11.2017 9:09

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… This week, we are welcoming to the mini-Podcast Dr. Lisa Merlo, a licensed clinical psychologist at the University of Florida. Dr. Merlo talks to us about physician impairment and ways that we can help physician […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicated to improv...

Looking Back! Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 19 02.11.2017 8:08

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… This week, we are welcoming to the mini-Podcast Dr. Benjamin Szerlip, an Orthopedic Surgeon specializing in arthroscopic and reconstructive surgery in Austin, Texas. This week, Dr. Szerlip talks to us about looking back, and identifying […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer commu...

Post-Game Debrief! Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 18 12.10.2017 8:49

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… This week, we are welcoming back onto the mini-Podcast Dr. Jonathan Cabin, board-certified facial plastic & reconstructive surgeon in Beverly Hills, California. This week, Dr. Cabin will talk to us about the post-game debrief, specifically how […] SurgeonMasters is a physician...

Keep It Simple! Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 17 28.09.2017 9:34

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… This week on the Mini-Podcast we are talking about one of the 8 PRACTICEs of Highly Successful Surgeons, namely the ability to deal with problems and dilemmas with complex problem solving through simplicity, by […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicated to improvin...

Political Advocacy! Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 16 07.09.2017 6:27

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… This week, we are welcoming back onto the mini-Podcast Dr. Todd Swenning, Director of Orthopaedic Trauma at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California, and Medical Director for the Institute of Clinical Orthopedics and […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer communi...

Emotional Hygiene! Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes - Episode 15 24.08.2017 8:22

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… This week on the mini-podcast, we are welcoming back Karla McLaren, where we talk about emotional hygiene as a supportive mechanism to avoid the spread of emotions from one difficult situation to the next e.g. where you have to give a patient bad news about their health. Instead i...

Empathic Burnout! Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 14 03.08.2017 7:47

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… This week on the Mini-Podcast we are welcoming back Karla McLaren, where we talk about empathy and how it applies to burnout for healthcare professionals. We discuss the difference between compassion fatigue and empathic […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicated t...

Visualization! Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 13 13.07.2017 6:47

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… This week on the Mini-Podcast we are talking about visualization, which is the mental process of focusing on an outcome or successful completion, of a series of tasks. It’s a mental practice that you […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicated to improving the perso...

Just Breathe 2! Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 12 06.07.2017 9:30

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… This week on the Mini-Podcast we are welcoming back Stephanie Mathless, where she builds on the fundamental breathing techniques from Episode 10 that aimed to calm, relax and destress. On this new episode she introduces two […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicate...

Knowing Your Handicap! Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 11 08.06.2017 8:03

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… This week on the Mini-Podcast we are talking about measuring our own self-improvement by ‘Knowing Your Handicap’ and how this system can be applied from golf to other parts of our lives and career. […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicated to improving the persona...

Just Breathe! Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 10 25.05.2017 9:00

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… This week on the Mini-Podcast we are welcoming a new guest, Stephanie Mathless, where she discusses the importance of breathing techniques and the resulting benefits of bringing focus to your breathing, most notably its calming […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedi...

Collaboration! Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 9 11.05.2017 8:00

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… This week on the Mini-Podcast we are welcoming a new guest, Katie Klein, where she discusses the use of improvisation to improve collaboration by using other people’s ideas to create something together. She describes it […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicated to...

Faking It! Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 8 27.04.2017 7:08

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… This week on the Mini-Podcast we are talking about the benefits of ‘Faking It Until You Make It’ and how confidence is key. How do you Fake It Till You Make It? By doing […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicated to improving the personal and professional well-bei...

Knowing Your Janitor’s Name! Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 7 06.04.2017 9:15

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… This week on the Mini-Podcast we are welcoming back orthopaedic trauma surgeon, Phil Stahel, where he discusses one of the concepts of his book: knowing your janitor’s name. This concept originates from a quest […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicated to improvin...

Attending Annual Meetings! Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 6 23.03.2017 10:13

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… This week on the Mini-Podcast we are discussing attending annual meetings after the AAOS last week. How do you get the most out of attending annual meetings and conferences? By doing the following: Pre-op, […] SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicated to improving th...

Patient Advocacy! Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 5 09.03.2017 8:07

Role-Playing! Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes - Episode 4 23.02.2017 9:07

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… This week on the Mini-Podcast we are discussing the benefits of role-playing. How do you set the scene for role-playing? By doing the following: Come up with a situation that you’re trying to work SurgeonMasters is a physician peer community dedicated to improving the personal...

Networking! Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 3 09.02.2017 9:02

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… This week, we are welcoming onto the mini-Podcast Dr. Todd Swenning, Director of Orthopaedic Trauma at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California, and Medical Director for the Institute of Clinical Orthopedics and Neurosciences. SurgeonMasters is a physician peer c...