The Underdog Physician Podcast

On the Underdog Physician podcast, Dr. Eve Cunningham, MD, MBA, shares her path from Arizona to OBGYN training at Kaiser, faculty at UCLA, and nearly two decades in health systems leadership, including serving as chief medical officer for a 350-clinician Providence medical group. Frustrated by poor tech fit, she pushed into Providence corporate development, helped evaluate vendors and expand virtu...

On the Underdog Physician podcast, host Anish interviews Louis Green, founder of Prestiq Wealth, a wealth advisor with CFA, CFP, and CPWA credentials and prior roles at Bankers Trust/Deutsche Bank, PNC, and UBS. Green shares his Brooklyn origins, interest in investing, and his move toward fiduciary, tech-enabled holistic planning at Savvy Advisors, plus his book Five Steps to Retirement Planning a...

On the Underdog Physician podcast, serial entrepreneur and investor David Norris—co-founder and CEO of Affinion Health (AI-powered inbox and workflow automation) and an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year winner—shares his entrepreneurial journey, emphasizing passion, perseverance, and team alignment over perfect planning or chasing money. He describes early lessons from building fraud-prev...

On the Underdog Physician podcast, host Anish interviews Dr. Rashika Bansal about her path from India to U.S. training in internal medicine and an NIH endocrinology fellowship that shaped her focus on obesity and metabolism, followed by work at Cleveland Clinic and a move back to the Northeast. She explains why she launched HALT Clinic to deliver more streamlined, closely monitored weight manageme...

On the Underdog Physician podcast, hospitalist and host interviews Dr. Minal Shah, medical director of virtual care at CommonSpirit Health’s Mountain region and an informaticist on the CommonSpirit national team. Shah shares how early exposure to medicine led her to Baylor College of Medicine for residency and chief residency, why she chose hospital medicine for its acuity, variety, and shift flex...

On the Underdog Physician Podcast, Anish interviews Julio G. Martinez-Clark, CEO of BioAccess, about his path from electrical engineering in Colombia and an MBA in Boston to building a contract research organization focused on medtech first-in-human and early-phase OUS trials. He explains how his brother Pedro’s work revealed major U.S. barriers—IRB delays, FDA uncertainty, investigator access, pa...

In this episode, we interview Dolores Hirschmann, a fractional CMO, TEDx organizer, and founder of Masters in Clarity, about her unconventional path from Buenos Aires to building and scaling businesses in the U.S. She recounts early ventures, directing an early online learning platform for a nonprofit, launching a clothing company with low-income women in Argentina, and running an afterschool lang...

In this Underdog Physician podcast episode, PharmD and healthcare executive Dr. Tarul Kode shares her career path from an accelerated pharmacy doctorate at the University of the Pacific to over 20 years in managed care and PBMs, including 15 years at MedImpact in clinical executive and account leadership roles. After completing a Harvard global healthcare leadership program, she pivoted into start...

On the Underdog Physician Podcast, Clint Harris describes moving from 16 years in cardiac device medical sales—implanting pacemakers and defibrillators with heavy call, travel, and burnout—to building a real estate career focused on time, location, and financial independence. After starting with single-family and small multifamily, he scaled beach short-term rentals to 14 units, then realized the...

On the Underdog Physician Podcast, host Anish interviews Dr. Chiagozie Fawole, a Johns Hopkins–trained pediatric anesthesiologist, real estate investor, and founder of Savvy Docs, about building wealth outside medicine through real estate and business acquisitions. Born and raised in Nigeria, she moved to the U.S. at 16, studied at Howard, attended Johns Hopkins for medical school, initially pursu...

On the Underdog Physician podcast, Dr. Amna Shabbir— board-certified internal medicine and geriatrics physician, speaker, coach, and host of Success Reimagined—shares how pandemic stress, added family responsibilities, and severe postpartum depression led her to reframe her career, pursue a geriatrics fellowship as a healing reset, and step away from core academia to part-time post-acute/long-term...

On the Underdog Physician Podcast, ER physician, chief medical officer, and FI Cap Fund general partner Dr. Vipul Kella shares how watching “ER” and rotating in inner-city Detroit drew him to emergency medicine, and how frustration with being downstream of innovation, corporatization, and loss of autonomy pushed him toward startups and venture capital. He explains that clinical experience—not an M...

On the Underdog Physician podcast, Anish interviews Jared Fischer, founder and CEO of Healthimize, a certified health optimization coach who blends 25 years as a touring percussionist with integrated nutrition, biohacking, and strength training to help high performers beat burnout. Jared shares his journey from a farm upbringing and years of partying as a musician to sobriety after his mother’s de...

On the Underdog Physician Podcast, we interview healthcare SEO strategist David Kaminski, founder of Collaborate Pros, about helping dentists, med spas, podiatrists, and physicians generate patients through Google Maps and organic search. David shares his origin story from building a multimillion-dollar window cleaning business without paid ads by focusing on free Google traffic, and explains SEO...

In this episode of the Underdog Physician Podcast, host interviews Dr. Ryan Grant, a neurosurgeon, healthcare executive, educator, and serial entrepreneur behind venture-backed startups including Vori Health and Nomad Health. Dr. Grant shares early inspirations for medicine and entrepreneurship, emphasizing a mindset of courage, adaptability, learning from failure, and a “healthy disrespect for th...

In this episode of the Underdog Physician Podcast, we interview Dr. Amit Gir, an internal medicine physician turned logistics innovator. Amit shares his journey from developing a medication reminder app to founding Phox Health, a company revolutionizing the delivery of prescriptions and medical supplies. He discusses the challenges and lessons learned in entrepreneurship, the importance of brandin...

In this episode of the Underdog Physician podcast, host Anish interviews Dr. Aditi Joshi, a trailblazing emergency medicine physician and telehealth innovator. Dr. Joshi shares her journey from emergency medicine to pioneering roles in telehealth. The discussion covers her experiences with burnout, her involvement with the early stages of Doctor on Demand, and the broader impacts and challenges of...

In this episode of the Underdog Physician podcast, host speaks with Dr. Jennifer Linder, a trailblazer in dermatology and skin cancer surgery, and founder of Linder Health. Dr. Linder shares her journey from engineering to dermatology, emphasizing her love for sciences, the cadaver lab, and procedural components of her field. She discusses her unexpected path in the entrepreneurial world, includin...

In this episode of the Underdog Physician podcast, we interview Dr. Ali Amiri, a double board-certified physician in lifestyle medicine and health and wellness coaching. Ali is the founder of Ali Amiri Health Inc. and creator of the Core Five Protocol, aimed at helping high-performing professionals reclaim their energy after major health scares. The discussion covers Ali’s shift from traditional m...

In this episode of the Underdog Physician podcast, Dr. Sam Maddula shares his inspiring journey from being born legally blind in India to founding and scaling a specialty pharmacy generating over $300 million in revenue. Sam discusses the key inflection points in his business journey, the importance of building the right team, and the transition from working in a company to working on it. He also...

In this episode of the Underdog Physician Podcast, we interview Mansa Shroff, a microbiologist turned strategic partnership advisor. Mansa shares her unique career journey from the labs to the boardrooms across India, the US, and the UK. With her extensive experience in pharma, startups, and venture building, Mansa provides insights into intellectual property, innovation, and business development...

In this episode of the Underdog Physician Podcast, host Anish interviews Julius Bieliauskas, a renowned strategist, coach, and thought leader in the realms of real estate and finance. With over $65 million generated for his clients, Julius shares his journey from a small city in Lithuania to becoming a global marketing expert. He discusses the importance of personal branding, storytelling, and lev...

In this episode of the Underdog Vision podcast, we hear from Brian Clark, MBA, attorney, and CEO/co-founder of Beacon, a company revolutionizing air and surface disinfection through technology. Brian shares his unconventional journey from law to founding two startups, emphasizing his interest in automation and AI. He provides insights into his first business in regulatory automation and his curren...

In this episode of the Underdog Physician Podcast, we hear from Jeanette Lowry, a revenue and transformation coach who empowers women in the health and beauty industries through e-commerce and affiliate partnerships. Jeanette shares her journey from a competitive gymnast to discovering direct sales in the skincare market. With over three decades of experience, she discusses how her ventures have p...

In this episode of the Underdog Physician Podcast, Glen Krauss, an expert in revenue cycle management and clinical documentation integrity, discusses his journey into the field and emphasizes the importance of patient-centric documentation. Krauss, founder of Core-CDI and co-founder of Top Gun Audit School, shares insights on the role of physicians in Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI), the...