The Underdog Physician Podcast

Dr. Wang is a VC-backed founder of Quadrant Eye, a start-up improving healthcare access with in-home eye care through tech-based solutions. She recognized her need to be creative early on with writing while at Duke University and later realized that passion as a physician entrepreneur caring for her patients during the COVID pandemic. She is a believer in putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboa...

Dr. Paulius Mui is a third-year family medicine resident from Virginia who sees his role in healthcare as an innovator and leader to advance care for our patients. His journey started as a question- what’s next for you? A question so many of us think about in our journey through medical training and our careers as physicians. In this episode, Dr. Mui shows us how his process of self-discovery has...

In this episode, we dive in with Dr. Raihan Faroqui, a physician who transitioned into digital health several years ago and provides value to startups in several ways. He serves as the Head of Medical Affairs & Research at Guaranteed Health in the tech-enabled hospice space. He shares his underdog journey of cracking into the healthcare startup world and offers actionable advice on getting involve...

Dr. Ramin Rafie is a physician leader, disruptor, and healthcare consultant and serves as a consultant to several startups. In this episode, he shares his journey of becoming an advisor to several companies and shares the key ingredient to his success in the health tech world. https://www.linkedin.com/in/raminmd/

Dr. Navin Goyal is an anesthesiologist, co-founder of Offor Health, beyond physician, and a venture capital firm called LOUD Capital. He is also the author of the Physician Underdog book. In this podcast, Dr. Goyal shares his journey from becoming an MD to VC and offers insights on overcoming limiting beliefs.  https://beyondphysician.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Physician-Underdog-Leveraging-...

Dr. Anmol Goyal is an MBBS candidate at the Maulana Azad Medical College. In this episode, she shares the strategies that she used to secure multiple USCEs in Internal Medicine and its sub-specialities and gives you valuable and actionable advice for securing these limited spots to maximize your chances of successfully matching into a residency program. 

Dr. Michael Chidueme is an MD candidate at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. In this podcast episode, he walks through his journey of becoming a physician and shares helpful insights on acing your clerkships. He also talks about his journey to becoming a physician entrepreneur. Check out his Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-chidueme-80b62612b/ This podca...

In this podcast, we chat with Dr. Manik Madaan on crafting a compelling Linkedin profile. Dr. Madaan is a YouTuber, researcher, and PGY-1 resident in psychiatry. In this episode, Dr. Madaan shares his tips for writing a strong "About Me" section and highlights some of the things that IMGs should include to give them a competitive edge. Here is a link to Dr. Manik Madaan's profile: https://www.link...

Dr. Amita Kumar is a Canadian native and is certified in internal medicine and practices primary care in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Kumar had experience in both private practice and academics and has most recently achieved her life coach and health coach certification. In this podcast episode, she shares her journey toward becoming a physician and talks about self-care, becoming a life coach, and the...

In this podcast, we chat with Dr. Manik Madaan on crafting a compelling Linkedin profile. Dr. Madaan is a YouTuber, researcher, and PGY-1 resident in psychiatry. In this episode, Dr. Madaan shares his tips for writing a strong "About Me" section and highlights some of the things that IMGs should include to give them a competitive edge. Here is a link to Dr. Manik Madaan's profile: https://www.link...

pediatric hematologist-oncologist, researcher, entrepreneur, best-selling author, and ultra-high performance coach. Dr. Kulkrani shares his value system and how anyone can achieve self-mastery. Also, he discusses why fulfillment is more than just career success. Lastly, he shares his journey and offers words of wisdom to those in pursuit of securing a residency spot. You can also check out the ama...

In this episode, we interview Dr. Kulkarni who is a pediatric hematologist-oncologist, researcher, entrepreneur, best-selling author, and ultra-high performance coach. Dr. Kulkrani shares his value system and how anyone can achieve self-mastery. Also, he discusses why fulfillment is more than just career success. Lastly, he shares his journey and offers words of wisdom to those in pursuit of secur...

Dr. Obidi is a pediatrician who also holds a master's in public health from Columbia university school of public health. He is the founder and CEO of a family medicine practice, where he leads a team of four family medicine providers caring for both pediatric and adult patients. He's also the CEO of the newborn prep academy and runs an online course called newborn preparation. In this episode, Dr....

As a physician we impact patient's life mostly on an individual level. If we do want to have a broader impact on health care at a community or national level and even have control over our very work then it is important to pursue leadership opportunities. As an underdog it feels very easy to be a follower than be a leader and challenging the status quo can seem like a daunting task.

Residency application will be starting in the next few months. Do you consider yourself an underdog international medical graduate? Are you feeling overwhelmed with the application process or feeling stuck. Come on in, to listen to this episode where Dr. Anish Desai interviews Vidya Kollu,MD  , your very own underdog and host while she shares her residency application journey as a non -us IMG...

In this podcast interview, we will be talking further with Manik Madaan formerly known as Zen Of USMLE. He is a medical graduate from KIMS Medical College, Bangalore, India. He has successfully matched into psychiatry residency at the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He will be sharing his tips on matching as an IMG and share strategies that will help you achieve your resid...

In this podcast interview, we will be talking with Manik Madaan formerly known as Zen Of USMLE.He is a medical graduate from KIMS Medical College, Bangalore, India. He has successfully matched into psychiatry residency at the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He will be sharing his tips on matching as an IMG and share strategies that will help you achieve your residency succ...

In the previous episode, we talked about Anish’s journey with applying to medical school and discussed they ways you can maximize your chances of getting into a U.S. allopathic medical school as a non-traditional applicant. In this episode, we will be talking about the relevance of gap year when applying to medical school, obtaining LORs, research and volunteering.

The medical school application process will be starting next month. Do you consider yourself to be an underdog medical school applicant because of your MCAT scores or GPA? Come listen to this episode and find out how our very own underdog and co-host, Dr. Anish Desai beat the odds to gain that coveted acceptance letter to a U.S. allopathic medical school. Get helpful tips and learn about things yo...

Welcome to episode 2 of the underdog physicians podcast. As you already might be aware, medical school application process will be starting next month. We are sure this must be an overwhelming, yet exciting times for those applying. There are two different pathways towards becoming a physician in the U.S; allopathic vs osteopathic. In this episode we want to talk about what it means to be an osteo...

Hello fellow physicians, This is Vidya Kollu and Anish Desai. We would like to welcome you to our very first underdog physicians podcast. We would like to start this podcast by first introducing ourselves. My name is Vidya and I am a hematology oncology fellow. My name is Anish and I am a hospitalist. The idea for this podcast started from a common journey that we both quickly realized we shared-...

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