Voices of Women Physicians

Elaine Stageberg, MD, MHA is a psychiatrist, mother of 4, & Owner of Black Swan Real Estate. She owns & manages a portfolio of over $300M in assets under management. Through real estate investing, she reached financial freedom in her 30s and now helps others to do the same;  Black Swan has delivered exceptional returns to hundreds of passive investors through their unique investor-focused...

Dr. Randie Schacter is the founder, owner and solo practitioner at Silver Psychiatric Services, NC, treating women and children with a special passion in caring for women physicians.  She is also the creator and owner of an interactive CME program, Mindfulness Based Arts and Stress Reduction (MBASR) for Women Medical Professionals to manage stress and burnout using mindfulness, meditation, yoga, c...

Dr. Kricia Palmer is a physician turned interior designer and certified life coach. She helps crazy busy women physicians create intentionally designed spaces that makes coming home the best part of their day. After practicing pediatric allergy and immunology for several years, she decided to leave medicine and pursue her creative passion of becoming an interior designer.  In her signature course,...

Dr. Trina Dorrah is a physician, binge eating coach, and former binge eater who helps physicians stop binge eating.   Because of her personal history with binge eating, she knows what it’s like to struggle with food and feel like you can’t fix it on your own. She knows what it’s like to feel addicted to food and not be able to stop overeating despite your best efforts. She knows what it's lik...

Dr. Devon Gimbel is a double-board certified physician and founder and owner of Point Me To First Class, a business that helps employed professionals, entrepreneurs, and business owners with high personal and/or business expenses earn tons of credit card points to travel the world in luxury. She believes that your expenses are your greatest asset - if you know how to leverage them. Devon is on a m...

Dr. Chrystene Nguyen is a board-certified physician in Southern California in family medicine and lifestyle medicine. She believes a major part of optimal health includes having supportive relationships and community and social connection, so during Covid-19 quarantine she started a Facebook group called White Coat Romance. This is a space for single healthcare professionals to virtually mingle, g...

An ‘Accidental Leader’ who found herself having to learn leadership skills through the school of hard knocks, Asha Padmanabhan MD, FASA is a soft-spoken introvert, an immigrant brown woman and a Board Certified Anesthesiologist who currently serves in several leadership roles including Medical Director of Anesthesiology, Vice President of the Florida Society of Anesthesiologists and Chair of the C...

Mrinalini Kulkarni-Date, MD is an associate professor and division chief of endocrinology at an academic medical center. There, she has also served as Institute director for the medical subspecialties’ clinic, and was formerly Director of Virtual Care, and chronic disease management services for the Ascension Texas Family of Hospitals. She is a board-certified endocrinologist. She is a career coac...

Mrinalini Kulkarni-Date, MD is an associate professor and division chief of endocrinology at an academic medical center. There, she has also served as Institute director for the medical subspecialties’ clinic, and was formerly Director of Virtual Care, and chronic disease management services for the Ascension Texas Family of Hospitals. She is a board-certified endocrinologist. She is a career coac...

Dr. Vanessa Calderón, MD, MPP is a Latina Life and Leadership Coach and a Board Certified Emergency Medicine Physician. She has over 20 years of leadership experience and is the founder of The Empowered Brain, where she uses education, training and coaching to support the personal and professional development of women and men. Dr. Calderón is also a resiliency expert and the Wellness and Resilienc...

Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh is a Family Medicine Physician, Clinic Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer. She is also the founder of OverAchieve Life Coaching. Prior to discovering coaching, Diana typically had 200 charts open and a graveyard of unfinished projects. But that has changed, and now she’s on a mission to empower physicians and healthcare professionals to create systems that are s...

Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh is a Family Medicine Physician, Clinic Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer. She is also the founder of OverAchieve Life Coaching. Prior to discovering coaching, Diana typically had 200 charts open and a graveyard of unfinished projects. But that has changed, and now she’s on a mission to empower physicians and healthcare professionals to create systems that are s...

Dr. Teresa M. Anderson specializes in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and depression. She opened the first psychiatric-based ketamine infusion clinic in the state of Ohio and is one of only 12 providers in the Country to offer PrTMS, a revolutionary form of non-medication alternative treatment. Some of the topics we discussed were: What PrTMS is and how it's done Ket...

Dr. Christine Gibson (TikTokTraumaDoc on TikTok) is a physician, author, innovator, and changemaker. She has worked in health equity spaces for most of her career, including founding Global Familymed Foundation. As a trauma therapist, she understands both the mind and body implications of stress. Her book, The Modern Trauma Toolkit, comes out in May 2023. Some of the topics we discussed were: The...

Judith Borger DO, FACEP is a mom of 3, wife, board-certified physician, and successful business owner of both The Aesthetic Doctor and Concierge Medical Arts. Concierge Medical Arts is a Concierge Medical Aesthetics practice located in Fayetteville, NC offering full-spectrum non-surgical medical aesthetics.  The Aesthetic Doctor encompasses the Podcast “The Aesthetic Doctor” as well as Courses, Li...

Dr. Tanya Wansom is a physician/researcher (MD, PhD) and coach who reverse migrated to Thailand over 7 years ago. She currently works as an independent global health consultant on a bunch of projects spanning clinical trials, implementation of new public health interventions and coaches physicians.  Some of the topics we discussed were: What type of work Dr. Wansom does there and how to find such...

Ann Huntington, MD, FACP, is an Internal Medicine-trained Hospital Medicine physician. She has expertise in quality, patient safety, peer review, privileging, and credentials.  Most recently, she was the medical director of over 50 hospitalist physicians during the pandemic. She believes lifestyle and integrative medicine are foundational to medical care, when used appropriately. She is the founde...

Bonnie Koo, MD is a master certified life coach, physician and the founder of Wealthy Mom MD. She is a proud graduate of Barnard College and Columbia University's College of Physicians & Surgeons. Her mission is to help successful women create wealth in all areas of their lives -- and yes that includes lots of money. She is the host of the Wealthy Mom MD Podcast and author of Defining Wea...

Dr. Sharon Mclaughlin is board certified plastic surgeon. She is founder of  the Female Physician Entrepreneurs Network and Business Program where she empowers women physicians by helping them turn their idea into profitable businesses so that they can have the freedom to live their best life.  She is also the founder of Mind Lull, which helps others slow down by providing tools and journals which...

Dr. Mamta Kumar is a board-certified Internal medicine physician and have been doing land investing business virtually for the last 3 years.  With her team she have bought and sold around 100 vacant lots so far.  She has 6 figure passive income coming from the seller financing note portfolio which makes her financially free. Now she is able to have time and place freedom to work from anywhere and...

Jinhee Park, MD does outpatient locums tenens work in Portland, OR as a geriatrics physician. Dr. Park graduated from University of California at Davis Medical School and did her residency training at California Hospital Medical Center Family Residency Program in Los Angeles, CA. She completed Chinese Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture CME Courses and finished the Fellowship at Andrew Weil Center for...

Jinhee Park, MD does outpatient locums tenens work in Portland, OR as a geriatrics physician. Dr. Park graduated from University of California at Davis Medical School and did her residency training at California Hospital Medical Center Family Residency Program in Los Angeles, CA. She completed Chinese Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture CME Courses and finished the Fellowship at Andrew Weil Center for...

Manvinder Kainth, MD is board certified in family medicine.  Now is a year 5 of her DPC Maple Primary Care.  She grew up in Canada, and has worked in a number of states including Washington, New Hampshire, Texas and Minnesota. She moved back to the Dallas area in 2013 to be closer to her family and friends. Dr. Kainth earned her medical degree in 2003 from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston bef...

Manvinder Kainth, MD is board certified in family medicine.  Now is a year 5 of her DPC Maple Primary Care.  She grew up in Canada, and has worked in a number of states including Washington, New Hampshire, Texas and Minnesota. She moved back to the Dallas area in 2013 to be closer to her family and friends. Dr. Kainth earned her medical degree in 2003 from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston bef...

One of the main barriers for physicians who want to take a sabbatical is finding coverage for clinical responsibilities. Dr. Gebauer is connecting physicians who want to go on sabbatical with doctors who want to cover for them.  Dr. Gebauer is a physician, data expert, and consultant with extensive administrative and quality experience. She attended Stanford Medical School, completed an anesthesio...