Voices of Women Physicians  ®

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 type of jobs
✔️ If she needed to do additional training or exams to work there and how
✔️ What helps with adjustment to new culture and lifestyle
✔️ Tax implications
✔️ Lessons learned
✔️ Mistakes to avoid
✔️ 3 tips for other women physicians interested in doing the same

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 founder and CEO of Give More Naturally, LLC. With special expertise in the field of essential oils, she is launching an unbranded CME course for physicians on the safety and research of essential oils as an integrative tool. 

Some of the topics we discussed were:

✔️ Dr. Huntington's story, how she got started
✔️ What are essential oils and how are they used
✔️ The science behind essential oils
✔️ Safety
✔️ Industry shortcuts
✔️ The possibilities of essential oils in our practices and our homes
✔️ How to learn about essential oils and a special discount for physicians

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 Wealth for Women: (n.) Peace, Purpose, and Plenty of Cash!  She currently resides in northern NJ. 

Some of the topics we discussed were:

✔️ Dr. Koo's non-traditional path to medicine
✔️ Her journey from working as a dermatologist to founding Wealthy Mom MD
✔️ What mindset shifts are most helpful for high achieving women
✔️ Common limiting beliefs about money and how to change them
✔️ What money mistakes women physicians should avoid 
✔️ 3 most important takeaways from her book
✔️ Tips about publishing a nonfiction book 

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 help small business owners improve their focus and have more fulfillment. 

Her latest book, Thriving After Burnout, is a compilation of stories from women physicians who share tips and strategies on what helped them during burnout.

Some of the topics we discussed were:

✔️ Dr. McLaughlin's journey

✔️ Burnout

✔️ Overcoming fear and pivoting

✔️ What helps make a career transition successful

✔️ What helps when you are exploring new paths

✔️ What mistakes to avoid 

✔️ Her book “Thriving After Burnout”

✔️ 3 takeways from this book

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 anytime with her team.

She also helps other physicians with active and passive land investing so they can achieve their financial freedom fast in just a few years like she did.

She is also passionate about helping women with autoimmune illness and she has an IntegrativeCareMD practice focused on this. 

Some of the topics we discussed were:

✔️ What is land Investing?

✔️ How Dr. Kumar got into land investing

✔️ What is the life cycle of the deal?

✔️ What is return on investment of active and passive land investing?

✔️ Pros and cons of land investing           

✔️ Passive streams of income through land investing

✔️ Limitations of land investing

✔️ Active vs passive land investing

✔️ Mistakes to avoid

✔️ How to learn about land investing

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 Integrative Medicine. She is also an avid real estate investor who is passionate about creating multiple streams of passive income. She's a yogi and fitness junkie, as well as a philanthropist, donating to her alma mater undergraduate university and medical school to support students who are the past versions of herself.

Some topics we discussed were:

✔️ Dr. Park’s journey to real estate

✔️ How Dr. Park handled obstacles throughout her journey

✔️ How going to symposiums and conferences can help you network

✔️ How to handle doing multi-state taxes

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 Integrative Medicine. She is also an avid real estate investor who is passionate about creating multiple streams of passive income. She's a yogi and fitness junkie, as well as a philanthropist, donating to her alma mater undergraduate university and medical school to support students who are the past versions of herself. 

Some topics we discussed were:

✔️ What it’s like working with a travel coordinator
✔️ Perks of working locums

✔️ How working locums affects ability to get a home loan

✔️ How to stay organized with business expenses

✔️ How to make traveling efficient and easy

Manvinder Kainth, MD is board certified in family medicine.  Now is 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 before completing a residency in family medicine at Valley Medical Center, an affiliation of the University of Washington, in Seattle.

Dr. Kainth was named D Magazine’s Best Doctor in Family Medicine in Dallas and nominated as a Mom-Approved Doctor by Dallas Child Magazine. Dr. Kainth is currently welcoming new patients.

Some of the topics we discussed were:

✔️ What Dr. Kainth does for bookkeeping, accounting, and payroll

✔️ Books, websites, and other resources Dr. Kainth recommends

✔️ Common mistakes physicians should avoid while running a DPC

✔️ How to keep work-life balance

✔️ 3 practical tips for physicians who are considering starting DPC

✔️ How to keep overhead low

✔️ How to market your DPC

Manvinder Kainth, MD is board certified in family medicine.  Now is 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 before completing a residency in family medicine at Valley Medical Center, an affiliation of the University of Washington, in Seattle.

Dr. Kainth was named D Magazine’s Best Doctor in Family Medicine in Dallas and nominated as a Mom-Approved Doctor by Dallas Child Magazine. Dr. Kainth is currently welcoming new patients.

Some of the topics we discussed were:

✔️ Life prior to DPC
✔️ Concierge medicine vs. DPC model
✔️ How to arrange labs and imaging for a low cost
✔️ How long it took to start Dr. Kainth's DPC
✔️ How to manage vacations
✔️ Doing telemedicine as part of DPC
✔️ Which EMR, phone, fax services Dr. Kainth uses

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 anesthesiology residency at the University of California, San Francisco and a fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at the San Diego Hospice Institute for Palliative Medicine. After fellowship, she joined the faculty at the University of New Mexico and she completed a Graduate Certificate in Clinical Informatics.  

In 2017, she and her family moved to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, where she is a partner in her private practice anesthesiology group and the founder of the town's palliative care clinic. 

She is the author of numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and serves as a consultant to several medical start-ups. Her husband and four school-age kids love to ski past her down the mountain.

Her family recently embarked on a five-month sabbatical to help her kids learn to speak Spanish, see the world, and spend time together. She strongly believes in the importance of workplace flexibility and hopes that her blog, physiciansabbatical.com, will help other physicians take a sabbatical.  

Some of the topics we discussed were:

✔️ Finding coverage for your sabbatical
✔️ Creative malpractice insurance and housing arrangements
✔️ Creative ways to finance sabbatical
✔️ Kids on sabbatical
✔️ Mistakes to avoid when planning sabbatical
✔️ 3 things to think about before you go on sabbatical

Lena Shahbandar is a physician specializing in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. A graduate of Northwestern University for undergraduate and medical school, she practices outpatient musculoskeletal medicine with a particular area of interest in women’s musculoskeletal health and pain in pregnancy. In treating these patients and through the experiences she had herself as a mother, she discovered the need for a solution that allows mothers to safely transport their babies without compromising their physical comfort. 

She spent many years pouring her medical expertise and knowledge into a scientific solution: a baby carrier that lets people easily move their babies from the car seat, or anywhere, to babywearing, and lead a full life without pain. This solution led to the creation of Nessl and the Nessl Baby Carrier. 

When not working, Lena loves to spend time with her husband and three children, and to play tennis, ski and hike.

Some of the topics we discussed were:

✔️ How the idea came along
✔️ Creating a design
✔️ Choosing materials to use
✔️ Arranging production
✔️ How to market it
✔️ Overcoming challenges
✔️ Tips for physicians inventing something new
✔️ Mistakes to avoid

When she’s not putting babies to sleep at home and at work, Dr. Chiagozie Fawole is a Real Estate entrepreneur. 

She got her first two deals done during residency, built a portfolio of traditional rentals, and now amplifies cash flow with short term rentals - some of which she doesn't even own. 

On her SavvyDocs in Real Estate platform, she helps physicians get started generating meaningful income from Real Estate.  She is based in the suburbs of Syracuse, NY where she lives with her husband and three girls. 

Some of the topics we discussed were:

✔️ What is rental arbitrage, and its pros and cons
✔️ How to get a landlord to agree to using property as STR
✔️ How much time it takes
✔️ How to decrease risks
✔️ What is cohosting and how it is different from rental arbitrage
✔️ Do you need an LLC for RA?
✔️ 3 tips for listeners considering doing rental arbitrage

Dr. Sarah Smith is a Rural Family Physician practicing in rural Alberta, Canada and also the Charting Coach for Physicians, and the founder of the Lifetime access Charting Champions Program for Physicians.

Sarah has been a medical educator for more than 2 decades and is now delighted to help Physicians get home with everything done and create time for their lives outside of Medicine.

Sarah lives on her small farm in Canada with her husband and has two adult sons.

Some of the topics we discussed:

✔️ How Dr. Smith started coaching about efficient charting
✔️ Strategies for efficient charting
✔️ What helps to avoid inbox overwhelm
✔️ How it is possible to get everything done
✔️ What mistakes physician should avoid in order to finish work on time

Dr. Sarah Smith is a Rural Family Physician practicing in rural Alberta, Canada and also the Charting Coach for Physicians, and the founder of the Lifetime access Charting Champions Program for Physicians.

Sarah has been a medical educator for more than 2 decades and is now delighted to help Physicians get home with everything done and create time for their lives outside of Medicine.

Sarah lives on her small farm in Canada with her husband and has two adult sons.

Some of the topics we discussed:

✔️ Dr. Smith's life in Australia
✔️ The healthcare system in Australia
✔️ Traveling around Australia doing locums
✔️ Homeschooling kids
✔️ Relocating to a new country
✔️ Practicing medicine in Canada

Dr. Olga Lemberg is a board certified pediatrician based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the founder and president of Fabled, a medical apparel brand that launched in 2017. Fabled strives to uplift women in medicine through stylish and empowering workwear designs. 

Dr. Lemberg came to the realization that existing medical uniforms weren’t serving the needs of women leaders in medicine. She started brainstorming designs post-call after years of wearing scrubs that lacked the professionalism, style and versatility she wanted from her uniform. 

Fabled is the first brand of its kind to provide medical apparel solutions outside of the traditional scrub offering. Their designs marry contemporary office-wear silhouettes with the functionality and comfort of scrubs, which means they can be styled and worn in ways beyond what is thought traditionally possible for scrubs.

Dr. Lemberg runs Fabled while still practicing medicine. Her client base has grown organically through word of mouth and now ships to over 6 countries.

Some of the topics we discussed were:

✔️ The meaning and inspiration behind Fabled
✔️ How Dr. Lemberg created a design
✔️ How Dr. Lemberg decided what material to use
✔️ How Dr. Lemberg marketed Fabled
✔️ Challenges Dr. Lemberg had and how she overcame them
✔️ What mistakes to avoid
✔️ 3 tips for physicians inventing something new

Robyn Tiger, MD is on a mission to empower physicians with self-care tools backed by science and research. With physician burnout on the rise, Robyn knows firsthand what it’s like to love your job while also coping with stress, anxiety, overwhelm, imbalance and even illness.

She uniquely combines her 15 years in diagnostic radiology with certifications in yoga therapy, meditation and life coaching in her innovative CME accredited courses, private coaching, and podcast that focus on complete physical, mental, and emotional well-being and resilience. As lead faculty and subject matter expert in stress management for the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, she is currently developing the new physician board review content for emotional & mental well-being. She is deeply passionate about helping her colleagues relieve stress, elevate calm and live their best lives!

When she’s not busy supporting her colleagues, Robyn can be found enjoying her own self-care through hiking, paddle boarding, meditating, yoga, playing with her dog, husband and kids in the mountains of Asheville, NC.

Some of the topics we discussed were:

✔️ Dr. Tiger's burnout journey and how she saved her own life
✔️ Her work as lead faculty and subject matter expert in stress management for the American College of Lifestyle Medicine
✔️ Unique "top down/bottom up" method for stress relief
✔️ The self-care formula every physician should know
✔️ What works to relieve chronic tension
✔️ Scientific evidence for stress relief methods
✔️ Dr. Tiger's favorite ways for stress relief
✔️ 3 additional stress relief strategies she hasn't shared before

Dr. Arjumand Sidd is a board certified pediatrician. After working for 8 years in a busy FQHC she started her outpatient pediatrics practice from scratch on a limited budget. She is passionate about encouraging and helping other female physicians in starting their own practices.

Additionally she has an experience with doing remote case reviews and with being a physician advisor. She helped many female physicians apply for and get hired to similar remote positions.

She is also a self taught artist who started during the pandemic is now a successful artist whose art sells within hours of posting it on social media sites. She creates acrylic, alcohol ink and resin paintings and various functional items like coasters and trays. 

Some topics we discussed were:

✔️ How to look for remote nonclinical physician jobs
✔️ How to get hired
✔️ Remote case reviews
✔️ Physician advisor positions
✔️ What to put in your resume
✔️ What certifications can help
✔️ Mistakes to avoid
✔️ Challenges in working from home

Dr. Arjumand Sidd is a board certified pediatrician. After working for 8 years in a busy FQHC she started her outpatient pediatrics practice from scratch on a limited budget. She is passionate about encouraging and helping other female physicians in starting their own practices.

Additionally she has an experience with doing remote case reviews and with being a physician advisor. She helped many female physicians apply for and get hired to similar remote positions.

She is also a self taught artist who started during the pandemic is now a successful artist whose art sells within hours of posting it on social media sites. She creates acrylic, alcohol ink and resin paintings and various functional items like coasters and trays. 

Some topics we discussed were:

✔️ Why start your own practice?
✔️ How much money you need
✔️ How to get credentialed with insurances
✔️ How to advertise

Lara Hochman, MD is a Family Medicine physician, and advocate for fellow physicians’ well-being amidst rising burnout and dissatisfaction. Her own experiences led her to discover the ways physicians lost autonomy, and how to reclaim their focus on helping patients. She founded Happy Day Health, a boutique physician matchmaking agency to match doctors with well-run, physician-owned private practices where they can avoid burnout and enjoy practicing medicine again.

Some topics we discussed were:

✔️ Matching private practices with physicians
✔️ If working at a private practice could be the answer to burnout
✔️ What questions to ask when a doctor is getting information about a practic
✔️ How to find practices that are physician friendly
✔️ Red flags to avoid while looking for a job at a private practice
✔️ How a physician can know this is the type of practice that puts patients above profits

Lara Hochman, MD is a Family Medicine physician, and advocate for fellow physicians’ well-being amidst rising burnout and dissatisfaction. Her own experiences led her to discover the ways physicians lost autonomy, and how to reclaim their focus on helping patients. She founded Happy Day Health, a boutique physician matchmaking agency to match doctors with well-run, physician-owned private practices where they can avoid burnout and enjoy practicing medicine again.

Some topics we discussed were:

✔️ Matching private practices with physicians
✔️ If working at a private practice could be the answer to burnout
✔️ What questions to ask when a doctor is getting information about a practic
✔️ How to find practices that are physician friendly
✔️ Red flags to avoid while looking for a job at a private practice
✔️ How a physician can know this is the type of practice that puts patients above profits

Heather Signorelli, DO is a pathologist and physician executive. She clinically oversee close to 200 hospital laboratories and loves her job employed in a large healthcare system.  She loved the business side of medicine and where she focuses her time during her day job. 

Most recently, she and her husband started a medical billing company and they are on a mission to help physicians with a reliable, data-driven billing and coding service. They also have a podcast devoted to education on medical billing for practices.

Some of my favorite takeaways:

✔️ What every physician should know about the business aspect of medicine
✔️ What billing metrics are the key for success in a private practice
✔️ Overview of the claim process
✔️ Reasons for an audit and how to avoid them
✔️ Coding for telemedicine visits
✔️ Strategies for an efficient medical billing process
✔️ Process improvement and increasing revenue
✔️ Free medical billing and coding course

Anna McCormick, MD, is a practicing emergency physician and financial advisor in Springfield, IL. After more than twelve years of practicing medicine, Dr. McCormick realized that she needed to better understand how her money worked and more strategically plan for the future she wanted. What began as her own curiosity has become a real passion to help others learn where money goes, how it grows, and then translate that knowledge into personal and financial development. 

When she is not working in the ER or driving her kids to practice, Dr. McCormick is a proud member of the Peterman Financial team.  At Peterman Financial Group, Dr. McCormick strives to help clients create their ideal life through wealth management, life insurance, tax planning or fee based financial planning.

Some of my favorite takeaways were:

✔️ How Dr. McCormick became a financial planner
✔️ What she loves the most about financial planning
✔️ Some of the "mistakes" she sees clients make
✔️ What Dr. McCormick would say to someone who says they don't have money to invest
✔️ Some things that clients forget in financial planning
✔️ How to choose a financial advisor

If you are interested in learning about a transition to a fulfilling career in pharma/biotech, listen to this episode!

Nerissa C. Kreher, MD, MBA is the CEO/Founder of The Pharma IndustryMDCoach, LLC.  

She is also the Chief Medical Officer of a biotech company, member of the Board of Directors of a public biotech company and a pediatric endocrinologist. 

The Pharma IndustryMDCoach is a coaching and consulting group that guides physician through career transition to the pharmaceutical industry. They steer physicians through the exploratory phase of understanding if pharma is the correct career path, and when the physician is ready to pursue this fulfilling career transition, they help you navigate the process.

She brings more than 15 years of experience working in biopharma. Her career in pharma started in Medical Affairs as a Medical Director.  She then strategically moved to another company to gain Clinical Development experience and expertise. She has worked in small to large biopharma organizations including both private and public companies. 

She also holds an MBA from Northeastern University. She is passionate about her work and wants to help other physicians understand the possibilities of a fulfilling career in the pharma/biotech industry.

Some of my favorite takeaways:

✔️ How to land a job in the Pharma or biotech industry
✔️ If research experience is a must
✔️ What websites physicians can use to apply for jobs in pharma
✔️ The difference between a CV and a resume
✔️ How physicians keep their licenses/credentials active while working for pharma
✔️ Books, websites, and other resources that can help physicians be prepared
✔️ 3 tips for success in the pharma industry

Our guest this week, Dr. Nneka Unachukwu, is a pediatrician, serial entrepreneur, speaker, podcaster and bestselling author. She is the founder of EntreMD, a company designed to help doctors build profitable businesses so they can live life and practice medicine on their terms. She does this through the EntreMD Podcast, EntreMD Live events, and the EntreMD Business School. She is a regular contributor to Forbes and a member of the Forbes Business Council.

Some of my favorite takeaways were:

✔️ When it comes to marketing, how you can find patients
✔️ How to establish a referral base in a new town
✔️ How to learn to invest in yourself
✔️ The mindset that leads to success

Our guest this week, Dr. Nneka Unachukwu, is a pediatrician, serial entrepreneur, speaker, podcaster and bestselling author. She is the founder of EntreMD, a company designed to help doctors build profitable businesses so they can live life and practice medicine on their terms. She does this through the EntreMD Podcast, EntreMD Live events, and the EntreMD Business School. She is a regular contributor to Forbes and a member of the Forbes Business Council.

Some of my favorite takeaways were:

✔️ How to be a successful entrepreneur as an introvert
✔️ How to sell if you dislike selling
✔️ How to find more time
✔️ Skills to develop to become a successful entrepreneur

Dr. Param Baladandapani is a subspecialty trained Radiologist who while working full time and raising two young kids built a multi million dollar real estate portfolio that helped her become Financially Independent and retire from medicine at 41.

She is the founder and CEO of GenerationalWealthMD, a community that helps high income professionals accelerate towards financial freedom by building a real estate portfolio that fits their lifestyle and goals. 

Over the last 9 years, she has invested in single family homes, apartment complexes and short term rentals as well as development projects in different domestic markets and abroad and she brings this expertise to her Immersive small group coaching program- Creating Generational Freedom, where she empowers others to start and scale their portfolios. She is also passionate about paying it forward and has helped establish a non profit educational trust in rural India. 

Some of my favorite takeaways were:

✔️ How she became financially independent in just a year
✔️ What is important to know before starting rehab on a rental
✔️ The BRRRR strategy
✔️ How to do rehab when long distance
✔️ Tips for those who feel like they don't have time
✔️ How to force appreciation in real estate
✔️ Mistakes to avoid early on in your REI journey
✔️ Tips for achieving financial freedom through REI

If you’re a physician looking to start an expert witness practice to make more money and create financial security, listen to this episode with Dr. Green. 

Dr. Green has been a diagnostic radiologist specializing in breast imaging since 2006. She got started in expert witness work after receiving a call from an attorney out of the blue in 2015 and have served as an expert witness in diagnostic radiology for over 150 cases for both plaintiff and defense attorneys.

She also knows firsthand what it’s like to be sued, so she’s seen medical malpractice from both sides.

She has taught hundreds of physicians how to launch and build expert witness businesses to diversify their income and put their clinical skills to work in a new way. Now, she is bringing my medicolegal know-how to help radiologists improve communication for better breast care.

Expert witness work helped her transition to part-time clinical work in 2016 and have more time with family and for herself. It enabled her to have the financial freedom to design her best life. Understanding the legal process also makes her a more informed breast radiologist.

Some of my favorite takeaways:

✔️ How to land your first expert witness case
✔️ How to find attorneys
✔️ How often the case goes to trial
✔️ The fee schedule for expert witness work
✔️ What type of insurance is needed for expert witness work
✔️ What helps with the emotional toll
✔️ 3 tips for someone who wants to Start Expert Witness Business
✔️ And the fun part: Dr. Green’s journey to North Pole! For real!

This week's guest is is Dr. Myrdalis Díaz-Ramírez, a dual Board-Certified Anesthesiologist and Interventional Pain Management Physician, Medical Expert, Professor, Author, Speaker, Podcaster, Entrepreneur, and now Mastermind Facilitator in her maxAllure Mastermind. Dr. Díaz-Ramírez is now partnering with a brilliant team guided by her passion for diagnosing and offering her patients the best care possible, as well as combining the best of preventive and conventional therapies in her new wellness center in Sarasota, FL named, SahaVida Institute.

Some of my favorite takeaways were:

✔️ Her journey as a physician and as an entrepreneur
✔️ Habits for success for entrepreneurs
✔️ Tools for effective marketing
✔️ How to build successful practices from scratch
✔️ 3 practical tips for early physician entrepreneurs
✔️ MaxAllure mastermind

Our guest this week is Dr. Diana Londoño. She is the founder of Physician Coach Support, a free and confidential platform in which volunteer physicians support other physicians.

Dr. Londoño is a skilled surgeon who has specialized in Urology treating men and women. She is one of the 10% of urologists in the US who is a woman, and the 0.5% that are Latina and a woman. She is trained in robotic-assisted, endoscopic and open surgical techniques. 

She is originally from Mexico City, and she received all her education in the Los Angeles Area, going to Claremont McKenna College for her undergraduate studies, then attending UCLA for her medical school training. She finished a 6-year residency in Urology at Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles. She is on a path to live a more conscious life and is a Certified Life Coach. She is the mother of two determined and joyful girls.

While in Los Angeles and Miami, she has appeared in Univision, Telemundo, Mundo Fox, CNN Latino, KCET as a health consultant discussing various urological topics. She also enjoys writing about topics she feels passionate about which include topics such as consciousness, ego, hierarchy in medicine and advocacy. Her writings have been featured in outlets such as KevinMD.com, Thrive Global, Doximity, Medscape, Physician Outlook Magazine and SoMeDocs (Doctors on Social Media). 

Some of my favorite takeaways were:

✔️ Dr. Londoño's path to medicine
✔️ How she got into writing and advocacy
✔️ How the idea of Physician Coach Support came along
✔️ How to get no cost coaching
✔️ How volunteer coaches can help physicians

Our guest this week is Dr. Susie Sharpe, a physician-artist. She grew up in South Korea and immigrated to the US at age 16, not speaking any English. Dr. Sharpe graduated from Yale Medical School. She completed Internal Medicine residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital and practiced internal medicine in Seattle then in Mercy Clinic in Springfield, MO for 20+ years. Dr. Sharpe has been doing Telemedicine since June 2022. She raised two children: a son at MIT and a daughter at Rhode Island School of Design. 

Dr. Sharpe resumed painting about 2005. She had shows in New York, Paris, Brussels, Luxembourg and Miami in 2021. She was featured as a Physician-Artist in many publications including Authority Magazine, Thrive Global, WomanScape, Physician Outlook Magazine, and numerous physician podcasts as guest speaker.  She ships artwork from coast to coast and worldwide, especially to physicians. 

Some of my favorite takeways were:

✔️ The journey of becoming a Physician-Artist
✔️ How Dr. Sharpe studied and got back into art
✔️ Finding time for art despite being a busy physician and mom
✔️ What message her art brings to the world
✔️ Charity and philanthropy
✔️ What helped make her a dream a reality
✔️ Advice for people pursuing their dreams
✔️ 3 tips for those who want to follow in Dr. Sharpe's footsteps

When she’s not putting babies to sleep at home and at work, Dr. Chiagozie Fawole is a Real Estate entrepreneur. 

She got her first two deals done during residency, built a portfolio of traditional rentals, and now amplifies cash flow with short term rentals - some of which she doesn't even own. 

On her SavvyDocs in Real Estate platform, she helps physicians get started generating meaningful income from Real Estate.  She is based in the suburbs of Syracuse, NY where she lives with her husband and three girls.

In this week's episode, we talk about short term rentals and how you can run a profitable AirBnB while long distance. In a future episode, we will speak with Dr. Fawole about how you can profit from real state with owning it!

Some of my favorite takeaways were:

✔️ How she got into real estate
✔️ How owning a STR can help physicians
✔️ Wealth as a wellness strategy
✔️ Pros and cons of cohosting
✔️ How to find a reliable team while long distance
✔️ How a busy physician mom can run an AirBnB 

A native of Pittsburgh, PA, Dr. Melissa Boylan has been in practice as a family physician in Columbia, SC for the past 11 years. She graduated from the University of Notre Dame, Georgetown University School of Medicine, and the Palmetto Health Family Medicine Residency program. She worked in a hospital-owned practice for 9 years until she came to her senses and opened her own direct primary care office – Noreta Family Medicine - in July 2020. Her goal is to provide high quality medical care for her patients using a business model that reintroduces transparency, accessibility, and personalized service to our broken healthcare system.

In this week’s episode, we discussed how to start your own direct primary care practice and learned useful information about making the journey easier.

Some of my favorite takeaways:

✔️ Steps to opening DPC
✔️ What helped the most during the early stages
✔️ What EMR, phone, fax, digital forms, and other tech she used
✔️ How to acquire necessary equipment
✔️ How to arrange low-cost lab-work and in-house pharmacy
✔️ Common mistakes to avoid
✔️ 3 practical tips for physicians considering opening DPC

Dr. Danielle Manalo is a full time Family Medicine physician, overtime wife and mommy. When she's not traveling the globe with her family, she loves to create delicious and healthy-ish eats & treats. 

She shares these passions online to help busy moms like you optimize your time in the kitchen, so you can confidently create your family's favorite menus with flavor and nutrition in mind.

Some of my favorite takeaways:

✔️ Her social media journey & cooking show
✔️ How life coaching helped on her journey
✔️ InstantPot- the attention saver
✔️ Healthy baking substitutes
✔️ Meal planning for the non-meal planner
✔️ Easy, healthy, and delicious recipes
✔️ Quick tips on cooking with little time

Dr. Amita Kumar is a Canadian native. She is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and practices primary care in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Kumar has experience in both private practice and academics, and has most recently achieved her life coach and health coach certification. Dr. Kumar enjoys spending time with family and traveling. She strives for a balance of healthy eating, exercise, and fun in her life.  She educates and promotes this same philosophy to her patients and coaching clients as well. 

Recently, she has also helped her husband Gabriel Bietz publish a children's book and is here to talk to us about how she published it!

Some of my favorite takeaways:

✔️ “Your book is a gift to the world."
✔️ Steps to publishing a book
✔️ What publishing route Dr. Kumar used
✔️ How the illustration process was & what helped make it easier
✔️ What to avoid during the publication journey
✔️ How long the entire process took
✔️ Favorite marketing strategies