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How to Pursue a Nonclinical Career in Hospital Management – 080

2021-03-23T20:33:58-05:00

A Fulfilling and Well Compensated Career This is a solo bonus episode about pursuing a career in hospital management. It's a summary of the presentation that I'm giving at the first Physicians Helping Physicians Nonclinical Career Conference. The conference is being held in Austin, Texas in April 2019. Important Questions During the discussion, I answer the following questions: What are the most common senior hospital management positions for physicians? Why is a career in hospital management so attractive? [...]

How to Pursue a Nonclinical Career in Hospital Management – 0802021-03-23T20:33:58-05:00

How to Exploit the Short-Term Rental Game with Dr. David Draghinas – 079

2021-03-23T20:26:20-05:00

A Potentially Lucrative Side Hustle This week I'm learning about investing in short-term rental properties from Dr. David Draghinas. David is a full-time anesthesiologist located in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. He also produces the DoctorsUnbound podcast, which features stories of doctors doing different and interesting things outside of clinical medicine. Dave received his medical degree and anesthesia training at the University of Southern California. Following his residency, he spent about 3-1/2 years in the Navy, mostly at the [...]

How to Exploit the Short-Term Rental Game with Dr. David Draghinas – 0792021-03-23T20:26:20-05:00

The Powerful But Overlooked Impact of Networking – 078

2021-03-23T20:16:13-05:00

An Important Career Strategy In today's solo episode, I tackle the topic of networking. This is the first in a series of mini solo episodes I'll be adding to my usual shows. My plan is to devote my regular weekly podcast episodes to interviews. I continue to learn greatly from my guests. And, I know you enjoy the interviews.   I'm putting together a course that will be hosted on Teachable. It's devoted to this topic: How to [...]

The Powerful But Overlooked Impact of Networking – 0782021-03-23T20:16:13-05:00

Top Reasons to Become a CDI Expert with Dr. Christian Zouain – 077

2021-03-23T20:09:52-05:00

A Growing Nonclinical Field Dr. Christian Zouain is a foreign medical graduate who used networking to land his first job as a CDI expert.   He graduated from medical school in the Dominican Repubic. He worked first as a medical assistant and a medical scribe because he had not completed residency and was not licensed. Christian realized that he was not alone in his decision to pursue a non-clinical path after attending the SEAK NonClinical Careers Conference. He [...]

Top Reasons to Become a CDI Expert with Dr. Christian Zouain – 0772021-03-23T20:09:52-05:00

How to Leverage the Locum Life with Dr. Andrew Wilner – 076

2024-07-10T13:10:20-05:00

Use Locums to Balance Nonclinical Work This is Part 2 of my interview with Andrew Wilner about living the locum life. You can find Part 1 at How to Weave Medicine into a Dedicated Writer's Life. When he decided to return to clinical medicine, Andrew discovered a wide-open locum tenens market for all specialties, even neurologists! Lucky for him, the opportunities for finding work had exploded during the previous decade. “I liked the idea that I would show [...]

How to Leverage the Locum Life with Dr. Andrew Wilner – 0762024-07-10T13:10:20-05:00

How I Found My Wonderful Nonclinical Careers – 072

2021-03-23T17:46:22-05:00

This Time I'm the One Being Interviewed Michelle Mudge-Riley recently interviewed me about my wonderful nonclinical careers. She runs Physicians Helping Physicians , a site that helps physicians land new careers. She interviews physicians like me who have developed interesting side hustles or careers outside of medical practice, and posts the podcasts on the site.   Along with a dozen other physicians, I’m helping Michelle and PHP to present it’s first major conference dedicated to career transition this [...]

How I Found My Wonderful Nonclinical Careers – 0722021-03-23T17:46:22-05:00

How to Prepare Financially for a Career Pivot with Ryan Inman – 071

2021-03-23T14:41:39-05:00

Create a Written Plan I’ve been interviewing experts in physician career transition for over a year. So, I thought it important to discuss how to prepare financially. For many of you, loss of income is one of the big fears that stops you from even considering a change. Much of that can be ameliorated with good planning. So, I decided to get an expert on the show to help us with that issue. My guest is a financial [...]

How to Prepare Financially for a Career Pivot with Ryan Inman – 0712021-03-23T14:41:39-05:00

How to Get a Great Job with a CRO with Dr. Christian Urrea – 070

2021-03-23T14:32:06-05:00

Leverage Communication Skills Dr. Christian Urrea is currently working as a medical monitor for Novum Pharmaceutical Research Services, a Contract Research Organization (CRO). He graduated from Drexel University School of Medicine in 2012, then landed a job as a Specialist in QI and UM for a community hospital before moving to Novum as a Medical Monitor. In today’s interview, Christian provides great advice as he describes his career journey. His comments are especially useful to physicians who did [...]

How to Get a Great Job with a CRO with Dr. Christian Urrea – 0702021-03-23T14:32:06-05:00

How to Go from UM Physician Advisor to Revenue Cycle CMO with Dr. Ralph Wuebker – 069

2021-03-23T14:24:30-05:00

Look Here for a UM Career Dr. Ralph Wuebker is CMO at Optum 360, a revenue cycle company offering end to end solutions for hospitals and physician groups, and he hires and deploys UM physicians. Ralph’s current responsibility is building Optum’s On Site Physician Advisor (OSPA) program, including: sales support, recruiting, training and oversight of physicians at over 70 hospitals. Prior to that he worked as VP at Executive Health Resources, and was previously Medical Director at Great [...]

How to Go from UM Physician Advisor to Revenue Cycle CMO with Dr. Ralph Wuebker – 0692021-03-23T14:24:30-05:00

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