Dr Liz O'Riordan is a Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon in the UK. In 2015 she was diagnosed with the very illness she has spent her life treating and has chosen to chronicle her experiences in her truly wonderful blog liz.oriordan.co.uk .  This episode is a truly special one as it touches on so many of the issues that we fear as physicians; seeing yourself as a patient with the disease you know so much about to the challenges of choosing your own doctor, when almost all of them are your...

Dr Adam Kaplin is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and also Assistant Professor of Neurology at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Having completed his MD Phd at Johns Hopkins he has gone on to invent Mood 24, a text message enabled platform to measure mood on a daily basis. He serves on a variety of Scientific Advisory Boards for numerous biotechnology companies and scientific foundations including the Montel Williams MS Foundation and the Nancy Davis MS Foundation.  In the...

Dr Daniel Meltzer is a Boston University trained Emergency Medicine physician. Having originally worked in Healthcare Consulting, he went on to become the Chief of Emergency Medicine at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego, California. Currently he is the Chief Learning Officer at Practicing Excellence, a physician and healthcare coaching organization based in San Diego.  In this conversation we go deep on the value of trusting your instincts on big decisions in your life and how conversations...

Dr Mike Gibson is an Interventional Cardiologist and Professor Of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Having trained at Beth Israel Hospital he has gone on to be one of the most influential voices in medicine and cardiology today. He is one of the master voices of medicine on Twitter with over 200,ooo followers and is a news anchor for the worlds biggest interventional cardiology conference and news site, TCTMD. He is the founder of WikiDocs, the worlds largest open source online medical...

Brian Johnson is a 'Teacher Of Wisdom' and the founder of Philosophers Notes and Optimize 101. Having dropped out of Law School early in life, he has pursued a Phd in 'Living', by diving deep into the texts of philosophy and personal development that have been written through the ages. His website BrianJohson.me is a fantastic resource of the philosophies of how to pursue your passion in life and navigate the challenges we face.  This is an incredible discussion on how philosophy can change...

Dr Mark Shapiro is a Baylor College of Medicine, Texas trained Hospitalist who practices full time here in California. He is also the host of the healthcare podcast 'Explore The Space' and in addition to flexing his creative muscles in the podcasting space he has also worked as a full time sports writer. This conversation is full of gems of wisdom where we delve deep into the topics that often lie in our blind spot as physicians.   We explore some incredibly exciting topics from how Abraham...

Dr Adam Gazzaley is Director of the Gazzaley Lab and Professor of Neuroscience, Physiology and Psychiatry at UCSF. His work as a cognitive researcher has reached international acclaim with publications in Nature, The New York Times, TIME, Discover, WIRED and has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors. He wrote and hosted the PBS documentary 'The Distracted Mind" and continues to do cutting edge research in the area of cognitive neuroscience with a particular interest in how gaming...

Dr Brene Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work and is a world renowned expert in shame, guilt and vulnerability research. She is the author of 3 New York Times best sellers and her TEDx talk has been viewed almost 25 million times. She is also the Founder and CEO of The Daring Way and COURAGEworks.  This was a conversation I was looking forward to having for quite some time and I believe the issues we discuss are at the very core of...

Dr Paul Teirstein is Chief of Cardiology at the Scripps Green Hospital, La Jolla, California. He is a world renowned Interventional Cardiologist and was a pioneer in the early development of coronary stent technologies. He is the holder of 23 patents, all of which have been licensed. Last year, he was awarded one of the most prestigious awards in cardiology, being recipient of the Geoffrey Hartzler, Master Clinical Operator award. Beyond the world of medicine he is an immensely accomplished...

Dr Dike Drummond is a Mayo trained Family Practice Physician who now specializes in physician burnout. The founder of TheHappyMD.com and author 'Stop Physician Burnout' he has come face to face with the realities of burnout as a physician on two separate occasions himself. He understands the complexities of physician burnout and how the one suffering burnout is often the last to know. Dr Drummond has coached thousands of physicians through the challenging times of burnout and speaks regularly...

Dr Dike Drummond is a Mayo trained Family Practice Physician who now specializes in physician burnout. The founder of TheHappyMD.com and author 'Stop Physician Burnout' he has come face to face with the realities of burnout as a physician on two separate occasions himself. He understands the complexities of physician burnout and how the one suffering burnout is often the last to know. Dr Drummond has coached thousands of physicians through the challenging times of burnout and speaks regularly...

Dr Este Geraghty is the Chief Medical Officer of Esri (Environmental Systems Research Institute) in Redlands, California. Having originally trained in Internal Medicine and working as an Assistant Professor of General Internal Medicine at UC Davis her primary focus is now on how healthcare data visualization can change how we deliver healthcare in the modern world. This is an exciting conversation with topics ranging from how technology will guide the patient to the best car parking space to...

Dr Bruce Johnson is an extreme physiology researcher at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota whose real laboratories are the extreme environments the world has to offer. He has conducted high altitude physiology research with climbers on Aconcagua in Argentina and free divers in Croatia. He has also conducted high altitude research over two seasons in Antarctica. Recently, as part of a NorthFace and National Geographic expedition to Everest he conducted extreme physiology research with the...

Dr Ronan Kavanagh is a practicing rheumatologist in Galway, Ireland and is the co-founder of the dotMED Conference which embraces all that is creative in medicine. In addition to his full time practice Dr Kavanagh is a regular medical blogger and has been one of the leading physicians on social media for many years. Dr Kavanagh is a medical columnist with The Medical Independent, is a consultant to several med tech startups and is also the chairman of the Macnas Theatre Company.  This...

Here are two quick exercises by Dr Dike Drummond, the physician burnout expert, that anyone struggling in healthcare should try. The first helps greatly in providing insight into burnout, the second is an emergency reset button when things get challenging. Enjoy! 

Dr Dike Drummond is a Mayo trained Family Practice Physician who now specializes in physician burnout. The founder of TheHappyMD.com and author 'Stop Physician Burnout' he has come face to face with the realities of burnout as a physician on two separate occasions himself. He understands the complexities of physician burnout and how the one suffering burnout is often the last to know. Dr Drummond has coached thousands of physicians through the challenging times of burnout and speaks regularly...

Dr Ryan Gray is a Flight Surgeon and Aerospace Medicine Physician who has also founded MedicalSchoolHQ.net, which guides applicants through the often arduous process of applying to medical school. In this interview we deep dive into some of the ingredients to an excellent medical school application, what a Flight Surgeon really does and how to deal with adversity when unexpected things come your way.  If you enjoyed this episode please ‘Subscribe‘ on iTunes or Stitcher. Enjoy! Selected...

Dr David Cox is the Chief Medical Officer of Headspace, one of the worlds leading providers of online meditation. Having begun his career as an Emergency Department physician, he soon realized that to implement the changes he felt were so needed at an institutional level in healthcare, would require a transition to his role as a healthcare executive and management consultant. After several years in an executive role, the opportunity to join Headspace came about through a fortuitous meeting...

Dr David Albert is a Cardiologist, Inventor and Serial Entrepreneur who holds over 40 patents and has been the founder of multiple successful medtech startups. Currently he is the founder AliveCor, a personalized EKG device that is compatible with your smartphone which went viral after a famous 4 minute self made Youtube video.  The medtech world is increasingly appealing to physicians but is fraught with challenges and pitfalls. Dr Albert has managed to navigate this world to immense...

Dr Pamela Wible is a Family Medicine physician in Eugene, Oregon who runs one of the most unique medial practices in the United States today. It is a healthcare center designed not by doctors, but by patients. She is the author of 'Pet Goats and Pap Smears' and founder of the site IdealMedicalCare.org. Having spoken at TEDMED and Tedx she is truly a unique and passionate voice for physicians who are struggling in todays healthcare infrastructure.  This is an enlightening conversation on...

Dr Ed Coats is a Specialist Registrar/Fellow in Reproductive Medicine in Nottingham, UK but is also an incredibly seasoned adventurer and explorer. As part of a 5 part TV Documentary series for the BBC entitled 'On Thin Ice' he raced to the South Pole with James Cracknell and Ben Fogle. Prior to this he represented Great Britain as a track and field decathlete and also embarked on an epic '30 at 30' challenge which saw him participate in a host of extreme athletic events over the course of a...

Dr Zubin Damania AKA ZDoggMD is the Founder of Turntable Health, a novel healthcare delivery model in Downtown Las Vegas. Trained as an Internal Medicine physician at Stanford University he also spent time being a stand up comedian which ultimately transformed him into the satirical healthcare star he is today. Over several years he has enlightened and entertained the healthcare community with videos ranging from 'Manhood in the mirror' as a promotion for testicular cancer screening to 'EHR...

Dr Joe Smith is the Chief Medical & Science Officer at the West Health Institute and President of The West Health Policy Center. Originally trained in Medical Engineering and Physics he then pursued his MD training at Harvard. After 20 years as a practicing Electrophysiologist he became Chief Medical Officer for Guidant and Boston Scientific's Cardiac Rhythm Management Division. Named as one of the "Twenty People Who Make Healthcare Better' he also serves as faculty advisor to the...

Dr Dan Siegal is Professor of Psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, where he serves also as faculty of the Center for Culture, Brain and Development and is founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center. In addition to being an Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute he has also published several books including the New York Times bestseller No-Drama Discipline. He regularly speaks to audiences across the globe on mindfulness. Although he completed his Medical...

Dr Ravi Komatireddy is the Chief Medical Officer at Reflexion Health Inc, a med tech startup focused on using motion tracking technology to entirely redefine the field of home rehabilitation. Having completed his medical school training at Dartmouth University and Internal Medicine training at UCSD he went on to complete a Fellowship in Digital Medicine at The Scripps Translational Science Institute/West Health. An Associate Professor of Medicine at UCSD he has conducted research on the...