Finding Me in Medicine Again
by Nance Goldstein, PhD, ACC
In this show seasoned physicians talk sincerely with you about how they handled the many challenges of practicing medicine and engaging with family and the rest of life. Generous, wide-ranging conversations that are rare in medicine. You'll gain insights into powerful strategies to reduce burnout and succeed in medicine, as well as ideas you can use tomorrow. So you walk through your day tomorrow with more ease and energy and enjoy medicine more. Your host, Nance Goldstein
Episodes
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EP 16: How her art makes her a better cardiologist. Guest, Nazanin Moghbeli
Nazanin Moghbeli, a cardiologist near Philadelphia, founded and currently directs the Women's Cardiovascular Center at Penn Medicine. She and her partner parent 3 young children. She also devotes time to her art - her abstract ink, gouache and graphite drawings on paper. the work grows out of a...
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EP 15: Worried about making a Big Change? Set then check it with 3 key criteria for your career & your family... and don't forget fun
Rochelle Walensky, MD, is an infectious disease physician at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and a research specialist on AIDS and HIV infection here and in SOuth Africa. She also is raising three boys (12, 14 and 16) with her husband. She talks with us about - What helped her take a...
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Ep 14 Delegate: It can free you and your colleagues to practice to your strengths
Helen Cajigas MD, is a specialist in anatomic pathology and cytopathology. She has served as medical director of clinical labs across Massachusetts and has led national laboratory inspection teams. She's a leader in Massachusetts Medical Society and founded the Massachusetts Hispanic Medical...
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EP 13: Figure out your "superpower," then use it! Guest: Eliza Buyers
Eliza Buyers, MD, is an adolescent gynecologist at the Children's Hospital of Colorado. She's worked in many different practice settings – from private practice to non-profits to corporate healthcare. She made her choices to meet several aims - to develop in her professional specialty, to work…
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EP 12 Creating the expectations you want others to have for you. Guest: Tu- Mai Tran
Tu-Mau Tran, MD, is a family medicine physician at Dot House health, a health center in metropolitan Boston. She's also a medical educator at Boston University School of Medicine and in China and Vietnam. She has worked in a variety of healthcare systems in the US and abroad. She talks with us...
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EP 11 You have more resources than perhaps you knew - look around you for what you need
Susan Pories, MD, surgeon and medical director of the Hoffman Breast Center at Mount Auburn Hospital in the Boston area, talks about - how the neighborhood she chose did wonders for her work and her family life, - how she learned leadership even though there was no ladder there for her in her...
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EP 10 Carve a life that speaks your values - both for the short-term and the long-term
Johnye Ballenger is a pediatrician in a practice she built with her colleagues - a practice she loves. We talk about - - the importance and the non-importance of recognition, - choosing roles and next steps thoughtfully so they build toward - and not impede - the long-term you want, and - doing...
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Ep 09 Shape the short-term so you look forward to the long-term
Jo Shapiro, MD, is an otolaryngology surgeon and Chief of Division at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. She launched and currently leads the hospital's Center for Professionalism and Peer Support. In this show we talk about - What the best professional development thing she ever did for...
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Ep 08 What 'predictable' can do for you and your family
Lauren Proctor is an internist at the Veterans Administration after many years in private practice. We talk about - What predictable days and weeks has meant to her and her family, - How many work cultures have different performance standards for women physicians relative to their male peers…
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EP 07 Don't let the myth of work-family balance trip you up - Emelia Benjamin
Talking with Dr. Emelia Benjamin, a cardiologist at a Boston area safety net hospital. We talk with you about: How the culture of shame is so deeply rooted in medicine How the concept of "work-life balance" is mythical and undermines our finding a strategy that helps us "manage" and succeed How…
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Ep 06 Uniting sole with role
Elizabeth Gaufberg trained as an internist and psychiatrist. She practiced for many years at Cambridge Health Alliance in metropolitan Boston. Still at CHA, she now directs its Center for Professional Development. She's also director of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Research Institute. here she...
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EP 05 Keep 'the big picture' in mind
Jennifer Brinckerhoff is a geriatrician in primary care practice at one of Boston's Hebrew Senior Life communities. We talk about: - How curiosity led her to The Right Job, - What both a 'stretch' goal and a 'reach' goal can do, - how 'the big picture' helps her day-to-day.
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EP 04 Expand your choices. Then choose.
Megan Ranney MD is an emergency medicine physicians and teaches at Brown University's School of Medicine. We talk about: - Her work-family choices, the importance of choosing and understanding that the choices are not black or white; - Her favorite ways to re-energize; - The people who help her...
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EP 03 What Something New Can Do for You (So don't ignore it)
Lanalee Araba Sam is an obstetrician/gynecologist who created her own practice. WE talk about: - Creating a practice that reflects her values, - How she remained dedicated to her patients and career and an engaged single parent, - How 'flow' helps her as a physician and as a person. "[Dr. Sam]…
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EP 02 Mix it up to enjoy everything more.
Mira Kautzky is an internist at a large tertiary care hospital in the Boston area. She switched to this primary care practice after years in a smaller practice. We talk about: - Accepting less than perfect, - Mixing up the elements of your career so also of each day to beat burnout, - Matching…
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EP 01 Define Success for Yourself.
Alice Rothchild MD talks with Nance and you about - How she created and re-created her career in medicine to work as her children grew up; - The value of choosing how you want to excel as a physician relieves burnout...rather than let others choose the standards for you. "[Finding Me in Medicine...
About this show
In this show seasoned physicians talk sincerely with you about how they handled the many challenges of practicing medicine and engaging with family and the rest of life. Generous, wide-ranging conversations that are rare in medicine. You'll gain insights into powerful strategies to reduce burnout and succeed in medicine, as well as ideas you can use tomorrow. So you walk through your day tomorrow with more ease and energy and enjoy medicine more. Your host, Nance Goldstein
Hosted by
Nance Goldstein, PhD, ACC