The Resident Founder

In this episode of the Resident Founder Podcast, Daniella is joined by Dr. Patrick O'Malley, an emergency medicine physician who has left clinical practice to focus on his healthcare community ShiftChange in addition to building a successful laceration course for urgent care centers and advanced practitioners.Hear Dr. O'Malley's journey from choosing emergency medicine, where burnout sparked the transition to entrepreneurship, what shiftchange is, and how he views this new transition in life, and his advice to other fellow aspiring physician entrepreneursConnect with Dr. O'Malley and Shiftchange here:Shiftchange: http://www.myshiftchange.comLinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/dPHanrvk🔹 Facebook: http://facebook.com/myshiftchange🔹 Instagram: https://lnkd.in/d-_csJAn🔹 YouTube: http://youtube.com/@myshiftchange🔹 TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@myshiftchange

In this week's episode, Daniella speaks with Michael Johnson, founder and CEO of Johnson Legal LLC, a law firm that specializes in physician contracts. We discuss how he got into the world of physician contracts, how complex physician contracts are, what to look for in a contract, and how AI is changing how people receive and look at legal advice!

In this episode of the Resident Founder Podcast, Daniella sits down with Dr. Samuel Padilla, an anesthesiology resident from Harvard. Dr. Padilla is originally from Puerto Rico and met Daniella at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Daniella and Samuel discuss Samuel's decision in choosing medicine, why UConn, why anesthesiology, and most importantly, Samuel's decision to transition to social media and share his journey and inspire Latino premedical students

In this episode of the Resident Founder Podcast, Daniella has a conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Clayborne, emergency medicine physician and co-founder and CEO of Nasaclip, a device to stop nosebleeds that she created back when she was a resident! They discuss Dr. Clayborne's journey from emergency medicine to entrepreneurship, advice for aspiring physician entrepreneurs, how Nasaclip came to exist, how to raise capital, and lastly, future directions for Nasaclip

In this episode of The Resident Founder Podcast, Daniella sits down with her co-resident Dr. Patrick Bogui, emergency medicine resident who is also known as Dr. Violin, sharing his passion for music and medicine, how he balances it all, and how he got the opportunity which led him to be apart of a project that won a Grammy!

In this episode of the Resident Founder podcast, Daniella sits down with her co-resident, Dr. Joe Aabye, to discuss his journey to medicine, including him being signed to a record label at 19, then transitioning to emergency medicine residency while apart of the band group, Taken Alive, and balancing it all!

In this episode of the Resident Founder Podcast, host Daniella shares updates in this solo episode regarding her business, PayScopeMD, changes to the podcast, and shares her recent LinkedIn post that went viral discussing grief and loss while in residency

In this episode of The Resident Founder Podcast, Daniella sits down with Dr. Antonio Webb, an orthopedic spine surgeon who has built a massive following through social media, including his YouTube channel where he documented life as a surgical resident.Beyond medicine, Dr. Webb opens up about the realities of being a father, husband, and entrepreneur, and how he balances multiple identities alongside a demanding career.They discuss his journey into medicine, what sparked his move into content creation, why he chose private practice, and his entrepreneurial pursuits — including the creation and growth of his media company, WebbSpace.

In this episode of the Resident Founder Podcast, Daniella speaks with Dr. Mahalia Robinson, DO, CEO and founder of Develop Doc, a real estate business focused on providing affordable housing to medical students and providing financial literacy. We discuss her path to medicine, how she chose real estate, and her motivation for creating Develop Doc, and how she balances residency and real estate

In this episode of the Resident Founder Podcast, Daniella sits with Dr. Christina Henderson, an anesthesiology resident who drew on a negative experience as a rotating student and subpar housing to propel her to create her own business, Reliable Residence, which focuses on providing short-term housing to healthcare professionals. We discuss how she created the business, her future directions, and how she has been balancing entrepreneurship while in residency

In the first episode of 2026 and the first inaugural episode with a guest, Daniella (Emergency Medicine Resident Doctor, CEO, Co-founder of PayScopeMD) welcomes Dr. JR Smith (Orthopedic Surgery Resident) to The Resident Founder Podcast. JR is a father, creator of the YouTube platform Evolving Medic, and founder of Teach as You Learn, a mentorship platform for premedical students. JR talks about his journey to medicine, why he decided to create content, residency, how he balances work and fatherhood, and lastly, they discuss where JR thinks his career in medicine and content creation will look like in the future

In the first episode of 2026 and the first inaugural episode with a guest, Daniella (Emergency Medicine Resident Doctor, CEO, Co-founder of PayScopeMD) welcomes Dr. JR Smith (Orthopedic Surgery Resident) to The Resident Founder Podcast. JR is a father, creator of the YouTube platform Evolving Medic, and founder of Teach as You Learn, a mentorship platform for premedical students. JR talks about his journey to medicine, why he decided to create content, residency, how he balances work and fatherhood, and lastly, they discuss where JR thinks his career in medicine and content creation will look like in the future

On this week's episode, Daniella talks about her ChatGPT wrapped and her thoughts, goals, and predictions for herself going into 2026.

Daniella shares her thoughts on a recent podcast she listened to about the closing of beauty brand, Ami Cole, and how some of those lessons from that brand are inspiring her on what to do differently in creating her brand of PayScopeMD

Daniella shares what she has been up to since the last episode, business updates, future endeavors, and what she has been proud of thus far in 2025

In the second episode of The Resident Founder podcast, Daniella discusses some of the similarities she's found thus far in her entrepreneurship journey with medicine, why more physicians should consider entrepreneurship, and ends with a preview of next week's episode!

In the inaugural episode of The Resident Founder, resident physician Daniella Dennis explains why she created the podcast, shares her experience starting a startup, and outlines what listeners can expect in future episodes.