All Episodes

Ep. 191 Sharing Care: Expanding Primary Care Delivery w/ Dr. Yasir Abdul-Rahman

Ep. 190 More than Just Mom: the Role of Family and Community in Maternal Health w/ Dr. Esa Davis

Ep. 189 The Doctor Abides: Simple Rules of Family Medicine w/ Dr. Kurt Stange

Ep. 188 Optimizing the Match: the Residency Selection Improvement Initiative w/ Dr. Karen Mitchell

Ep. 187 A Call to Action: the Primary Care Triple Double w/ Dr. Asaf Bitton

Ep. 186 Rural Collective Care: Primary Care That Shows Up w/ Dr. Jim Lancaster

Ep. 185 Physician as Patient: Navigating the Healthcare System in an Emergency w/ Dr. Lauren Hughes

Ep. 184 The Compass of Connection: Using Moral Insight to Guide Patient-Centered Care w/ Dr. Peter Murphy

Ep. 183 A Year in Review: Looking Forward to 2026

Ep. 182 Following the Information Blueprint: Restoring Joy in Primary Care w/ Karen Johnson, PhD

Ep. 181 Smarter Tech, Stronger Connections w/ Dr. Paulius Mui & Dr. Gina Engel

Ep. 180 Reclaiming the Human Interaction in The Age of AI w/ Dr. Steven Waldren & Dr. Jay Lee

Ep. 179 Empowering Patients to Make the Best Decisions w/ Dr. Alex McDonald

Ep. 178 Raising the Bar in Value Based Primary Care Payment w/ Purva Rawal, PhD

Ep. 177 Growth, Equity, and Alignment in Primary Care Systems w/ Dr. Doug Jacobs

Ep. 176 Teaching Tomorrow’s Family Doctors: Residency, Resilience, and New Models of Care w/ Dr. Makandall Saint Eloi, Dr. Christian Widder and Dr. Farah Shaukat

Ep. 175 From Inspiration to Impact: Family Medicine at the Crossroads of Change w/ Shawn Martin and Dr. Tina Sharma

Ep. 174 Direct Primary Care: a Rising Tide for American Healthcare w/ Dr. Jeffrey Davenport

Ep. 173 Beyond the Copay: DPC, HSAs, and the Politics of Change w/ Jay Keese

Ep. 172 Taking Care: of Ourselves, Each Other, and Our System w/ Dr. Asaf Bitton

Ep. 171 Advanced Primary Care: Investing in Happier and Healthier Patients w/ Dr. Jon Leizman

Ep. 170 Relationships and Community: the Fabric of Rural Health w/ Dr. Sonya Bruton

Ep. 169 Innovations in Primary Care: Independent & Rural Practices

Ep. 168 Addressing the Chronic Disease Crisis: The Foundation of Making America Healthy

Ep. 167 Connecting Back to Care: Reimagining Maternal Health w/ Dr. Esa Davis

Ep. 166 From Pain to Purpose: Transforming Trauma into Healing w/ Dr. Jeff Brenner

Ep. 165 Expanding the Frontier: The Future of Primary Care w/ Tim Gronniger

Ep. 164 The Reality of Residency: Shaping Tomorrow’s Family Physicians w/ Dr. Sarah Cole

Ep. 163 Primary Care Scorecard: The Cost of Neglect w/ Dr. Yalda Jabbarpour

Ep. 162 Compassion in Code: Leveraging Technology for Personalized Patient Care w/ Dr. David Carmouche

Ep. 161 Primary Care MVPs: Excellence in Cost and Outcomes w/ Dr. Alison Huffstetler

Ep. 160 Primary Care on the Brink: Towards a Healthier Tomorrow w/ Timothy Hoff, PhD

Ep. 159 Resolution: Hope for Holistic Health in 2025

Ep. 158 Humanity and Health in the Age of AI w/ Dr. Steven Lin

Ep. 157 Connecting Hearts and Health: Creating an Empathetic EHR w/ Kyna Fong, PhD

Ep. 156 Primary Care Pulse Check: Transitioning in a Time of Uncertainty w/ Shawn Martin

Ep. 155 Pursuing Equitable Access to High Quality Care w/ Dr. Mark Gwynne

Ep. 154 Embracing the Future of Advanced Primary Care w/ Dr. Kevin Spencer & Dr. Vikki DiGennaro

Ep. 153 Healing the Healers: Advances in Physician Wellbeing w/ Corey Feist & Dr. Stefanie Simmons

Ep. 152 Illuminating the Path to DPC w/ Dr. Michelle Cooke

Ep. 151 From Classroom to Clinic: Leadership in Healthcare Innovation w/ Dr. Wendy Barr

Ep. 150 Investing in the Future: Healing Access to Primary Care w/ Dr. Yalda Jabbarpour

Ep. 149 Fixing the Foundation: Rebuilding with Lifestyle Medicine w/ Karen Johnson, PhD and Dr. Padmaja Patel

Ep. 148 Striking the Balance: Moving towards Value Based Care w/ Michael Kopko

Ep. 147 Resiliency, Empowerment, and the Pursuit of Rewarding Primary Care

Ep. 146 PrimaryCare24: See the Possibilities

Ep. 145 Breaking Barriers in Primary Care through Innovative Models w/ Liz Fowler, PhD

Ep. 144 Primary Care Champions: Nurturing a Healthier Tomorrow

Ep. 143 ChatGPT MD: AI Empowered Medicine w/ Dr. Robert Pearl

Ep. 142 Beyond Insurance: the Assurance of Direct Primary Care w/ Dr. Kenneth Qiu

Ep. 141: XR Unveiled: Innovation on the Edges of Healthcare w/ Dr. Mark Zhang

Ep. 140: From Heartland to Healthcare: the Evolving Specialty of Family Medicine w/ Dr. Steve Furr

Exciting Updates for Faisel and Friends!

Ep. 139: Curiosity Curing the Craving w/ Dr. Jud Brewer

Ep. 138: Achieving Whole Health w/ Dr. Alex Krist and Dr. Andrew Bazemore

Ep. 137: The Great Burnout: Who’s Taking Care of the People Who Take Care of Us? w/ Dr. Gary Price and Stephanie Quinn

Ep. 136: The Unlearnings Required for Transformative Care

Ep. 135: Reflections on the Healthcare Cost Dilemma: Unveiling the Influence of PBMs w/ Dr. Eric Bricker

Ep. 134: Dreaming of Accessible, Personalized Care w/ Dr. Marie Ramas

Ep. 133: The Primary Care Vision: What Does the Future Hold?

Ep. 132: Playing the Long Game: Protecting the Patient’s Blindside

Ep. 131: Leading as a Verb: Doing the Work w/ Dr. Aaron Hoffman

Ep. 130: Efficient, Effective, Economical, and Equitable Healthcare w/ Dr. Rohith Saravanan

Ep. 129: Breaking Barriers to Primary Care: Social Determinants of Health

Ep. 128: Increasing Impactful Influence through Servant Leadership w/ Dr. Ankur Rana

Ep. 127: Beyond the Walls: A Coming Renaissance in Healthcare w/ Dr. Zeev Neuwirth (Part 2)

Ep. 126: Beyond the Walls: A Coming Renaissance in Healthcare w/ Dr. Zeev Neuwirth (Part 1)

Ep. 125: Patient Advocacy in Opposing Financial Harm w/ Sandra Alvarez

Ep. 124: The Freedom to Care: Finding Liberation within Employer-Funded Direct Primary Care Dr. Mike Willhite

Ep. 123: PCPs: Personable, Connected, Physicians

Ep. 122: Life Outside the Hospital’s Control w/ Dr. Conrad Flick

Ep. 121: Unexplored Horizons: Rural Practice, AI, and Public Health w/ Dr. Mike Sevilla

Ep: 120: Cutting Costs and Cultivating Community Care w/ Dr. Michael Fine

Ep. 119: Empowered Choices: Bridging the Gap Between Clinical Guidelines and Informed Decisions

Ep. 118: Taking the Direct Route: Pragmatic and Personalized Primary Care w/ Dr. Paul Thomas

Ep. 117: Clearing up Misconceptions about Medicare Advantage w/ George Halvorson

Ep. 116: Assessing the Components of the Affordable Care Act w/ Dr. Alison Huffstetler and Michael LaBattaglia

Ep. 115: Doing Well by Doing Good: Investing in Social Determinants of Health w/ John Gorman (Part 2)

Ep. 114: Doing Well by Doing Good: Investing in Social Determinants of Health w/ John Gorman (Part 1)

Ep. 113: Doctor’s Orders: Putting Away the Prescription Pad

Ep. 112: Revolutionizing Primary Care at the Intersection of DPC, Relationships, and IT w/ Dr. Sara Pastoor & Dr. Jonathan Bushman

Ep. 111: Coaching Primary Care Patients to Success w/ Dr. Paul Wallace

Ep. 110: Means that Matter: Practicing Health Equity w/ Dr. Kameron Matthews

Ep. 109: Primary Care: More than a Sum of the Parts w/ Dr. Yalda Jabbarpour

Ep. 108: Prevention through Personalized Primary Care w/ Dr. Steven Bishop

Ep. 107: Engaging with Evidence: Efficacy vs. Effectiveness w/ Dr. Kate DeGeorge

Ep. 106: Strength in Collaboration: Nurse Practitioners and Physicians Transforming Primary Care w/ Ken White, PhD

Ep. 105: Technology & Policy: Innovating High Quality Care w/ Aneesh Chopra

Ep. 104: Proactive Preventive Primary Care w/ Dr. Troyen Brennan

Ep. 103: From the Battlefield to Value Based Care w/ Dr. Bryce Meyers

Ep. 102: Earning Trust to Reduce Renal Risk w/ Dr. Virginia Irwin-Scott

Ep. 101: Servant Leadership: Caring from the Heart w/ Dr. Vijay Jaligam

Ep. 100: Hope for the Future of Primary Care

Ep. 99: Caring for Colleagues: the Power of the Peer w/ Dr. Mark Greenawald

Ep. 98: Training Physician Leaders of Tomorrow in Transformative Care w/ Dr. Leanne Chrisman-Khawam

Ep. 97: Setting the Standard for Healthcare w/ Dr. Allan Goroll

Ep. 96: Impact of Incremental Change

Ep. 95: How To Be a Physician Leader w/ Dr. Karen Nichols

Ep. 94: Shared Decision Making: Ways to Engage and Interact with Patients w/ Glyn Elwyn

Ep. 93: Medical Anthropology for Underserved Seniors w/ Dr. Ashley Peterson

Ep. 92: Winning the Fight against Physician Burnout w/ Dr. Dike Drummond

Ep. 91: Healing through Trust

Ep. 90: Reframing the Foundation of Primary Care w/ Dr. Alison Huffstetler

Ep. 89: Leaving the Healthcare System Better than We Found It w/ Dr. Elliott S. Fisher

Ep. 88: Hypnotic Healing - It’s Not What You Think w/ Dr. Steve Bierman

Ep. 87: Managed Care: Then vs. Now

Ep. 86: The Role of Infectious Disease Specialists in Primary Care w/ Dr. Jill Howard

Ep. 85: The Calling w/ Dr. Gordon Chen

Ep. 84: Thriving in Medical School and Beyond w/ Dr. Olivia Richman

Ep. 83: Changing How We Think About Difficult Patients w/ Dr. Joan Naidorf

Ep. 82: Transforming Care for Patients and Providers w/ Dr. Rob Schreiber

Ep. 81: Searching for the Family Doctor w/ Dr. Tim Hoff

Ep. 80: Transformative Leadership for Comprehensive Care w/ Dr. David Shulkin

Ep. 79: Putting the Person in Primary Care w/ Rebecca Etz, Ph.D.

Ep. 78: Driving Change through Research w/ Dr. Ishani Ganguli

Ep. 77: Unscheduled Patients: Problem or Privilege?

Ep. 76: Table Rounds: Making the Right Connections in Healthcare w/ Dr. Paulius Mui

Ep. 75: Caring as a Team w/ Dr. Say Salomon

Ep. 74: Chronic & Acute Care at Home w/ Dr. George Mansour

Ep. 73: Disruptive Cardiology Care w/ Dr. Sachil Shah

Ep. 72: Leading is Listening

Ep. 71: Finding the Leader Within w/ Dr. Tom Hustead

Ep. 70: Putting Care at the Center w/ Dr. Jeff Brenner

Ep. 69: The Promise of Whole-Person Care w/ Dr. Wayne Jonas

Ep. 68: Personalizing the Art of Medicine

Ep. 67: Trailblazing Transformative Care w/ Dr. Susan Schayes

Ep. 66: The Magic of Physician-Patient Collaboration w/ Dr. Danny Sands

Ep. 65: Value-Based Gastroenterology: Removing the Barriers of Care w/ Dr. Steven Kaster

Ep. 64: Mental Health Support for the Frontline w/ Corey Feist

Ep. 63: Value-Based Oncology: Transformative Cancer Care w/ Dr. Roberto Ochoa

Ep. 62: Physician Leadership Development w/ Dr. John Franko

Ep. 61: Caring through Connection w/ Dr. Mike Cantor

Ep. 60: Collaborative Medicine for the Future w/ Dr. Robert Carlin

Ep. 59: Decoding Diabetes Care w/ Dr. Francisco Hernandez

Ep. 58: Innovation in Family Medicine w/ Larry Bauer

Ep. 57: What Can Primary Care do for Covid?

Ep. 56: Integrated Correctional Medicine w/ Dr. Raziuddin Ali

Ep. 55: The Heartbeat of Primary Care w/ Dr. Regina Druz

Ep. 54: Hope4Healthcare w/ Dr. Naomi Jean-Baptiste

Ep. 53: Post-Covid Reality Check w/ Dr. Dike Drummond

Ep. 52: Holistic Neurological Care w/ Dr. David Lardizabal

Ep. 51: Patient Movement w/ Motient

Ep. 50: Medical Education

Ep. 49: The Future of Population Health w/ Dr. Norman Oliver

Ep. 48: Meaningful Medicine w/ Dr. Eric Grasser

Ep. 47: Systems at Play w/ Dr. Eric Bricker

Ep. 46: Healthcare Innovation

Ep. 45: Orthopedic Problems in Primary Care w/ Dr. Brian Gordon

Ep. 44: Renal Disease Management in Primary Care w/ Dr. Mufaddal Kheda

Ep. 43: The Role of Pulmonologists in Primary Care w/ Dr. Nina Maouelainin

Ep. 42: Co-Designing a Flourishing Future to Benefit All w/ Dr. Rick Botelho

Ep. 41: COVID Update w/ Dr. Jason Lane

Ep. 40: Partnering with the Emergency Department w/ Dr. Adam Perry

Ep. 39: Women’s Mental Health w/ Dr. Sipra Ladha

Ep. 38: From Burnout to Breakthrough w/ Dr. Irene Cop

Ep. 37: Integrating Social Care into Primary Care w/ Dr. Bob Phillips

Ep. 36: Unlocking the Magic of Direct Primary Care w/ Dr. Shane Purcell

Ep. 35: Measures that Matter w/ Dr. Lars Peterson

Ep. 34: The Core of Care: Family Medicine w/ Dr. Sterling Ransone

Ep. 33: A Virtual Care Blueprint w/ Robert Longyear

Ep. 32: When Disaster Strikes: ChenMed’s Response w/ Dr. LaToya Fulton

Ep. 31: The Role of Specialists in Value-Based Care w/ Dr. Scott Tromanhauser

Ep. 30: Family Medicine: Guiding the Way

Ep. 29: Physician Leadership w/ Dr. Nehal Gheewala

Ep. 28: Forging a Happier Path w/ Dr. Dike Drummond

Ep. 27: Empowering Unsheltered People w/ Jonathan Kumar

Ep. 26: Leading towards Value w/ Don Crane

Ep. 25: COVID Update w/ Dr. Jason Lane

Ep. 24: Practicing with Integrity w/ Dr. Farr Curlin

Ep. 23: Primary Care for America w/ Shawn Martin

Ep. 22: Fight the Healthcare System and Win w/ Marshall Allen

Ep. 21: Primary Care - Making a Difference in Prevention w/ Dr. Paul Grundy

Ep. 20: Overcoming Value Based Care Adoption w/ Dr. Matt Lambert

Ep. 19: Housing Security & Healthcare w/ Jason Shaplen

Ep. 18: Health Equity & Medicare Advantage with Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz

Ep. 17: Healthcare – Insurance = Direct Primary Care w/ Dr. Julie Gunther & Joe Grundy

Ep. 16: Evidence: The Backbeat of Clinical Jazz w/ Dr. David Slawson

Ep. 15: Faisel & Friends Book Club w/ Dr. Robbie Pearl & Dr. Gordon Chen

Ep. 14 Bonus: Foundations for Better Healthcare

Ep. 14: Rebuilding Primary Care w/ Dave Chase

Ep. 13 Bonus: Rural Living and Building the Doctor-Patient Relationship

Ep. 13: The Future of Rural Health w/ Dr. Phil Polakoff

Ep. 12: Hotelier or Healthcare Provider? w/ RosenCare

Ep. 11 Bonus: Motivational Interviewing and Vaccine Resistance

Ep. 11: Change Through Caring and Compassion w/ Dr. Bruce Berger

Ep. 10: Hyperdrive to Payment Reform w/ Anne Greiner

Ep. 9 Bonus: System Changes for Optimized Medical Therapy

Ep. 9: Optimizing Medical Therapy w/ Dr. Bill Bestermann

Ep. 8 Bonus: Innovative Tech for Better Health

Ep. 8: Gaming the System for Better Health w/ Jake Keyetian

Ep. 7 Bonus: Physicians Leading the Way for Change

Ep. 7: First Steps toward Physician-Centered Healthcare w/ Dr. Gordon Chen

Ep. 6 Bonus: Technology Can Help Deliver Better Care

Ep. 6: Transitioning from Volume to Value w/ Dr. Vivian Lee

Ep. 5 Bonus: Advocating for Change

Ep. 5: Fast, Free, and Fun: The Perfect EHR w/ Dr. Uli Chettipally

Ep. 4 Bonus: Payment and Policy

Ep. 4: Proper Payment for Preventive Primary Care w/ Dr. Eric Bricker

Ep. 3: COVID: Hope on the Horizon w/ Dr. Jason Lane

Ep. 2 Bonus: Physician Burnout and Leadership

Ep. 2: Licensed to Treat, Expected to Lead w/ Dr. Jack Cochran

Ep. 1: Happy Doctors = Healthy Patients w/ Dr. Robert Pearl

Bonus: The Sacred Doctor-Patient Relationship w/ Dr. Jon Hart