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Dr. Rahman Mohammed is an emergency medicine physician who has created an online platform to connect patients directly with physicians.

Links and Mentions
Dr. Rahman Mohammed's LinkedIn
VivoDoc website
VivoDoc on Facebook
Vivodoc on Twitter
VivoDoc on LinkedIn

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Dr. Chrystene Nguyen is a Family Medicine and Urgent Care locum tenens physician who has created an online dating community for single healthcare professionals appropriately named White Coat Romance. 

In this episode we talk about:

• The evidenced-based approach to Lifestyle Medicine
• Wanting change and facing burnout
• The unrealistic expectations of hospital metrics
• Transitioning out of full time primary care to locum tenens 
• How choice and freedom invigorates locums physicians
• How feeling isolated during the pandemic inspired Dr. Nguyen to help single healthcare professionals like herself to mingle and connect online
• Why it's so critical to take that first step to get closer to your end goal
• Aerial arts 

Links and Mentions
White Coat Romance website
White Coat Romance group on  Facebook
White Coat Romance on Instagram
White Coat Romance on LinkedIn

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Dr. Yvette McQueen is an EM and Travel Medicine physician who has used locum tenens to find freedom and pursue her love of traveling and teaching others.

In this episode we talk about

• How locums plays to all her strongsuits
• What not to do when coming into a new facility
• CME lectures on cruise ships and beyond
• Finding her niche in a travel medicine concierge practice
• Why every physician should write a book

Links and Mentions

Dr. McQueen's website
Find Dr. McQueen on LinkedIn
Find Dr. McQueen on Instagram
Find Dr. McQueen on Facebook
Find Dr. McQueen on Twitter
Find Dr. McQueen on YouTube
Dr. McQueen's books
FIX19 Lecture

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We welcome back Dr. Chris Mason and continue our conversation from Episode 1 about taking medicine back from big business, big pharma and the Federal government.

In this episode we talk about:

• How our healthcare system incentivizes keeping people sick
• Why insurance is a large cause of physician burnout
• How both physicians *and* patients can become free agents
• The 6 arms of Lifestyle Medicine as the keys to health and wellness

Links and Mentions

Link to Old Mission Lifestyle Medicine
Link to Doc Mason's LinkedIn
Matthew Walker x Joe Rogan Podcast Episode

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Dr. Barrington Iruke runs a wellness consulting practice, a podcast, a TV show, a cannabis business, a music/entertainment label, and is a practicing EM physician and author.

How does he do it all?

With the help of passion.

Staying motivated when the going gets tough is easier when you have a deep passion and excitement about your work.

Dr. Iruke is the perfect example of avoiding burnout and frustration due to a love for everything that he does.

In this episode we talk about 

• The ups and downs of entrepreneurship
• The medical benefits of cannabis
• Launching a virtual health clinic
• Using music to control your mood and thought process (in place of Adderall)
• How the skills that Emergency Medicine equips you with translate to every other field

Links and Mentions

Find Dr. Iruke on LinkedIn
Find Dr. Iruke on Instagram
Find Dr. Iruke on Twitter
Dr. Iruke's website
The Health and Wellness Connection Podcast

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Dr. Carol Yuan-Duclair is an IM, pulmonary, critical care and sleep doctor who runs B.Hai Sleep Health, a telehealth sleep medicine practice for women.

In this episode we talk about:

• Sleep patterns comparable to body size: there’s no one right answer
• How sleep impacts everything (and we mean *everything*)
• Raising public awareness about the danger of poor sleep
• Empowering women to make healthier choices that fit their lifestyles
• Insurance as a main cause of physician burnout

Links and Mentions

B.Hai Sleep Health
Find Dr. Yuan-Duclair on LinkedIn

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Dr. Jinhee Park is a full-time locums FM physician and real estate investor who also runs a virtual integrative holistic health practice.

In this episode we talk about:

• The real cause of physician burnout (hint: it’s not the hours)
• Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture
• The reality of real estate investing (and how to overcome common roadblocks)
• How working locum tenens has allowed her pursue what she’s really passionate about

Links and Mentions

Health Experts Alliance
Rich Dad, Poor Dad Program
Dr. Jinhee Park’s website
Find Dr. Park on LinkedIn
Find Dr. Park on Twitter
Find Dr. Park on Instagram

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