Branch Out

EM physicians Dr. Hamad Husainy (founder of Sycamore) and Dr. Graves Fromang (creator of Reel Docx) have been friends since 5th grade. Growing up in Florida,  their friendship has been shaped by countless experiences, from fishing trips to football to both falling in love with medicine in college.   

In this episode we talk about:

• The value of a best friend in medicine
• Getting escorted by police helicopters at river camp
• ER docs as a personality type
• Fishing = community
• The sweet spot between creating a future for your family and living in the present

Links and Mentions

Dr. Fromang's Facebook Group: Reel Docx
Book: Blue Ocean Strategy

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Dr. Param Baladandapani is a radiologist, full-time mom, real estate investor and founder of Generational Wealth MD: a coaching resource helping physicians build wealth and find financial freedom.

In this episode we talk about

• The importance of physician freedom
• How a high income doesn’t equate to high net worth
• How she became financially independent in just a year
• The value of education, mindset, and community
• The BRRRR strategy: buy, rehab, refinance, rent, repeat
• Forcing appreciation in real estate

Links and Mentions

Dr. Baladandapani's website
Find Dr. Baladandapani on Instagram

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Dr. Michael Jaffe is an ER physician who just made the switch to full-time Telemedicine in November of 2020. His recent lifestyle change has opened up a world of flexibility and freedom for him and his wife to travel across the country in a camper van to see family, visit beaches and enjoy new scenery.

In this episode we talk about

• #vanlife
• 25 years of working night shifts without drinking coffee
• How working on a ski patrol in the German Alps as a high-schooler led him to medicine
• Recreating a full-time income by creatively piecing together Telehealth opportunities
• The pros and cons of Telemedicine
• Dance lessons in Argentina

Links and Mentions

Link to Dr. Jaffe’s signal booster

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In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Miranda Phillips, an ER doc who like so many in emergency medicine was getting burned out despite a really successful career as an attending and a director. The way she and her husband decided to deal with burnout was unique. They took a deep dive into educating themselves about investment and real estate. Three years later, they had a real estate portfolio that's generating passive income equivalent to three physician salaries, which has enabled her to retire from emergency medicine and focus on her passion, which is lifestyle medicine. Dr. Phillips is an absolute rock star and her story was really inspiring.

Learn more about Dr. Miranda Phillips and her course.
https://elitewealthandwellness.com/

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In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Steve Maron who is the President of VEP Healthcare, the 8th largest EM group in the nation. From his early start as an EMT - he discovered his calling into medicine after providing care at a free clinic in Sacramento, California. Despite the abundance of hospitals and clinicians in the city, he witnessed the maldistribution of healthcare first hand and decided to become a doctor. He worked in academics followed by international medicine for 10 years prior to being appointed to his executive role at VEP, which has an amusing backstory. Through his leadership, VEP, a provider owned and provider run company, has grown aggressively and now operates in all kinds of specialities. More recently, they have spun off a new venture capital company called VEP Ventures.

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In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Edna Ma. She's an anesthesiologist-turned-entrepreneur who competed on the reality TV show, Survivor, and then pitched her product to the Sharks on the TV show, Shark Tank. As a super fan of Robert Kiyosaki’s teachings, he's the author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Dr. Ma has repeatedly found ways to make money work for her. She’s launched a successful cosmetics company and self-published bilingual children’s books, all the while continuing her clinical work as an anesthesiologist and raising two children. We talk about her humble beginnings as the daughter of immigrants and we get a glimpse of what's next for the force that is Dr. Edna Ma.

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https://www.ednama.com/
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Twitter: @EdnaMaMD
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ednamamd/

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In this episode, I speak with Dr. Rod story, a family medicine physician in Idaho who found himself in an ethical dilemma at the hospital where he worked. So he quit without a backup plan. Now he owns a thriving, direct primary care practice, where he has fallen in love with being a physician again. Hear about Dr. Story's philosophy of medicine and the surprising discoveries he's made about himself running his own practice.

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In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Krista Grow, an emergency physician based in Cleveland, Ohio. We explore her experience with telemedicine and how it’s revolutionized medicine, working from home as a mother, and her hopes to get into the business side of medicine in the future. She sensibly handled philosophical questions about happiness and burn out.

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