Doctors Changing Medicine

Does the financial language seem so complicated? Are you a physician looking to grow your income? This episode is definitely for you! 

Dr. Elisa Chiang MD, PhD. is a practicing ophthalmologist and oculoplastic surgeon, a certified life coach, and the host of Grow Your Wealth Mindset podcast. She dove into the world of personal finance and investing when she was in the grad school years of the MSTP (combined MD/Ph.D. program) 19 years ago and has flourished since then. Dr. Chiang now helps health care professionals feel confident about managing and investing their money to build wealth that enables them to reach financial freedom.

Tune in as she shares tips for overcoming burnout, getting out of the trap of the arrival fallacy, and building your path to financial independence while enjoying the journey to get there. 

In a nutshell, we chat about:

• Why physicians need to understand money and the difference that makes
• Some of the biggest mistakes she has seen the physician community make
• What investing and wealth looked like for Dr. Chiang when she started 19 years ago
• How to become financially literate
• Strategies to stay away from growing into your income

…and so much more!

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Website: https://growyourwealthymindset.com   

Instagram: @growyourwealthymindset

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WealthyMindsetMD 

Grow Your Wealthy Mindset on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/GrowYourWealthyMindset

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Dr. Jia Hwei Ng is a board-certified nephrologist, a clinical researcher at Zucker School of Medicine at Northwell, and the founder of Publish MD. Dr. Hwei is passionate about helping clinicians get over the hurdles of publishing. She coaches clinicians on how to publish research papers and achieve their academic goals without feeling overwhelmed. She is also the creator of the PublishedMD YouTube channel where she covers topics such as academic writing, research productivity, success mindsets, and anything to help you thrive in academia.

Tune in to learn how publishing papers could be your pathway to promotion in academia. 

In a nutshell, we chat about:

• The importance of publishing papers
• How Dr.Hwei came to do the fascinating work she is doing, her company and her YouTube channel
• How publishing helped her build her network and get more opportunities to work with other Physicians
• The blocks holding people back from publishing in the way they should and how to overcome them
• Why you should subscribe to her YouTube channel!

     …and so much more!

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Website: http:www.publishedmd.com 

Email: [email protected] 

YouTube channel: HERE

Linkedin: Jia Hwei NG

Twitter:@jiahweing

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This episode is a very special one. Join me in wishing the Doctors Changing Medicine podcast a happy birthday! Each week, for 52 weeks, I have spoken to a physician who is doing amazing things in medicine. Meaning, there are still so many more stories to tell! On this day, I want to say a special thank you for listening, sharing, and writing us reviews. I also want to invite you to tune in to today's episode of "The Physician Community Needs You Now" to celebrate the podcast's first year.

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Dr. Latifa Akintade is a practicing Gastroenterologist, a money coach, and the creator and founder of the MoneyFitMd platform which includes a podcast and a money school for badass women Physicians. She helps women Physicians grow from financially overwhelmed to financially confident so that they can achieve financial peace of mind. Her goal is to help women Physicians build wealth from the inside out, and feel great and confident about it. Through her program, women physicians are able to feel like they have control no matter what and create a confident relationship with money.

Still entertaining the thought that entrepreneurship is not for you? You are in for a treat!

In a nutshell, we chat about:

• Dr. Akintade's journey with finances and how she overcame the mindset of 'entrepreneurship is not for people like her'.
• The motive behind the business that helps women physicians get financial confidence and freedom
• The mindset most doctors hold with their finances and entrepreneurship
• Flushing your resourcefulness and your brain into your money

…and so much more!

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Podcast: MoneyFitMd 

Email Dr.Akintade: [email protected] 

Instagram: @moneyfitmd

Get Dr.Akintade's mini-videos series: How to be a Cash Flow Boss.

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If you're the type of physician who feels like you should be successful at this point, because you've done all the work but still go to bed disappointed, this episode is definitely for you!

Dr. Moore MD is a certified dermatopathologist and the founder of She is money, a success strategy and coaching company for ambitious intelligent women physicians. Even after founding her first professional corporation, Dr. Moore still had mental breakdowns and went into midlife crises. Her transformational choice, not to be a victim but to be in the movement, was the sole reason behind the founding of She is money, her happy place in medicine, where she felt fulfilled.

Listen in as Dr. Moore shares her transformational journey into fulfillment and finding her happy spot in medicine.

In a nutshell, we chat about:

• Dr. Moore's professional journey
• When she decided to turn around from victim mode to movement mode
• Her beautiful definition of success
• How venturing into her happy spot in medicine has changed her life
• Dr. Moore's engagement with the social media
• Her awe-inspiring advice as a veteran investor

…and so much more!

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Website:https://www.sheismoney.com 

Instagram: @she.is.money and @drjohannabmoore 

LinkedIn: Johanna B.Moore

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/sheismoney 

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Dr. Amy Vertrees is a general surgeon in Columbia and is affiliated with Maury Regional Hospital. She is the founder of a wonderful company called Boss, and the host of the Boss Business and Surgery Series podcast. Dr. Vertrees received her medical degree from Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences F.Edward Hebert School of Medicine and has been practicing for over 10 years.

Dr. Vertrees got all her training in the military, at a military Medical School in Bethesda, Maryland. In 2017, she chose not to stay in the military but become a civilian instead. When she was first employed, she felt restless, as if she was missing out on something. Realizing what she had been tolerating pushed her to her full potential. She ventured into private practice and founded a company that has an amazing Facebook Program. The program was specifically designed to help surgeons learn concepts not taught in residency but necessary for a successful surgery career.

Listen in as Dr. Vertrees shares her phenomenal journey and more about her platform that highlights fellow Physicians.

In a nutshell, we chat about:

• Dr. Vertrees's phenomenal journey
• When Dr. Vertrees realized she was tolerating certain things that made her restless 
• How the idea of coaching was introduced to her and how it transformed her
• How Dr. Vertrees acquired her business skills
• How she wildly created a win-win situation for her private practice and filled up her schedule for the first month of opening
• Listening to people within the container of what you do

 …and so much more!

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Website: https://www.bosssurgery.com/

Facebook Program: BOSS Business of Surgery Series 

Amy's Podcast:

On Apple podcast: BOSS Business of Surgery Series 

On Spotify: Boss Business of Surgery Series

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Physical manifestations of burnout are the end-stage manifestation of chronic stress. Dr. Londoño underwent burnout twice, with the second one lasting almost a year and manifesting physically. Her husband once described her as a negative person who he wouldn't want to be around, and this was her final tocsin. She decided to venture into life coaching and is now supporting fellow Physicians.

Dr. Diana Londoño is one of the 10% female urologists in the US. She is a Urology Specialist in Los Angeles and is affiliated with multiple hospitals there. Diana is also a Certified Life Coach and the founder of Physicians Coach Support, where everyone is a Physician and a certified life coach. Diana has been in practice for 11 - 12 years, having received her medical degree from the David Geffen School of medicine at UCLA.

Listen in as Diana shares the exhilarating story of her journey and her amazing movement.

In a nutshell, we chat about:

• What triggered Dr. Londoño to start the Physician Coach Support
• What her focus was as she set up the organization
• The organizations backing them up and the coaches supporting the movement
• Where she sees her movement 2 years from now
• Gratitude as a strategy of mental toughness

…and so much more!

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Dr. Londoño’s  Organization: https://physiciancoachsupport.com

Dr. Londoño on LinkedIn: Diana Londoño  

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Elaine Stageberg is the principal and co-founder of Black Swan Real Estate. She has a background as a Psychiatrist and healthcare administrator in Rochester Minnesota. Elaine and her husband purchased a single-family house in Oklahoma, transformed the house from boarded up to occupied in 4 weeks, and now to a multi-million dollar real estate, Black Swan. 

Elaine could have quit back when she attained financial independence since it was her initial goal. But now she is purpose-driven and mission-driven to keep investing and working with investors because that allows her to empower communities. She is a mother of 4 kids. In her work, she sees her calling as a soulful entrepreneur, building a company culture that is resilient to burnout and shame, and helping physicians obtain the freedom to speak up and stand up for what is right. 

Listen in as Elaine shares her exhilarating story of how she built a $130M real estate asset under her own property management company.

In a nutshell, we chat about:

• Elaine's tough early life and the trajectory her life took
• The mental drama that comes with being a physician but not a practicing one
• The philosophy that guides the decisions they make in Black Swan Real Estate
• The place of real estate in fixing what is going on with physicians
• Elaine's unique path of creating her own property management company and the importance of choosing a good property management company
• The source of capital for the $130M Black Swan Real Estate company
• How people can invest in what she does and about the course she offers

          …and so much more!

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Enroll in the Real estate investing course: Single Family at Scale

Elaine's Company: Black Swan Real Estate 

Elaine's company on Facebook: Black Swan Real Estate

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Open charts, full inboxes, gaining weight, missing kid's activities, not sleeping well…Alexia went through a couple of burnout phases as a practicing physician with no boundaries. She decided to fully focus on her medical informatics role and this allowed her to step back, take care of herself and work through the different burnout phases and also see how her fellow physicians are struggling. 

Dr. Alexia G. Gillen (Georgas) is a family medicine doctor in Rapid City, South Dakota, and is affiliated with Rapid City Regional Hospital. She is also a life coach who is on a mission to help women physicians who are trying their best to leave clinic at the end of their day with all their clinical work and charting done yet seem to never get caught up.

Listen in as Alexia shares her sensational mantra of achieving inbox zero every day.

In a nutshell, we chat about:

• Why Alexia transitioned from family medicine to MIO
• The problems she noted that prompted her to do what she does
• What inbox zero is and how to achieve it
• The pajama times work a majority of doctors have fallen into
• How not to bear the responsibility of the waiting room
• How physicians should start the process of gaining their power back
• Touching something and touching it once to avoid mental baggage

…and so much more!

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Alexia's website: www.risewithcoaching.com 

Facebook: RISE Coaching for Women Physicians and Providers with Dr. Alexia Gillen

Alexia on LinkedIn: Alexia Gillen

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Dr. Kristi Angevine, MD is an Obstetrician and Gynecologist, and a certified life coach who helps high achieving overthinkers find true self-confidence. She shifted from her private practice to being an entrepreneur and recently launched her podcast Habits on Purpose. Dr. Angevine’s show covers an umbrella of topics and has proven to be a success right from its debut. She coaches high-achieving women on habits, not just behavioral habits, but a lot of the invisible habits like harsh self-talk, imperfections, and beating themselves up. She lives in Oregon, is married, and has two kids.

Listen in as Dr. Angevine shares strategies you should put in place for a successful podcast.

In a nutshell, we chat about

• Dr. Angevine's shift from private practice to being an entrepreneur
• Why Dr. Angevine decided to start her podcast
• The goals of her podcast launch and if they were attained
• Dr. Angevine's strategies and behind the scenes of the Habits on Purpose launch
• Her wholesome advice to physicians who want to start a podcast
• The importance of being clear with your ‘why', the core message of your podcast
• What you should expect from her podcast

and so much more…!

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Dr. Angevine Website: Habits on Purpose

Dr. Angeline's Podcast: Habits on Purpose

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