Dr Ronan Kavanagh is a practicing rheumatologist in Galway, Ireland and is the co-founder of the dotMED Conference which embraces all that is creative in medicine. In addition to his full time practice Dr Kavanagh is a regular medical blogger and has been one of the leading physicians on social media for many years. Dr Kavanagh is a medical columnist with The Medical Independent, is a consultant to several med tech startups and is also the chairman of the Macnas Theatre Company. 

This discussion takes us through all the challenges that surface during a career in medicine and how embracing a more diverse range of interests can be the thing that adds balance to a busy life as a clinician. 

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Selected Show Notes:

Dr Ronan Kavanagh

The Musicians Clinic

dotMED The Creative Medical Conference 

The Medical Independent - Dr Ronan Kavanagh Column

Macnas Theatre Company

How Twitter Cured My Mid-Life Crisis by Ronan Kavanagh

VidScrip

Atul Gawande - Personal Best (On Having A Coach)

The Bad Doctor: The Troubled Life and Times of Dr. Iwan James by Ian Williams

A Fortunate Man by John Berger

Twitter: @RonanTKavanagh