Financial Freedom for Physicians with Dr. Christopher H. Loo, MD-PhD

In this podcast interview, I talk with Andrew Paulson, CSLP founder of Student Loan Advice. Student Loan Advice is a White Coat Investor Company, and offers advice and guidance for medical students and residents on student loans. In this interview, we discuss the landscape of the student loan environment, the different strategies for navigating your student loans, the different repayment options, student loan forgiveness, the most common mistakes that medical students and residents make when taking out and paying back their student loans, and the role that Student Loan Advice plays.   

Bio: Andrew Paulson, CSLP is the Lead Student Loan Consultant and Co-Founder of StudentLoanAdvice.com. Andrew has a master’s degree in accounting and has a passion for business and finance. His passion is to help people find solutions to complex financial problems and it is for this reason that he teamed up with the White Coat Investor to create Student Loan Advice.  Andrew has had the pleasure of advising doctors, dentists, and other health care professionals across the country on how to best manage their student loan debt. He has personally helped his clients, friends, and family to sit down, come up with a plan, and help others to tackle their student loan debt.   He can be reached at his website, Student Loan Advice. 

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Join us in this interview with Dr. Latifat Akintade, MD of MoneyFitMD. We discuss mindsets, psychology of money, real estate, and coaching. We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of real estate investing, and the tax advantages for physicians, sheltering your W2 income, and REPS status. Dr. Akintade is a practicing gastroenterologist, coach, real estate investor, and founder of MoneyFitMD. Through her work, Dr. Akintade has helped physicians achieve financial confidence, become "money-fit", so that they can live richly and follow their dreams. She can be found on MoneyFitMD. 

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In this interview, I speak with Dr. Adam J. Broussard, MD, a pediatric anesthesiologist based out of New Orleans, LA. Dr. Broussard has a variety of interests including real estate, syndicates, and coaching. One of the key takeaways from this interview was the mindset of a physician entrepreneur.  Some of the key mindsets include: 

1. Having a variety of interests 

2. Thinking outside of the box 

3. Contrarian views  

Bio: Dr. Adam Broussard specializes in Pediatric Anesthesiology. He earned his medical degree and completed his residency training at LSU Health New Orleans. Dr. Broussard completed a fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology at the Children’s Hospital of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He is the founder of Dads Before Doctors, and can be contacted on DadsBeforeDoctors.com

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In this episode, I interview Dr. Hisla Bates, MD, a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and coach. Through her journey, she achieved financial freedom by acquiring residential real estate, on the side, in her spare time, while maintaining her clinical practice. She has also branched out to incorporate an more integrative and holistic approach, mixing art, design, and creativity along the way.   

Bio: Dr. Hisla Bates, MD is a board-certified, Harvard-trained Pediatric and Adult psychiatrist with over 20 years of experience in the diagnosis and treatment of severe mental illness and managed care. Dr. Bates has had additional training in Primary Care Internal Medicine at Yale School of Medicine. Her general psychiatry training was completed at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. She completed her Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at Harvard Medical School’s Massachusetts General Hospital program in the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Bates has studied with Tal Ben Sharar, Ph.D., and is certified in Positive Psychology from the Whole Being Institute. She has an integrative and holistic approach to the treatment of mental illness. She uses tools in Mindfulness, Positive Psychology, and the expressive and creative arts working with children and adults.   Dr. Bates is the Co-Chair of the Art Committee for the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP). She is a Parsons School of Design graduate in fashion design and an artist and printmaker who enjoys photography and filmmaking as well. She utilizes all of her skills in her practice as a psychiatrist and a coach.   She can be reached at DrHislaBatesMD.com

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In this video podcast, I interview Dr. Ayush Gupta, MD an Emergency Room physician based out of New Orleans. In this enlightening zoom interview during Hurricane Ida, we discuss "house hacking" and how it can be applied towards financial freedom through short term rentals, multi-family, and other real estate investments.   We discuss: 1. Why house hacking is perfect for  medical professionals even if they don’t have time or money to start.  2. How to live rent free and start devoting one's time to all the things that matter.  

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In this podcast episode, we interview Dr. Brook Choulet, MD of Choulet Wellness. Dr. Choulet has achieved financial freedom through multiple streams of income. We discuss real estate licensure, differences between being a real estate agent vs. investor, the types of income generated, and the tax implications. We then discuss concierge psychiatry, tele-psychiatry, home visits, and building a practice during fellowship. Fantastic interview.  

Can creativity and artistry exist in the medical profession? Join me and Dr. Olapeju Simoyan, MD as we discuss this interesting question, and how we can harness these qualities to further enhance the patient experience.  

In this podcast interview, we discuss the origins of Doctor's Choice USA, the complex landscape of the healthcare insurance, the work that Doctor's Choice USA is doing to solve the friction points, and the realities of becoming a physician entrepreneur.   Bio: Passionate about improving healthcare through helping individuals live healthier lives, Dr. Johnny Luo is the founder of Doctor’s Choice, a company with a mission to provide clear and concise education to employers and retirees about Medicare.   Dr. Luo is the author of the “Retiree’s Guide to Medicare: What your insurance company does not want you to know” as well as the author of over 15 peer reviewed medical articles on regenerative health.   

Today's episode is in partnership with The Scope of Practice Marriage and Money MD Summit where you will learn about how to achieve success in each of these pillars for an optimal life and well-being. It is happening November 15-17. It is completely free to sign-up with optional upgrades and bonuses at the end. 

In this episode, we will delve into the "WHY" of financial freedom. Today's guest, Dr. Dawn Baker, MD is a multi-millionaire, financially-independent (FI) physician, who will talk with us about the mindset of FI.   Specifically, we will discuss the question of “what are you retiring to?” aspect of FI.   Because so many of us live on the "hedonic" treadmill, and head down the path of achievement and don’t really know ourselves, accumulating accolades, or operating under the impression that success or a "goal" is the particular destination, ending up lost and confused.   We will discuss the concept of "simplicity", living your path, and authentic, intentional, congruent living while FI.   

Bio: Dawn L. Baker MD, MS is the founder of PracticeBalance. She first became interested in writing about wellness as a lover of language and outdoor athlete who experienced a major health crisis during residency training. Through her writing, coaching, and speaking, Dawn inspires others to develop their own individual practice of balance via self-knowledge and self-awareness. She has been featured on numerous podcasts such as The White Coat Investor and national syndicates such as KevinMD and Medpage Today. A board certified anesthesiologist, wife and mother, Dawn also enjoys travel, rock climbing, strength training, and yoga in addition to the simple pleasure of taking walks with her family. She can be reached at www.practicebalance.com

In this podcast episode, we have the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Jordan Frey, MD of the Prudent Plastic Surgeon. We discuss managing a successful clinical career as a plastic surgeon, balancing family, and the importance of having a solid financial plan in today's uncertain economy. We discuss the importance of having a financial plan, budgeting, maintaining a high-savings rate, investing in low-cost index funds, investing in real estate for passive income, avoiding lifestyle "creep", and avoiding the "hedonic treadmill" in a consumerist-based culture.

Bio: Dr. Jordan Frey, MD is a plastic surgeon in New York. His clinical interests include alloplastic (implant) and autologous (own tissue) breast reconstruction, nipple-sparing mastectomy, lymphedema surgery, complex microsurgery of the head and neck, extremities, and trunk, as well as body contouring and aesthetic surgery. Dr. Frey completed his plastic surgery residency in the Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery at NYU Langone Health where he also completed additional training in microsurgery.  He is the founder of the blog The Prudent Plastic Surgeon.

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