Hippocratic Hustle

In today’s episode, we chat with Dr. Mina Lee about her personal experiences with contract negotiation for women physicians. She gives us her top tips and shares the highs and lows of her negotiations through multiple positions over the past 15 years.

In this episode, you will learn:

• Why it’s so important to negotiate your contract and not be afraid of losing the position by negotiating.
• Why it’s important to research your salary ahead of time.
• How to negotiate maternity leave, disability and other female specific issues in your contract.
• How to specify your working hours and call schedule in your contract.
• Why physicians should be aware of non-compete clauses and how many of them are now enforceable by law.
• Why you should always use a contract lawyer to help negotiate your contract and make sure that they are aware of the specific laws for your state.
• How you should negotiate your salary, full compensation package, and bonus structure.
• Why it’s important to know the partnership track and buy-in well before you get to that point in your career.
• Why you should think about the intricacies of leaving a position including malpractice tail coverage and final payments on your accounts receivable.
• Why the most important thing about contracts is to get everything in writing.

Dr. Mina Lee is a board-certified urologist in Denver, Colorado. She has been in practice for over 15 years.  She has a special interest in female urology and women's pelvic health. Dr. Lee received her medical education at the University of South Florida and completed her urology residency at the University of Colorado.

Links we discussed in the show:

• Check out Episode 53 with Ann Bittinger for more about contract negotiation from an attorney perspective: Physician Contracts with Ann Bittinger, JD.

Special thank you to this week’s show sponsor: Set for Life Insurance! If you are in need of life or disability insurance, or if you need a second opinion to be sure you are insured appropriately, call Jamie Fleischner at Set for Life!

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In today’s episode, we chat with Dr. Dana Corriel about her amazing group SOMEDOCS. She tells us how she got started and how she has grown her brand to help other physicians learn about social media and how to amplify each other through it. Don’t miss out on all her valuable tips about social media, branding and SEO too.

In this episode, you will learn:

• How and why Dr. Corriel started SOMEDOCS and Doctors on Social Media.
• What goals she has for SOMEDOCS in the future.
• How she feels physicians can amplify one another through social media.
• Why she feels that physicians need to be their own advocates and how they can use social media to build engagement, market their business and make an impact.
• How she got started with her own blog: Drcorriel.com.
• Why she recommends physicians start their own personal blog if they have interest.
• What safety tips she has for physicians posting on social media.
• Why she feels it’s important to decide on your branding prior to starting your blog.
• How to protect yourself online by branding your name properly early on.

Dr. Dana Corriel was born in Israel and came to the States when she was 10 years old. She grew up near Los Angeles and did her undergraduate work at UCLA. She went back to Israel for her medical school training in Tel Aviv and then returned to New York to do her residency training in the Bronx at Albert Einstein Montefiore. She is now a practicing Internal Medicine Specialist in New York City.

Links we discussed in the show:

• Check out SOMEDOCS on their dedicated website and blog: DoctorsOnSocialMedia.com.
• Her personal blog can be out at: Drcorriel.com.
• Check out Dr. Nii Darko’s podcast: Drniidarko.com.

Special thank you to this week’s show sponsor: Larry Keller from Physician Financial Services!

Thank you for listening to the Hippocratic Hustle! I know that time is your most valuable resource so I really appreciate you spending some of it with me. If you enjoyed today’s show, please share it!

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In today’s Back to Basics Episode, we chat with Dr. Victor Mangona, from 39Point6.com, about 7 Common Tax Terms and how they can help you this tax season. Pay close attention as he shares his best tips with you for tax season and all the updates to the tax code for 2018 and how they will affect you.

In this episode, you will learn:

• Tax Term #1- Withholding- Taxes the government takes out of your paycheck throughout the year towards your annual tax payment. This also prevents you from paying a penalty at the end of the year.
• Tax Term #2- Gross Income- All of the money you get paid by your employer before all of your deductions are taken out by your employer.
• Tax Term #3- Exemptions- All of the money you earn that you are not obligated to pay taxes on.
• Tax Term #4- Standard Deduction- The amount of money you are not obligated to pay tax on that is set by the government based on the size of your household. This has gone up significantly in 2018.
• Tax Term #5- Itemized Deductions- These include: mortgage interest, state tax, charitable deductions, sales tax, and property taxes. These have to equal more than the standard deduction for you to claim these on your taxes. You can also use a Donor Advised Fund for charitable giving to optimize your deductions too.
• Tax Term #6- Taxable Income- Income that is eligible to be taxed after you take out all of your exemptions and deductions.
• Tax Term #7- Tax Credits- These credits give you actual dollars back towards your tax obligation. An example of this would be purchasing an electric car, child tax credit, education, solar panels, and some home improvements.

Dr. Victor Mangona practices radiation oncology in Dallas, Texas and he produces 39Point6.com, a website and Youtube channel, that provides educational content on personal finance, investing and real estate.

Links we discussed in the show:

• Check out 39Point6.com for amazing advice on all things related to investing, personal finance, real estate and taxes.

Special thank you to this week’s show sponsor: Set for Life Insurance! If you are in need of life or disability insurance, or if you need a second opinion to be sure you are insured appropriately, call Jamie Fleischner at Set for Life!

Thank you for listening to the Hippocratic Hustle! I know that time is your most valuable resource so I really appreciate you spending some of it with me. If you enjoyed today’s show, please share it!

If you’d like to help me improve and grow the podcast, send your suggestions to: [email protected]

Lastly, don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast, so you won’t miss an episode!

In today’s episode, we chat with Dr. Cherry Chen about Real Estate Investing and Real Estate Syndicates. She shares how she got started in real estate, what syndicates are, and how they can benefit physicians who are looking to invest in real estate. Don’t miss out as she shares all of her tips and tricks to get started in this lucrative business.

In this episode, you will learn:

• How Dr. Chen got into real estate investing from medicine.
• How she learned about real estate syndications and got interested in them.
• What exactly Real Estate Syndication is and how it can benefit physicians.
• Some of the benefits of Real Estate Investing over other types of investing.
• How she works with and vets sponsors as a passive investor to invest in the properties.
• What the tax benefits are of investing in real estate.
• What are the risks in investing and what are the possible returns.
• How long you have to keep your money invested in these projects to see returns.
• Why commercial real estate investing is less volatile to the market than single family investing.
• Why it’s advantageous to invest in this way so you don’t have to spend so much time being a landlord.

Dr. Cherry Chen received her MD at Texas A&M College of Medicine with honors and completed her training at Oregon Health & Science University. She practices full-time as an Internal Medicine Hospitalist in the Dallas Ft-Worth metroplex. Dr. Chen founded The Real Estate Physician to provide resources and empower physician investors who are interested in investing for passive income through commercial real estate syndications. TheRealEstatePhysician.com was created and designed as a physician-forward resource, something Dr. Chen wished she had when starting out on her investment journey and hopes it brings value to other fellow physician investors.

Links we discussed in the show:

• Learn all about Dr. Chen’s business at: TheRealEstatePhysician.com.
• Read all about real estate investing at: BiggerPockets.com.
• Check out a great podcast with so many investing tips at: Afford Anything Podcast with Paula Pant.

Special thank you to this week’s show sponsor: Set for Life Insurance! If you are in need of life or disability insurance, or if you need a second opinion to be sure you are insured appropriately, call Jamie Fleischner at Set for Life!

Thank you for listening to the Hippocratic Hustle! I know that time is your most valuable resource so I really appreciate you spending some of it with me. If you enjoyed today’s show, please share it!

If you’d like to help me improve and grow the podcast, send your suggestions to: [email protected]

Lastly, don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast, so you won’t miss an episode!

In today’s episode, we chat with Dr. Shikha Jain about All Things Social Media. She shares how her position in medicine involves social media and how physicians can utilize social media for networking, education, patient engagement and career advancement. Don’t miss out on all her tips for how you can start engaging through social media too.

In this episode, you will learn:

• How Dr. Jain’s position combines medicine and social media.
• How physicians can interact and engage with patients using social media.
• Which social media platforms work well for physicians.
• How the new world of social media has impacted medicine in general.
• How physicians can utilize social media for professional networking and career development.
• How physicians can protect themselves on social media.
• Why physicians should use social media to educate people, increase knowledge and help people to help themselves.

Dr. Shikha Jain is a board-certified hematology and oncology physician on faculty at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL. She is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology, Oncology and Cell Therapy and the Physician Director of Media Relations for the Rush University Cancer Center. Her research interests include the impact of social media on medicine, gender equity and career advancement for women and underrepresented minorities in medicine and GI oncology.  She also writes and speaks on these topics.  Dr. Jain has written for Doximity, KevinMD and ASCO Connection and she co-founded and co-chaired the first CME Women In Medicine Symposium at Northwestern in 2018. She is also the co-chair of the upcoming Women In Medicine Summit that will be held this fall in Chicago.

Links we discussed in the show:

• Find out more about the upcoming Women in Medicine Summit.
• You can find Dr. Jain on Twitter @ShikhaJainMD or ShikhaJainMD.com.
• Check out Doximity and Kevin MD for some great physician- only content.
• Check out Physician Mom's Group and Doctor's on Social Media Group on Facebook.

Special thank you to this week’s show sponsor: Set for Life Insurance! If you are in need of life or disability insurance, or if you need a second opinion to be sure you are insured appropriately, call Jamie Fleischner at Set for Life!

Thank you for listening to the Hippocratic Hustle! I know that time is your most valuable resource so I really appreciate you spending some of it with me. If you enjoyed today’s show, please share it!

If you’d like to help me improve and grow the podcast, send your suggestions to: [email protected]

Lastly, don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast, so you won’t miss an episode!

In today’s episode, we continue to learn more about Carrie’s Locums Life and really focus in on the realities of locums and how they differ from a traditional job. Be sure to go back and listen to episodes 1 through 3 of this series prior to listening to this one.

In this episode, you will learn:

• The realities of locums and how they differ from traditional jobs.
• How the lack of job security in locums can be difficult and unpredictable.
• Why you should always have a backup position lined up so you don’t lose income.
• How you may have to wait a while to get into a new position based on your specialty and the time it takes to get credentialed.
• Why it’s super important to have a hefty emergency fund for time in-between jobs.
• How you might want to look into getting licensed in states, that have jobs available, ahead of time so you don’t have to wait for licensing later on.
• Why Carrie feels that she appreciates her work and specialty more now that she has had some time off and started locums in a new location.

Links we discussed in the show:

• Carrie's Locums Life, Vol. 1
• Carrie's Locums Life, Vol. 2
• Carrie's Locums Life, Vol. 3

Thank you for listening to the Hippocratic Hustle! I know that time is your most valuable resource so I really appreciate you spending some of it with me. If you enjoyed today’s show, please share it!

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In today’s episode, we chat with Dr. Regina Hampton. Dr. Hampton is the co-founder of Cherry Blossom Intimates, a boutique lingerie shop offering lingerie in a wide variety of sizes and styles as well as prosthesis for women who are breast cancer survivors. She believes that all women should have a wonderful and comfortable experience shopping for intimates and leave feeling beautiful and satisfied.

In this episode, you will learn:

• Why she decided to start Cherry Blossom Intimates and how it is different from other lingerie shops for custom prosthetics and traditional lingerie too.
• How her store caters to women outside of the “average bra sizes” you can buy at the mall.
• How she met her business partner, Jasmine Jones, a former beauty queen, and they decided to start the store together.
• How she got her store and employees certified as mastectomy fitting specialists.
• Why she feels it is important to be able to offer custom prosthesis in 32 different skin tones that really resembles the woman’s other breast.
• What challenges she had opening her brick and mortar store.
• Why she utilized a small business consultant to help open her business.
• How she balanced being a physician full time and starting her business.
• How the software works that they have to create custom prosthesis.
• Why she feels coming to a bra boutique for a custom fitting is essential.

Regina Hampton, M.D.  is the medical director of the Breast Care Center at Doctor’s Community Hospital, the first breast center in Prince George’s County, Maryland. She is a board certified general surgeon who has focused her practice on breast health and breast cancer. Dr. Hampton attended The Medical College of Pennsylvania and completed a general surgery residency at Howard University Hospital. In October 2018, she opened Cherry Blossom Intimates in Prince George’s County, Maryland. It is a bra boutique offering custom prosthetics for breast cancer survivors and lingerie for all body shapes and sizes.

Links we discussed in the show:

• Check out Dr. Hampton’s beautiful website and book your fitting appointment at: Cherry Blossom Intimates.
• Episode 65: Makemerry with Katie Deming, M.D.
• Check out SBA.gov for step by step instructions to write your own business plan.

Quotes from Dr. Regina Hampton:

• “I really wanted to create something lovely and beautiful where woman could come in and know that they would be taken care of.”
• “A good bra can change your life! It really can!”

Special thank you to this week’s show sponsor: Set for Life Insurance! If you are in need of life or disability insurance, or if you need a second opinion to be sure you are insured appropriately, call Jamie Fleischner at Set for Life!

Thank you for listening to the Hippocratic Hustle! I know that time is your most valuable resource so I really appreciate you spending some of it with me. If you enjoyed today’s show, please share it!

If you’d like to help me improve and grow the podcast, send your suggestions to: [email protected]

Lastly, don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast, so you won’t miss an episode!

In today’s episode, we continue to learn more about Carrie’s Locums Life as she continues on her locums journey and starts her first position in Missouri. Be sure to go back and listen to episodes 1 and 2 first of this series. These episodes were all recorded back in September when Carrie first started her brand new locums life.

In this episode, you will learn:

• How Carrie is getting used to quiet weekends.
• What her family is eating while she is away traveling.
• Why she is thankful for her patient population in a rural area.
• How she met the other locums doctor at the hospital and she was able to have dinner with her too.
• How she found a way to have healthy meals for dinner even in a small town.
• When she got home she got the biggest hug ever from her daughter!

Links we discussed in the show:

• Carrie's Locums Life, Vol. 1
• Carrie's Locums Life, Vol. 2
• Check out some healthy meal options at Eat Fit Go.

Thank you for listening to the Hippocratic Hustle! I know that time is your most valuable resource so I really appreciate you spending some of it with me. If you enjoyed today’s show, please share it!

If you’d like to help me improve and grow the podcast, send your suggestions to: [email protected]

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In today’s episode, we chat with Dr. Olga Lemerg, founder and creator of Fabled. She creates scrubs for medical professionals that don’t look like scrubs and bring joy to the person wearing them as well. Listen in to find out how she decided to create her line, how she got started with design and manufacturing, and how she plans to scale her business in the future too!

In this episode, you will learn:

• How Dr. Lemberg came to be a pediatrician hospitalist and urgent care doctor.
• Why she decided to start a medical scrubs line of her own.
• Why she purposely chose not to use anti-microbial fabrics for her scrubs.
• How she started designing and creating her own line of scrubs from scratch.
• When she knew her scrubs were a hit and she should continue her journey.
• Where she manufactures her scrubs and why.
• How environmental awareness comes into play with her scrub collection.
• How she plans to scale her business in the future.
• How she is improving her scrubs with each batch that she produces.

Olga Lemberg, M.D. is a pediatric hospitalist and urgent care doctor based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Having spent years wearing boring traditional scrubs to work, she became frustrated that there weren’t more stylish options out there, but more importantly, she wanted a uniform that she could be excited and proud to wear: scrubs that would let her express her personal style but also that made her feel she was putting her best foot forward in the workplace. So, in 2017, she launched Fabled, an online retailer of high quality, modern and functional scrubs for women health care professionals.

Links we discussed in the show:

• Check out and shop Dr. Lemberg’s scrubs at Fabled and save 10% off your whole order using our special promo code: HUSTLE10.

 Quotes from Dr. Olga Lemburg:

• “I make scrubs that don’t really look like scrubs.”
• “I don’t have to think about putting an outfit together because they are so well put together”
• “It’s very important for me to know that all the people working on my scrubs are working in good conditions.”
• “I know almost all of my customers by name.”

Special thank you to this week’s show sponsor: Larry Keller from Physician Financial Services!

Thank you for listening to the Hippocratic Hustle! I know that time is your most valuable resource so I really appreciate you spending some of it with me. If you enjoyed today’s show, please share it!

If you’d like to help me improve and grow the podcast, send your suggestions to: [email protected]

Lastly, don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast, so you won’t miss an episode!

In today’s episode, we chat with Dr. Katie Deming about her revolutionary line of intimates for women suffering from sensitive skin due to breast cancer treatments. Listen in as Dr. Deming tells us all about how she got started developing her clothing line and all the knowledge she learned along the way. Don’t miss out as she shares tips for starting your own business as a physician as well.  

In this episode, you will learn:

• How Dr. Deming decided to create a line of intimates for cancer patients.
• Why she feels it is important to create products for women that make them feel good and are comfortable to wear during their treatment and afterwards.
• How she uses utility patents to protect her garment designs and functionality.
• How she developed her first prototypes using a designer and patternmaker to make her design ideas come to life.
• What she learned about the manufacturing process along the way and how she found factories to manufacture her garments.
• How she used a licensing deal with another company to produce her garments without having to raise a huge amount of capital up front.
• What she learned about business, contracts and agreements from this process.
• How she learned the importance of creating your story and staying true to it in order for your brand to succeed.
• How she balances her medical career with her business venture.
• What she learned about legally separating her business from her medical career using contract negotiation skills.

Dr. Katie Deming is a radiation oncologist, inventor and entrepreneur who is transforming the cancer experience through collaboration and development of novel solutions. Dr. Deming completed medical school, internship and residency all at Duke University. She is a board certified radiation oncologist specializing in breast and gynecological cancers. Although she loves medicine, Dr. Deming is a designer at heart and has spent much of her career designing cancer programs and developing products for women with cancer. Some of her programs include the first cancer service line within Kaiser Permanente nationally as well as the first cancer specific patient advisory council. As an inventor, she holds a utility patent and has designs in development for several medical conditions. Dr. Deming is also the founder of MAKEMERRY, the first line of intimates for women with sensitive skin from breast cancer treatments. She still practices medicine full time and is grateful to have created a niche that allows her to combine both her love for medicine and interest in design.

Links we discussed in the show:

• Check out her amazing products and shop online at: ShopMAKEMERRY.com.

Quotes from Dr. Katie Deming:

• “It has been a way for me to fill a need and it has been really fulfilling.”
• “I’m really just trying to solve a problem for my patients.”
• “You don’t know what you’re getting into. It’s a whole new world.”
• “I like to do good and I want to do good in the world.”

Special thank you to this week’s show sponsor: Larry Keller from Physician Financial Services!

Thank you for listening to the Hippocratic Hustle! I know that time is your most valuable resource so I really appreciate you spending some of it with me. If you enjoyed today’s show, please share it!

If you’d like to help me improve and grow the podcast, send your suggestions to: [email protected]

Lastly, don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast, so you won’t miss an episode!