Hippocratic Hustle

Muni Tahzib, MD: Hurricane Relief in Puerto Rico

Muni Tahzib, MD is a Pediatric Allergist from New Jersey. She joins me today, less than 24h after returning home from Hurricane Stricken Puerto Rico. In less than a week She assembled a group of Almost 30 medical professionals and over $30,000 in medical supplies to reach rural areas of Puerto Rico that were the most affected by this tragedy. Her Organization, Love 4 Puerto Rico was able to deliver medical care and donated supplies over the past week. She shares her story of how this trip was arranged and how lives were touched on this amazing medical mission.

The Love 4 Puerto Rico team is planning a second trip! 

HOW YOU CAN HELP:

As the Love 4 Puerto Rico team begins planning a follow up trip, we appreciate your continued financial support of this initiative. They have recently partnered with Health for Humanity and your donation through them will now be 100% tax deductible and used exclusively for this project. Follow the FaceBook group for information about the next trip. You can donate directly online here:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr…

Amy Faith Ho, MD: Writing for the Media

Today I speak with Amy Faith Ho, MD, an amazing writer, speaker and freshly minted emergency medicine physician.  Amy shares with us tips and techniques to get your article published. Amy is a nationally published in sources such as KevinMD, Doximity, FeminEM, and the Chicago Tribune amongst others. Listen to today's episode recorded live at the FeminEM Ideas Exchange 2017 Conference for all the insider details!

• Human interest side of being a physician
• Consider writing for other repositories more than blogging to get more
• Read a lot to learn who to submit to
• Don't be afraid to cold submit
• Put yourself out there
• Know what your exclusivity rights are when you submit a piece
• Twitter is a type of publishing
• You have a voice: it is important to get that voice out
• If you feel passionate about something, write about it

• Amy Faith Ho, MD
• KevinMD: Being a good medical student doesn’t mean you’ll be a good doctor  (Amy's submission from Medical School)
• Today Show: TODAY Show: Controversy of Chi-Raq
• The OpEd Project
• NPR: Millennial Doctors May Be More Tech-Savvy, But Is That Better?
• TEDxOakParkWomen: The Next Women’s Movement
• Untold Stories of the ER (Season 12 Ep 4): Heeled!
• in-House: Residency as a series of mini-interventions against physician suicide and depression
• in-Training: Match Magic: Why the NRMP Match Needs to Disappear

• Forbes
• Washington Post
• Wall Street Journal
• Local news opinion section
• Atlantic
• slate
• Salon
• Doximity
• KevinMD
• Self Publish on Linked In
• Medium.com

Special thanks to this week’s sponsor Lawrence Keller from Physician Financial Services! 

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Friends Talk Finance: Life Insurance Tips

There’s a lot of confusion as to what life insurance product to buy, how much to buy, and for how long. In today's episode of Friends Talk Finance Bonnie and I discuss Life Insurance. How much coverage do you need? How long do you need to be covered? Read more about this topic on Bonnie's Blog in her post: "Insure against Death"

We will discuss:

• How much insurance you need and for how long
• Typical terms
• How to ladder policies
• Factors that determine your rate
• What policies Bonnie and Carrie have
  • What Carrie is doing to fix her insurance situation

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Term4Sale.com

Helpful trusted contacts who can help you get insured:

• Jamie Fleischner from www.setforlifeinsurance.com
• Lawrence Keller from www.physicianfinancialservices.com
• Stephanie Pearson, MD from Pearson Ravitz Insurance
  • Stephanie is now expanding into Life Insurance!
  • She spoke with me on a past podcast episode about Disability Insurance 

Special thanks to this week's sponsor Curbside Real Estate! 

Curbside Real Estate is a concierge brokerage that specializes in connecting physicians, many of whom have recently completed their residency programs or fellowships, with the best home loan program for them and a carefully-vetted real estate agent, effectively eliminating the guesswork and frustration commonly associated with buying a home. The mission of Curbside Real Estate is twofold. Its primary mission is to allow physicians to focus more on their profession and families, and less on the stresses of buying a home, by streamlining the process. Its secondary mission is to give back by creating homes for underprivileged children.

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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Rachna Patel, DO

Medical Marijuana Expert

In today's episode Dr. Racha Patel talks to us about being a specialist in Medical Marijuana. Though this is a controversial topic, many of us live in states where medical marijuana is legal and many of our patients are using it freely to treat their medical conditions. Dr. Patel faced this issue head on, and is a leading resource for patients for the use and management of medical marijuana. 

Dr. Patel completed her undergraduate studies at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL She completed my medical studies at Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine. 

Check out her website and her YouTube Channel that has MANY videos that she provides to her patients for free regard medical marijuana use. 

Friends Talk Finance: Having Children & Maternity Leave

In today's episode, we will talk about The Financials of Physician Women having babies and Maternity Leave. As you know Bonnie is well on her way to having her first kiddo. She is due in October! So, this episode will tackle what's different for women physicians in regards to family planning and maternity leave. We even dive into what baby stuff you should or shouldn't buy. Be sure to share this one with all the women physicians and medical students that you work with, especially if they don't have kids yet!

Here are some other helpful links from Bonnie's blog:

What Life Insurance Policy Should I Carry?
How Bonnie is planning for her new little one (nicknamed Eggy)
All about New York State's New Paid Family Leave Program

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Carmen Landrau, MD: Know Your Worth

Carmen W. Landrau, MD is a cardiologist and keynote speaker who graduated from Ponce School of Medicine in Puerto Rico, followed by a residency in internal medicine and fellowship in cardiology, both at The University of Texas Medical School in Houston.

During her senior year of cardiology she was Chief Cardiology Fellow. After her graduation she trained in cardiovascular imaging, then was hired by the Cardiology Division at UT to be part of the staff. She opened her solo private practice in 2010 and closed her outpatient clinic in 2016.

Dr. Landrau is a member of the speakers bureau of the American Heart
Association and now dedicates most of her time to be a professional
speaker whose talks about empowering women are directed to help women
recognize their talents and voice their achievements. She enjoys
speaking to corporations, groups and workshops.

Dr. Carmen Landrau is available for speaking engagements. Check out her website for more info!

In today's episode we will discuss:

• How Carmen closed her private practice to become a professional speaker
• How can we "Know our Worth"
• How money is not a dirty word
• How to use your value
• How to manage your time
• How to set boundries
• How outsourcing can help
  • Carrie waxes poetic about grocery delivery
• Importance of sharing responsibilities with your spouse/partner
• How we need to create a Tribe of Women Physicians
• How important it is to have friends outside of medicine
• How important it is to pursue our hobbies
• You are so much more than a Doctor!

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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Amy Baxter, MD

Inventor of the Buzzy Pain Blocker

MMJ Labs was established in 2006 by pediatric emergency physician and pain researcher Amy Baxter, MD. Inspired by the need to control needle pain, Dr. Baxter set out to develop reusable, physiologic products for home and hospital. Initial R&D funded by the NIH launched the flagship product Buzzy®, a palm sized device combining cold and vibration. When placed "between the brain and the pain", the competing stimuli can eliminate or inhibit pain.

Since the official product launch in 2009, Buzzy® has been used by over a quarter million patients. Buzzy is in over 5,000 hospitals and clinics, with 75,000 units sold. With multiple patents and FDA 510 clearances for controlling pain from IVs, blood draws and cosmetic injections, muscle injury and myofascial trigger point pain, the company has broadened the product line to include VibraCool Sport Therapy and DistrACTION®products.

Listen to this podcast as we discuss:

• How Amy was inspired by her children's experience to invent Buzzy
• How fear of needle pain is iatrogenic
• How Amy had an "aha" inventor moment
• How Amy's research for this product was supported by the NIH
• How she raised $1 Million for research and development
• How she came up with a prototype
• How Amy traveled to the Red Light District for a certain type of vibrating motor
• How DistrACTION cards help to reduce pain
• How to get Buzzy in your clinic or hospital 
• MMJ Labs has a new product- VibraCool
• Ways to approach chronic pain with patients
• How Amy is improving the world one Buzzy at a time

Links to research mentioned by Dr. Baxter:

Baxter, Amy L., et al. "The number of injected same-day preschool vaccines relates to preadolescent needle fear and HPV uptake." Vaccine 35.33 (2017): 4213-4219. PubMed Link

Potts, Debra Ann, et al. "A Vibrating Cold Device to Reduce Pain in the Pediatric Emergency Department: A Randomized Clinical Trial." Pediatric emergency care (2017). PubMed Link

Nisha Mehta, MD

Physician Wellness

Nisha Mehta, MD joins me on this week’s podcast to discuss physician wellness and physician burnout.

Nisha is a radiologist with subspecialty training in Musculoskeletal and Breast Imaging. She is a writer with interests in health policy, physician wellness, and medical education. She has published with Forbes, KevinMD.com, the Radiology Business Journal, the Huffington Post, Thieme Medical Publishers, and Doximity, amongst others. You can find more of her writing on her Facebook page at www.facebook.com/nishamehtamd or follow her on Twitter @nishamehtamd.

We also chat about how:

• pregnancy affected our training
• pumping while doctoring
• delaying childbearing due to medicine
• Physician Burnout
• Physician Wellness
• Find a girlfriend in real life to chat about this stuff in YOUR real life!

Here’s a selection of Nisha’s writing:
Babies and Medicine: On Choosing the Perfect Time
Why We Should Care About Physician Debt?
You Know You’re a Female Physician When…

Thanks also to this weeks’ sponsor, CommonBond.co! Refinance your student loan through this linkand receive $200 back. 

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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