The Entrepreneurial MD Podcast

By Philippa Kennealy MD MPH CPCC PCC

What's The Entrepreneurial MD Podcast about?

The Entrepreneurial MD Podcast offers "Conversations with Trailblazers" - interviews with successful physician entrepreneurs, and "Insights from the Professionals" - interviews with professionals who support physicians in business and have business wisdom to share.

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The Entrepreneurial MD Podcast episodes:

01.30.2015
A physician's hobby turned to an Entrepreneurial venture
How do you cope on those days when you walk into your exam room, only to be confronted by a patient clutching reams of computer printouts, and demanding answers? "Because they told me I should get this/take this/have this ......" Not well, I...
09.23.2014
Physician entrepreneur minds the ankles by inventing a shoe
Dr. Barry Katz is a radiologist with ankles on the mind. And an entrepreneurial physician to boot (read on ... the pun will become obvious!) Having suffered ankle sprains when playing basketball as a younger man and noting the same problem...
03.18.2014
Physician leaves medicine to found own software business
As a neurology resident, Scott Zimmerman MD became aware that medical practice, beyond the rarefied atmosphere of training, was unlikely to fulfill the needs of his creative spirit. With this foresight, he began to teach himself coding, scouring as many resources as he...
02.03.2014
Physician entrepreneur "serial student" with insatiable desire to learn
Dr. John Shufeldt is a driven man. While many might consider being driven to accomplish a key ingredient of success, in this case, John is driven to learn, by being a "serial student". His entrepreneurial bent manifested early – in the slew of...
09.18.2013
Multi-talented physician entrepreneur starts women's wellness business
A newly-minted physician entrepreneur, Dr Tara Coles is all energy - an ER physician, mother of four, artist, writer, speaker and self-professed healer with a zest for learning and putting her multiple talents to work. Her passions extend to women's wellness, integrative approaches...
08.28.2013
The entrepreneurial physician couple that pings together in business
This is a first for me – the chance to interview an entrepreneurial physician married couple in which each of the partners brought different and complementary skills to the table to build a healthcare technology business together. Drs. Manju and Gopal...
07.09.2013
What entrepreneurial physicians do when life presents lemons
A rare breast lymphoma showing up at age 13 has to be one of life's bigger lemons. Newly minted physician entrepreneur and business owner Sharon McLaughlin MD had to cope with cancer treatment including radiation to her breast and chest wall as...
05.20.2013
A non-profit physician entrepreneur who anticipated burnout and acted
Dr. Richard (Rich) Sagall is a very busy physician entrepreneur these days. As co-founder and president of the 501(c)(3) non-profit NeedyMeds, he is reaping the rewards of having pursued his passion -- helping those whose circumstances make receiving affordable healthcare treatments and services...
05.26.2012
Death of a vision spurs entrepreneurial physician to dream anew
Most physicians graduate medical school, or later from our residencies, our heads and hearts filled with idealistic aspirations. We carry internal visions of what we hope to do with this hard-earned degree ... make a difference, do special work, earn...
05.08.2012
This CEO enables physician collaboration via your "virtual back office line"
How many steps does it take you to reach your referring physician colleague to give feedback regarding your recent consultation with his or her patient? Do you have to dictate a letter that must get into the hands of the...
03.12.2012
Successful book writing secrets for aspiring physician writers
I confess that I have long fantasized about writing a book, along with learning Italian and learning to play the piano, or reconnecting with my adolescent guitar-playing self ... for now the fantasies have to remain just that. I guess...
02.24.2012
A general surgeon follows the physician career path of the future
Kathy Stecco MD is the poster child for the physician career of the next generation. A general surgeon who trained at Stanford in the hotbed of Silicon Valley innovation, Dr Stecco was soon lured into the world of medical device due...
12.19.2011
In-the-trenches physician creates educated patient consumers
Ask any doctor who has been taking care of patients for 25 years or more what it's like to be working in the trenches, and you're likely to encounter someone with a deep experience of the US healthcare system. Dr. Angel...
11.22.2011
What a tough life experience taught one entrepreneurial physician
"Accidental entrepreneurial physician" Melanie Bone MD was way too busy to have to contend with the illness that struck her as a young mother and practicing gynecologic surgeon. Barely 40, with a husband and four kids under the age of 6, Dr...
10.24.2011
A medical delivery option for the future is shown by an entrepreneurial physician
If you have multiple interests or passions and you are an entrepreneurial physician, how do you find a way to marry all of this into a single entity AND turn it into your professional occupation? Just ask Herb Rogove DO. As an...
10.07.2011
Sermo's Daniel Palestrant MD tells his entrepreneurial physician story
Daniel Palestrant MD is a man with a clear mission. As the founder of Sermo, a 130,000+ physician-strong networking platform, this deeply thoughtful entrepreneurial physician businessman and leader intends to create the go-to on-line "conversation pit" to facilitate nationwide physician dialog and collaboration. Since the days of the doctors' lounge or...
09.28.2011
The power of physician partnership is revealed in Doctors Express.
It was only a mere five plus years ago that, with the help of his physician wife, Dr. Scott Burger opened his first urgent care center, Doctors Express, in Baltimore Maryland. As a trained and practicing emergency room physician, Dr Burger...
05.09.2011
The road to a successful physician career transition is paved with homework and persistence
How long does one have to be a practicing physician before it becomes obvious that a clinical career isn't the right line of work to be in? I guess it depends. In Mike McLaughlin MD's case, it didn't take long. This highly-trained...
05.03.2011
Physician entrepreneurship knows no age limits!
Many older physicians are contemplating quitting medical practice and retiring, fed up with the hassles of huge overheads, employee squabbles and grumbling patients. Not so Dr. Robert Novich. An internist and nephrologist who has been practicing for over 35 years, Dr. Novich...
04.25.2011
Pediatrician Dr Maggie Kozel speaks about leaving medicine
As a formerly idealistic pediatrician whose eventual disappointment in clinical practice led to her leaving medicine altogether, Maggie Kozel MD has put into words what I felt about being a practicing physician and have been unable to express adequately! Dr Kozel's...
07.26.2010
Want to enhance your medical practice and add a socially useful revenue stream?
Many physicians are bored with the routine of clinical practice and looking for new and interesting ideas. Likewise, medical practices are struggling to make ends meet and their physician owners are looking for boost medical practice revenues...
07.14.2010
The Vanishing Oath's Ryan Flesher tells his creative entrepreneurial physician story
Phew, at long last - a Conversations with Trailblazers podcast! And it's a special one as it is a "3-years later" catch-up interview with Dr Ryan Flesher. In September 2007, I spoke to Ryan about the documentary film he had recently...
11.10.2009
Internet doctor whiz kid shares secrets of success
I did it!! At last I connected with Dr Mike Woo-Ming (known affectionately to his audience as Dr. Mike) for a podcast interview. After trying for about a year. Don't you admire my persistence? I'm chuffed (that is South African for...
08.26.2009
An Entrepreneurial Physician's Look at the Brain at Work
In the heart of family physician and ER doc Ginger Campbell MD lurks a fascination for her fellow humankind. Not for just the healing of the body, but also for the inner workings of the mind. For the nature of consciousness. For how...
07.23.2009
Bitten by the travel bug, this MD wants to get you going places
Greg Bledsoe MD MPH is one heck of an accomplished person. Not only has he traveled and worked in a fascinating array of countries and exotic situations, but as an ER doc, he escaped academia to pursue his combined love of teaching and travel...
07.09.2009
The sleepless Internet physician educator
Richard Berning MD is not only a pediatric cardiologist and family man, but he also has several fingers in Internet pies. In this week's Entrepreneurial MD Podcast, he reveals his genetically encoded love affair with entrepreneurship as he tackles the creation of not...
05.08.2009
A pediatrician's quest to preserve childhood
Dr. Meg Meeker is one accomplished, busy and articulate lady! As the author of six books (the 7th is on its way), a blogger, a mother and a pediatrician in practice with her husband, she has taken a strong stand for our children....
04.06.2009
GoogleAdword campaigns for entrepreneurial physicians
I've been aware of GoogleAds for a long time but haven't had the time or mental energy to master yet one more piece of know-how. Shame on me. In my latest Insights from the Professionals podcast interview, I discovered from Wayne State...
03.09.2009
Personal Pediatrics delivers care right to your bedroom
Pediatrician Dr. Natalie Hodge has an ardent opinion that she is not afraid to share. And ears she wants to get to, including the likes of Bill and Melinda Gates. As the founder of Personal Pediatrics, a house-call based retainer practice that she operates...
02.03.2009
Crisis reveals an opportunity for an entrepreneurial physician
What silver lining is it possible to discover in the life-threatening illness of one's own infant? Hard to imagine, but Dr Sharon Langshur and her husband Eric accomplished this amazing feat. When their first child was born in 1998 with severe congenital...
01.27.2009
When online networking and physicians meet, careers evolve
Facebook is in our faces, we are twittering about Twitter and we're linking in through LinkedIn, so I was delighted to speak with David Toub MD MBA, Medical Director of Gynesonics, to hear his thoughts about the role of social media...
01.22.2009
Calling all physicians: ready for a balanced life?
Dr. Jennifer Lin thinks so. As a practicing family physician in Tucson AZ, she was close to burnout trying to cope with new mommydom AND maintain her "quota" of patients in practice. Her plaintive cry: This way of life went on day after day until...
01.12.2009
Better Health's Val Jones speaks out about being an entrepreneurial physicain
Val Jones MD is one smart, energetic and articulate cookie. As seminarian-turned-physician, and now part-time clinician and President and CEO of Better Health LLC, Val has navigated so many career paths, it's enough to make one dizzy. She refuses to be defined...
11.24.2008
The doctor whose passion secured him an entrepreneurial gig
What do you get when you mix passion with expertise and curiosity? You get Dr. Steven Ponder, a committed pediatric endocrinologist and diabetologist, who has become an equally enthusiastic entrepreneurial physician. As a Type I diabetic since age 9, Dr. Ponder knows...
11.03.2008
Want relief of your hospital administrator-physician headaches? Call Ken Cohn.
Kenneth (Ken) Cohn MD MBA is no ordinary general surgeon.This is a man who looked at a layoff as an opportunity to keep his wife happy (smart guy!) by remaining settled in New England, and instead, made lemonade out of the...
08.29.2008
Letting go of the MD identity: A Doctor reveals her Creative Self
I'm always surprised by just how many physicians express their longing for an outlet for, or even an escape from, the relentless pressure to see insanely big numbers of patients a day to keep incomes stable or meet organizational demands. And...
08.18.2008
Dr. Knope MD reveals all in
Talking to Dr. Steven Knope is an exercise in fascination. What is this French-horn-playing, Ironman triathletic, 3rd degree black belt-holding Kenpo martial artist up to now? Stirring the pot of controversy it seems, with his newly released book Concierge Medicine; A New...
06.16.2008
Want to boost your cash flow? Physician real estate owners can benefit
This week's Entrepreneurial MD Podcast is on an intriguing and obscure topic - previously unknown to me, and to many physicians I suspect. Are you an owner or even part-owner of a commercial medical office building? Or thinking of becoming one? Or other commercial real...
06.10.2008
SEO for physician website owners
In response to demand, and hot on the heels of our popular May teleclass on Internet Marketing 101 for Physician Entrepreneurs (how to create an effective website!), I interviewed Shama Hyder of AfterTheLaunch for this week's podcast. Internet Marketing expert Shama has mastered...
06.03.2008
The physician who vowed to fight back
Jeffrey Segal MD is a fierce watch dog, always on guard against medical injustice. As the CEO and founder of Medical Justice, he holds his company responsible for helping preserve the reputations and sanity of his 1700+ physician subscribers, in...
05.27.2008
Can technology combat the breakdown in US healthcare?
One enterprising and industrious physician believes it can. Neurosurgeon Dr. Louis Cornacchia doesn't just want to save your brain or spine; he's wants to save medicine from itself. Frustrated by the diminished power of physicians in the current healthcare system and...
05.09.2008
Will concierge medicine save primary care?
Dr. Albert Fuchs is an ethical purist. That much is clear from our podcast interview today in which the Beverly Hills internist shares his views on his transition from an overworked less-than-satisfied traditional medical practitioner to a streamlined, calm, happy doctor...
04.29.2008
The Urologist who cherishes his independence
What does it take to liberate one unhappy urologist from a bleak unending future as a physician group associate?Answer: A powerful guiding vision. Dr. Richard Schoor is a Smithtown NY urologist who has already accomplished three great things as an entrepreneurial...
04.25.2008
The traveling concierge physician
Andy Oakes-Lottridge MD is an intrepid family physician entrepreneur who is now having as much fun building his practice, Personalized Health Care, as he is delivering medical care -- right in the homes of his patients. As one of the growing number of...
04.18.2008
The Doctor who wants to put the heart back in healthcare
Dr Manya Arond-Thomas is a woman with a strong sense of purpose; she's on a tear to help restore humanity and heart to healthcare.As a physician, Executive coach and Organizational Development specialist, she's long had a love affair with leadership....
03.05.2008
The MBA project that became an entrepreneurial physician business
In today's Entrepreneurial MD Podcast episode, I interview Michael Horowitz MD MBA to discover how he transitioned from actively practicing cardiac surgeon and program director to Founder and President of Medical Insights International - a medical tourism consulting company. Hear how Dr....
02.18.2008
An entrepreneurial physician's practice tool grows into a business
Howard Stark MD's guiding principles seem to be driven by two questions: "What if...?" and "Why not...?" As a busy internist and gastroenterologist with a curious and observing mind, he questioned why it wasn't possible for his patients to use the...
01.24.2008
Use your physician knowledge to create a thriving sideline business
I am a big proponent of finding a well-defined niche to build your business around. Rosalie Hamilton of Expert Communications has been shrewd enough to accomplish that in spades, by providing business development education and coaching to physicians (that is a...
01.16.2008
Who do you call when your Accounts Receivable gains too much weight?
I am always fascinated by people's careers, and also constantly on the lookout for professionals whose work supports my physician readers' entrepreneurial activities.So it was both fun and informative recording this week's Entrepreneurial MD Podcast (yes - it is my intention...
11.21.2007
The long hard road to succeeding as an entrepreneurial physician
Not every physician entrepreneur is raking in the big bucks from his or her venture. Just ask Kirsti Dyer. Kirsti Dyer MD, MS, FT, FAAETS, NCBF is a highly trained and qualified physician with a passion for easing the grief of loss and...

What's The Entrepreneurial MD Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Entrepreneurial MD Podcast episodes:

A physician's hobby turned to an Entrepreneurial venture

Physician entrepreneur minds the ankles by inventing a shoe

Physician leaves medicine to found own software business

Physician entrepreneur "serial student" with insatiable desire to learn

Multi-talented physician entrepreneur starts women's wellness business

The entrepreneurial physician couple that pings together in business

What entrepreneurial physicians do when life presents lemons

A non-profit physician entrepreneur who anticipated burnout and acted

Death of a vision spurs entrepreneurial physician to dream anew

This CEO enables physician collaboration via your "virtual back office line"

Successful book writing secrets for aspiring physician writers

A general surgeon follows the physician career path of the future

In-the-trenches physician creates educated patient consumers

What a tough life experience taught one entrepreneurial physician

A medical delivery option for the future is shown by an entrepreneurial physician

Sermo's Daniel Palestrant MD tells his entrepreneurial physician story

The power of physician partnership is revealed in Doctors Express.

The road to a successful physician career transition is paved with homework and persistence

Physician entrepreneurship knows no age limits!

Pediatrician Dr Maggie Kozel speaks about leaving medicine

Want to enhance your medical practice and add a socially useful revenue stream?

The Vanishing Oath's Ryan Flesher tells his creative entrepreneurial physician story

Internet doctor whiz kid shares secrets of success

An Entrepreneurial Physician's Look at the Brain at Work

Bitten by the travel bug, this MD wants to get you going places

The sleepless Internet physician educator

A pediatrician's quest to preserve childhood

GoogleAdword campaigns for entrepreneurial physicians

Personal Pediatrics delivers care right to your bedroom

Crisis reveals an opportunity for an entrepreneurial physician

When online networking and physicians meet, careers evolve

Calling all physicians: ready for a balanced life?

Better Health's Val Jones speaks out about being an entrepreneurial physicain

The doctor whose passion secured him an entrepreneurial gig

Want relief of your hospital administrator-physician headaches? Call Ken Cohn.

Letting go of the MD identity: A Doctor reveals her Creative Self

Dr. Knope MD reveals all in

Want to boost your cash flow? Physician real estate owners can benefit

SEO for physician website owners

The physician who vowed to fight back

Can technology combat the breakdown in US healthcare?

Will concierge medicine save primary care?

The Urologist who cherishes his independence

The traveling concierge physician

The Doctor who wants to put the heart back in healthcare

The MBA project that became an entrepreneurial physician business

An entrepreneurial physician's practice tool grows into a business

Use your physician knowledge to create a thriving sideline business

Who do you call when your Accounts Receivable gains too much weight?

The long hard road to succeeding as an entrepreneurial physician