In this installment of The Shift Report we speak with Elsa Arend.

As do many women in our profession, she experienced burnout in hers after working in high-stress marketing for Fortune 500 companies.  Through hard work and coaching assistance she brought her life back into balance. Now she coaches professional women going through their own burnout, including more than a few successful women in medicine. You can find Elsa on social media and at her Paradigm 2A website.

In this special edition of The Shift Report our guest is Dr. Ally Bloom.  She speaks with us about an important issue now in the news – ketamine for treatment of depression. She and two other female emergency physician entrepreneurs have opened Capitol Ketamine and Wellness in Washington, DC. She shares lessons from starting a new business, as well as important reminders about safe and effective use of ketamine for this new indication.

Dr. Liz Clayborne speaks with Shift Report about solving a common clinical problem – nosebleeds – by inventing a unique device – Nasaclip.

With early support, hard work, and smarts, she has taken Nasaclip from a good idea to a growing company with a strong future. She shares with us her lessons learned, including the unique challenges women of color face in starting and funding a new business.  She also has advice for emergency physicians who may be starting or advising startup companies.  You can find out more about this innovative device at http://NasaClip.com .

Dr. Eric Ossmann joins us on Shift Report to discuss a problem many of us and many of our patients face. How do we plan for medical needs when traveling, and what do we do if we get sick or injured during international travel? Beyond his extensive experience in emergency medicine, he and his colleagues have a unique business – Vigilint – that provides services to corporate and government clients worldwide. He share his expertise about picking a travel insurance plan, how to find medical care in a foreign country, and what happens when you need to be repatriated.

In this important segment of the EMcentric Shift Report, we have the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Riva Kamat. While practicing as a pediatric hospitalist in Northern Virginia, she has also found an important niche – wellness and physician coaching. As CEO of Lotus Clinical Well-Being, she provides important services to individuals and groups aimed at developing resilience, building confidence, and dealing with the growing problem of physician burnout. She also shares advice for physicians and the public on how to manage professional stresses in any profession. You can find her at lotusclinicianwellbeing.com.

Our guest for this installment of the EMcentric Shift Report is Dr. John Jones of Virginia. Having practiced for years in a busy suburban environment, he has most recently been President of the democratic group VEMA – Virginia Emergency Medicine Associates. He speaks with us about what he has learned managing an emergency medicine group in an increasingly challenging environment, and provides advice for emergency medicine residents who may be looking for their first job. He also shares some insights for physicians and for the public on manage the current stresses of the specialty, including what boarding and financial stresses are doing to hospitals.

In this installment of the EMcentric Shift Report, we speak with Dr. Gita Pensa of Rhode Island. Besides being a talented emergency physician, she has now turned her negative experiences with a malpractice case into a positive story and now a thriving business focused on helping physicians who have been sued deal with the uncertainty and emotional turmoil that accompany litigation. You can find her online at doctorsandlitigation.com and in her podcast Doctors and Litigation: The L Word wherever you get your podcasts