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  • Taking a step away, I'll be back don't worry, thanks so much for the support so far!

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    Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes, Iā€™ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.

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  • SERGE A. JABBOUR, MD, FACP, FACE is a Professor of Medicine and the Director of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolic Diseases at Jefferson. He is also the Director of the Jefferson Diabetes Center. Dr Jabbour completed his training in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolic Diseases at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.Dr Jabbour has been recognized with many honors and he is holder of many teaching awards. Dr Jabbour was named Top Doc in Philadelphia area every year since 2011 by Philadelphia Magazine and one of the best endocrinologists in the nation by Castle Connolly every year since 2012. Dr Jabbour is a member of numerous professional organizations, including The Endocrine Society, American Diabetes Association and American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.

    Dr Jabbour has published many articles and chapters on diabetes, metabolic syndrome, various endocrine topics; he serves on the Editorial Board of many journals and he just finished in September 2021 his 5-year tenure as the Chair of the Endocrine Board Review Committee for The Endocrine Society.

    Dr Jabbourā€™s main research interest is in the field of diabetes. He is involved in many clinical research trials related to new diabetes drugs. He also gives many lectures all over the world on different endocrine topics, mainly diabetes, either in the setting of grand rounds, symposia or other CME presentations. I am truly honored to have such an inspiring and world-class endocrinologist with me today. Welcome Dr. Jabbour, letā€™s see how many people we can convince to do endocrinology.

    Jefferson Endocrinology:

    https://www.jeffersonhealth.org/clinical-specialties/endocrinology-diabetes-metabolic-diseases?gclid=CjwKCAjwiOCgBhAgEiwAjv5whBW4FTPRCa_lVxnQI577rjIie4qMEkxca7tNsBwTxndwYCamtYfiMBoCknsQAvD_BwE

    Jefferson Diabetes Center:

    https://www.jeffersonhealth.org/clinical-specialties/diabetes-center

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    0:00 - Intro

    1:49 - Statistics About Endocrinology

    3:10 - What Is Endocrinology?

    5:22 - Journey Into Medicine and Endocrinology

    13:07 - Keeping the Team Happy

    15:42 - An Average Day/Week of an Endocrinologist

    19:40 - Advice for People Looking Into Leveling up Ranks

    22:50 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?

    25:25 - Best Thing About Being an Endocrinologist

    27:35 - Making a Rare Diagnosis

    32:16 - Passion for Studying Diabetes

    34:21 - Things We Should Know About Type 2 & 1 Diabetes

    53:06 - What Do You Think About Ozempic and Glp-1?

    59:44 - Dietary Tips

    1:06:21 - Hemoglobin a1c Levels

    1:20:10 - SGLT2 Inhibitors

    1:16:48 - Future of Endocrinology

    1:19:34 - Changes Over the Years

    1:20:17 - Myths About Diabetes

    1:24:29 - High Number of Diabetic Patients in the U.S.

    1:30:39 - Advice to People Looking Into Endocrinology

    1:32:36 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Endocrinology

    1:39:00 - What Makes the Best-Med Students/Residents/Fellows?

    1:42:28 - Advice to People Entering a Career in Medicine

    1:45:17 - What Advice Would You Give Your 18-Year-Old Self?

    1:48:20 - Adapting to the U.S.

    1:49:43 - Closing Message

    1:51:57 - Outro

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    Resources

    Who Moved My Cheese? by Dr Spencer Johnson: https://amzn.eu/d/dZHrYY8

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    Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes Iā€™ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.

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  • Amy Mackenzie, MD, grew up in Los Angeles but fled the scene in 1994 after college in rural New York to live and work in Japan for 3 years. She decided to pursue medicine at that time and headed back to the states to finish up pre-med work while working for the Japanese Consulate in Los Angeles. She then moved to Philadelphia in 2000 to work and apply to med school, ultimately enrolling at MCP-Hahnemann (now Drexel). After a year as part-time faculty at the med school, she went on to 3 years of IM residency at Temple and subsequently worked as a hospitalist at Fox Chase for a year between residency and fellowship. She completed heme/onc fellowship at Jefferson in 2013 and then became the first oncologist to do a geriatrics fellowship at Jefferson. She has 4 board certifications: internal medicine, hematology, oncology and geriatrics. She is an associate professor and a fellow of the American College of Physicians, actively participates in an older adults task force with ASCO (Amercian Society of Clinical Oncology) and sits on the board of the newly formed American Academy of Geriatric Oncology. Welcome to the show!

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    0:00 - Intro

    1:17 - Statistics About Oncology

    2:24 - What Is Hematology Oncology?

    7:06 - Journey Into Heme-Oncol.

    12:39 - Entering Med School Older Than Most People

    19:16 - What Was Heme-Oncol. Fellowship Like?

    26:29 - Getting Into Geriatrics

    30:07 - What Is It Like Being an Attending?

    37:33 - Dealing With Very Sick People

    41:23 - Delivering Bad and Good News

    50:24 - Lessons Learned From Treating Very Ill Patients

    55:32 - An Average Day/Week of a Hematologist Oncologist

    1:06:20 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?

    1:09:09 - Worst Thing About Being a Hematologist Oncologist

    1:11:50 - Best Thing About Being a Hematologist Oncologist

    1:13:27 - Advice to People Looking Into Hematology Oncology

    1:16:36 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Fellowship

    1:19:09 - Advice to People Entering a Career in Medicine

    1:25:22 - Super Important Question!!!

    1:27:24 - Closing Message

    1:30:22 - Outro

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    Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes Iā€™ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.

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  • Here are 42 things I learned from my 20s (that I wish I learned earlier).

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    0:19 - Schedule Everything

    0:57 - Call Customer Service

    1:35 - Your Parents Are People Too

    2:06 - Friends and Family Are Important

    2:31 - Aim for People to Respect You, Not to Like You

    3:28 - Free Time Is Great

    3:55 - Write Emails Like a Human

    4:33 - Meditate

    5:07 - Journaling

    5:32 - Cold Exposure

    6:14 - Heat Exposure

    6:46 - You Can Do Anything

    7:31 - Anger Solves Nothing

    8:12 - Listening Is a Learned Skill

    8:55 - Writing Is Important

    9:53 - Automate and Delegate

    11:01 - Reading Is a Superpower

    11:48 - Take All the Blame and Give the Credit

    12:28 - Try Doing One Thing at a Time

    13:27 - The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Oil

    14:06 - Everyone Is Shy; Be the Outgoing Person

    14:46 - Have a Positive Attitude

    15:18 - Your 20ā€™s Matter

    16:23 - Saving Wonā€™t Make You Rich

    19:37 - It Is Just a Matter of Time

    19:57 - Find Advisors and Mentors

    21:12 - Win with the Minimum Necessary Target

    22:33 - Little Habits Matter More

    23:05 - The World Isnā€™t So Scary

    24:16 - Avoid Underemployment

    25:23 - Say ā€œNoā€ Most of the Time

    25:51 - Say ā€œI Do Not Knowā€

    27:30 - No One Cares and No One Knows

    27:44 - Do the Adult Things

    28:00 - Donā€™t Complain

    29:00 - Wake Up and Go to Bed at the Same Time

    29:04 - You Are the Average of the 5 People You Are With

    29:13 - Read More

    29:23 - Just Start!

    29:43 - Most Things Arenā€™t Personal

    31:18 - Cultivate a Healthy Mind and Body

    31:58 - This Too Shall Pass!

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    Resources

    The Defining Decade by Meg Jay: https://amzn.eu/d/1mO3gWe

    Hell Yeah Or No by Derek Sivers: https://a.co/d/czgdFFn

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    Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes, Iā€™ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.

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  • Dr. Goldberg is from Wilmington, Delaware. She went to UPenn where she majored in the Biological Basis of Behavior, graduated Magna Cum Laude, was judged to have the best honor's thesis in her major and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She went to Albert Einstein College of Medicine for her MD degree and was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. She was a surgery resident here at Jefferson for many years, but changed careers to pathology. She is currently a cytopathologist and gynecologic surgical pathologist. She is also the doting mother to amazing twins and loving wife to her historian husband. Her research focuses on graduate medical education and laboratory quality and safety. In her "spare" time, she loves to ski, row, and watch her kids do karate and play baseball.

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    0:00 - Intro

    1:01 - Statistics About Pathology

    4:02 - What Is Pathology?

    11:24 - Changing to Pathology From Surgery

    29:51 - What Was Residency Like?

    32:58 - Specializing After Pathology Residency

    38:38 - What Is It Like Being an Attending?

    39:43 - An Average Day/Week of a Pathologist

    45:28 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?

    47:21 - Best Thing About Being a Pathologist

    49:37 - Worst Thing About Being a Pathologist

    55:41 - Myths About Pathologists

    57:10 - Characteristics of a Student for Pathology

    58:43 - Advice to People Looking Into Pathology

    1:01:40 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Pathology

    1:07:42 - Future of Pathology

    1:14:30 - Advice to People Entering a Career in Medicine

    1:18:12 - Book Recommendations

    1:22:23 - What Advice Would You Give Your 18-Year-Old Self?

    1:25:06 - Positive Qualities & Characteristics

    1:28:06 - Finding a Good Program

    1:30:19 - Closing Messages

    1:32:28 - Outro

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    Resources

    And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts: https://a.co/d/02Hdxqp

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    Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes Iā€™ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.

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  • Dr. Rohin Saroya is a family medicine doctor currently practicing family medicine and sleep medicine. He completed his residency at Drexel University and Moved to Jefferson and completed a one-year fellowship in sleep medicine. He is Board certified in both and practicing 80/20% in family medicine and sleep medicine, respectively. He still lives in Philly but is working in central Delaware at Bayhealth. Dr. Saroya is regularly elected as a top teacher, in fact, when searching for an attending doctor to speak to in regards to family medicine, Dr. Saroya was the name that came up 90% of the time. Welcome Dr. Saroya.

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    0:00 - Intro

    0:48 - Statistics About Family Medicine

    6:16 - What Is Family Medicine?

    10:18 - Journey Into Family Medicine

    16:16 - What Was Residency Like?

    22:07 - Getting Into Sleep Medicine

    23:58 - What Is Sleep Medicine?

    25:35 - What Was Sleep Medicine Fellowship Like?

    27:32 - Melatonin in Kids

    29:09 - Common Mistakes Made in Sleep Hygiene

    31:04 - Treating People Struggling With Sleep

    33:04 - Sleep Trackers and Devices to Improve Sleep

    36:46 - An Average Day of a Family Medicine Doctor

    40:12 - Tips for Practicing Medicine in the U.S. From Other Countries

    42:42 - What Is It Like Being an Attending?

    44:39 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?

    45:40 - Best Thing About Family Medicine

    46:49 - Worst Thing About Family Medicine

    47:48 - Dealing With Burnout and Keeping a Good Lifestyle

    50:03 - Things You Wish You Knew Before Going Into Family Medicine

    51:20 - Myths About Family Medicine

    53:05 - What Makes the Best-Med Students/Residents?

    57:40 - Future of Your Career

    1:02:16 - Advice to People Looking Into Family Medicine

    1:04:13 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Residency

    1:06:34 - Advice to People Entering Medicine

    1:08:21 - Common Mistakes

    1:09:08 - Positive Qualities & Characteristics You Admire

    1:10:28 - Closing Message for People Looking Into Family Medicine

    1:11:31 - Closing Message

    1:12:04 - Outro

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    Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes, Iā€™ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.

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  • Gillian is from the larger Philadelphia area and initially studied Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Scranton and worked in social services as a Case Manager after college. She then transitioned to Vaccine Development NIH-funded research as a clinical coordinator at the University of Vermont while taking pre-med classes. She attended medical school at Penn State College of Medicine, where she also earned her Masters in Education and was recognized with the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine award and the Gold Humanism Honor Society. During medical school, she also held multiple statewide and national positions such as Chair for the Committee on Bioethics & Humanities for the American Medical Association-Medical Student Section, Board of Trustee for the Pennsylvania Medical Society, State Director on the Pennsylvania Political Action Committee Board of Directors for the Pennsylvania Medical Society. She was served as an Editorial Fellow with the AMA Journal of Ethics in 2019. She matched at TJUH in Internal Medicine where she was recognized with multiple teaching awards including Hobart Amory Hare Resident Teaching Award, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society and teaching award, and the Darilyn Moyer, MD, FACP Professionalism Award for Trainees in Southeastern PA. She is interested in a career in academic hospital medicine and medical education crafting curriculum that incorporates health system science and humanism topics in medicine.

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    0:00 - Intro

    1:29 - Statistics About Internal Medicine

    3:55 - What Is Internal Medicine?

    7:25 - Why Internal Medicine?

    15:18 - What Was IM Residency Like?

    17:23 - Plans for Designing a Curriculum

    19:22 - Shooting Incident at the Hospital

    23:02 - Best Thing About Being an IM Doctor

    26:09 - Worst Thing About Being an IM Doctor

    27:14 - Work Intensity and an Average Day as a Resident

    34:14 - The Best Year of Residency

    35:19 - An Average Outpatient Day/Week

    38:32 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?

    43:56 - Things You Wish You Knew Before Coming Into IM

    45:33 - Characteristics of a Student Best for IM

    50:00 - Advice for People Looking Into Internal Medicine

    51:22 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into IM Residency

    54:03 - Things Learned From Residency

    56:53 - Common Mistakes

    1:00:49 - Positive Qualities & Characteristics You Admire

    1:03:05 - Closing Message

    1:04:14 - Outro

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    Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes, Iā€™ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.

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  • Dr. Isenberg is a professor of surgery at SKMC and the vice chair of surgical education here at Jefferson as well. He is specialized in colorectal surgery. He went to medical school at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, trained in surgery at Lenox hill hospital, and completed is colorectal surgery fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University. He is the editor-in-chief for ACS case reviews in surgery, the immediate past president of the TJUH medical staff, the immediate past chair of Colorectal RC of ACGME and the past VP of ASCRS. He is a widely loved teacher and leader here at Jefferson. I personally had an amazing experience working as a medical student in his team here at Jefferson and because of how amazing an experience I had, I came very close to picking surgery as opposed to internal medicine. He has won multiple teaching awards, including Deanā€™s career educator award in 2020.

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    0:00 - Intro

    1:07 - Statistics About Colorectal Surgery

    1:39 - What Is Colorectal Surgery?

    2:32 - Why Colorectal Surgery?

    5:53 - Choosing Surgery During Med School

    7:29 - What Was General Surgery Residency Like?

    8:26 - Going Into Colorectal Surgery

    9:49 - What Is It Like Being an Attending?

    12:08 - An Average Week of a Colorectal Surgeon

    13:42 - Being In Academia

    15:20 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?

    18:25 - Making Curricular Changes in Skmc

    21:47 - Best Thing About Colorectal Surgery

    23:47 - Worst Thing About Colorectal Surgery

    24:45 - What Makes the Best-Med Students/Residents/Fellows?

    27:12 - Advice to Students Doubting About Surgery

    28:39 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Surgery

    30:00 - Changes in Colorectal Surgery Over the Years

    32:17 - Future of Colorectal Surgery

    33:19 - Dealing With Burnout and Keeping a Good Lifestyle

    38:25 - Clinic vs Operating Room

    39:26 - Advice to New Attendings

    39:47 - Advice to People Entering a Career in Medicine

    42:02 - Any Mistakes That You Made Throughout Your Career/Life?

    44:27 - Book Recommendations

    48:55 - What Advice Would You Give Your 18-Year-Old Self?

    49:34 - Closing Message

    54:39 - Very Important Question!

    55:00 - Outro

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    Resources

    An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield: https://a.co/d/biHgWmw

    The Book of Joy by Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, and Douglas Abrams: https://a.co/d/eSZdL0i

    When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S. Kushner: https://a.co/d/em0VH6I

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    Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes, Iā€™ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.

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  • Alex Valiga is the current chief resident physician in the Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology here at Thomas Jefferson University. He grew up outside of Philadelphia in North Wales, Pennsylvania and attended nearby Drexel University where he earned a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering. It was during this time that Dr. Valiga developed his passion for cutaneous oncology by spending several years conducting basic science research at the world-renowned Wistar Institute. Given his achievements in academics and research, Dr. Valiga was elected to national honors societies for engineering (Tau Beta Pi) and biomedical engineering (Alpha Eta Mu Beta). After completing his undergraduate studies, Dr. Valiga then continued on to Drexel University College of Medicine. During this time he was honored to be elected co-president of his medical school class for four consecutive years and received the Joel Roslyn Award, an honor reserved for a single member of the graduating class in recognition of outstanding leadership while demonstrating a notable level of commitment and service to his fellow classmates. After graduation, Dr. Valiga then completed an internship in internal medicine at Lankenau Medical Center and is now halfway through his final year of dermatology residency at Thomas Jefferson where he is also serving as Chief Resident. With his academic interests in cutaneous oncology, Dr. Valiga will continue his training with a fellowship in micrographic surgery and dermatologic oncology after which he hopes to continue his career in academic medicine.

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    0:00 - Intro

    1:18 - Statistics About Dermatology

    4:14 - What Is Dermatology?

    6:36 - Journey Into Dermatology

    12:56 - 1st and 2nd Years of Dermatology Residency

    17:55 - Monkeypox Case

    22:49 - 3rd Year and Overall Residency Experience

    32:11 - An Average Week of a Dermatology Resident

    36:28 - Types of Fellowships

    37:36 - What Fellowship Did You Pick and Why?

    42:18 - Future of Your Career

    43:56 - Dealing With Burnout and Keeping a Good Lifestyle

    50:52 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Derm Residency

    59:25 - Best Thing About Being a Dermatologist

    1:00:20 - Worst Thing About Being a Dermatologist

    1:03:24 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?

    1:08:22 - Future of Dermatology

    1:10:09 - Advice to People Entering Medicine

    1:12:10 - Book Recommendations

    1:15:32 - What Advice Would You Give Your 18-Year-Old Self?

    1:18:53 - Closing Message for People Looking Into Dermatology

    1:20:03 - What Makes the Best Dermatology Resident?

    1:21:17 - Closing Message

    1:24:41 - Outro

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    Resources

    I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi: https://a.co/d/1jQA8D8

    Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell: https://a.co/d/hOnFtG8

    Manā€™s Search For Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl: https://a.co/d/dHP8ebQ

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    Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes, Iā€™ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.

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  • Dr. David Oxman is a Critical Care Doctor and associate professor of medicine here at Jefferson and the program director for the critical care medicine fellowship. He went to medical school at Temple, where he also completed his residency in IM. HE completed four fellowships in Infectious Diseases at Tufts, Surgical Critical Care at Harvard, Medical critical care at Hahnemann, and Medical ethics at Harvard. He is currently the medical school's ethics and professionalism thread director and runs the hospital ethics consultation service here at Jefferson. I also had the personal luxury of being in a student group led by Dr. Oxman, where we had discussions about being medical students and our hospital experiences.

    Oct 9th

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    0:00 - Intro

    0:51 - Statistics About Critical Care

    4:36 - What Is Critical Care?

    5:48 - Journey Into Medicine and Critical Care

    10:30 - Why Critical Care?

    19:07 - An Average Week/Day Balancing Academia, ICU, and Ethics Consultation

    25:32 - Ethics Consultation and Ethical Dilemmas in the Hospital

    42:47 - Best Thing About Being a Critical Care Doctor

    43:44 - Worst Thing About Being a Critical Care Doctor

    45:19 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?

    48:25 - Interest in Academia

    51:07 - Thoughts About Med Students on Social Media

    55:44 - Common Myth About Critical Care Doctors

    56:27 - Changes Over the Years and the Future of Critical Care

    1:07:02 - Advice for People Looking Into Critical Care

    1:07:59 - Maximizing Competitiveness

    1:09:35 - Advice to People Entering a Career in Medicine

    1:11:49 - Book Recommendations

    1:14:25 - Lessons From COVID, Changes in Practice and Burnout

    1:23:29 - What Advice Would You Give Your 18-Year-Old Self?

    1:25:30 - Closing Message for People Looking Into Critical Care

    1:29:18 - Closing Message

    1:31:13 - Outro

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    Resources

    Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham: https://a.co/d/eT0pUty

    My Own Country by Abraham Verghese: https://a.co/d/ffD8lh7

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    Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes Iā€™ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.

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  • Dr. Steven Herrine is the chair of medical education and professor of medicine here at SKMC at Jefferson and a practicing hepatologist and gastroenterologist. He grew up in NYC and studied math and history at Oberlin College, after which he spent a few years as a chef, and then went to Jefferson medical school, Penn, for IM residency and Jefferson for GI/hepatology, where he has stayed since. He has won multiple awards for teaching, including IM residency teacher of the year, which makes sense because he now runs medical education as the chair here at SKMC. This is a scary interview for me because if I say anything bad, Dr. Herrine can of course, kick me right out of medical school with only a couple months left.

    Sep 25th

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    0:00 - Intro

    1:17 - From Being a Chef to Doing Medicine

    5:39 - What Is Hepatology?

    6:12 - Why Hepatology?

    9:50 - What Was Fellowship Like?

    10:48 - Choosing the Kind of Practice That You Want to Do

    17:46 - Best Thing About Being a Hepatologist

    20:29 - Worst Thing About Being a Hepatologist

    22:07 - How to Get Into Dean/Chair Positions?

    24:23 - An Average Week/Day Balancing Clinic and Dean Position

    27:39 - Most Surprising/Unexpected Thing About Being a Dean

    29:50 - Formalities and Processes for Changing Med School Curriculum

    32:03 - Main Factors in Change

    33:00 - LCME Guidelines on Curriculum

    35:06 - Being the Dean of Medical Education

    37:21 - Lessons Learned After Being in Medical Education for 20+ Years

    39:52 - Social Science & Medicine

    43:48 - Deciding on Online and On-Site Classes

    47:28 - Medical Education Changing Over the Years

    49:57 - Differences Between Successful and Unsuccessful Students

    53:25 - Medical Education During COVID-19

    57:56 - Future of Your Career

    59:32 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?

    1:00:57 - Advice to People Entering Medicine

    1:02:36 - What Advice Would You Give Your Med Student Self?

    1:03:30 - Any Mistakes That You Made Throughout Your Career?

    1:05:14 - Book Recommendations

    1:08:28 - Closing Message for People Looking Into Hepatology

    1:08:52 - Closing Message for People Going Into Medicine

    1:10:03 - Tips for Making Great Graphics for Teaching

    1:11:05 - Giving a Good Experience for Students at SKMC&Jefferson

    1:13:55 - Closing Message

    1:15:13 - Outro

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    Resources

    Being There by Jerzy Kosinski: https://a.co/d/3a8BVrZ

    Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose: https://a.co/d/cS4QFdF

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    Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes Iā€™ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.

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  • Dr. Lalitha Trivikram is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician who graduated from Penn State College of  Medicine and completed her post-graduate training at the University of Michigan and New York Hospital - Cornell. She has over 20 years of experience in outpatient, inpatient, and congregate care settings, including skilled nursing, acute rehabilitation, and correctional facilities.  Currently,  she serves as a medical director in the Philadelphia Department of Prisons, the jail for the City of Philadelphia, which has a daily census of around 4,500 citizens and a patient population numbering nearly 18,000 individuals annually.  In the spring of 2020, she stepped into public health when asked to be the lead physician in the COVID-19 response at the PDP.   Under her leadership, the mortality rate from Covid has been one-tenth that of other regional jurisdictions. She is a family friend, and I had the luxury of shadowing her as an undergrad. Lalitha is a stunningly good diagnostician and a fantastic person all around.

    Aug 28th

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    0:00 - Intro

    1:21 - Statistics About Internal Medicine

    2:49 - Why is Internal Medicine?

    3:41 - Why Internal Medicine?

    10:32 - What was IM Residency Like?

    15:05 - Differences in the Residency years

    17:07 - inpatient vs outpatient

    20:16 - Working as the Medical Director in the Philadelphia Jail

    23:54 - An Average Day as the Medical Director

    26:25 - Difference diseases/injuries found in a jail setting

    32:41 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?

    34:14 - Memorable Experiences at the prison

    38:37 - Thoughts about working in a prison

    39:57 - prison life during COVID-19

    50:06 - Best Thing About Internal Medicine

    51:01 - Worst Thing About Internal Medicine

    52:12 - Burning out

    54:01 -Choosing between the clinic and industry

    55:55 - Common myth about IM doctors

    57:57 - What makes the best IM student?

    1:04:40 - Characteristics of an IM student

    1:05:36 - Advice to students looking into a specialty

    1:06:44 - Future of Internal Medicine

    1:12:31 - Any Mistakes That You Made Throughout Your Career?

    1:16:16 - Closing Message

    1:17:35 - Outro

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    Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes, Iā€™ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.

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  • Here are 101 pieces of advice to myself for a better life.

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    00:24 - #1. Create donā€™t consume

    00:53 - #2. Ask for help

    1:02 - #3. Surround yourself with people who excite you

    1:22 - #4. Remove people from your life that drain you

    1:25 - #5. Avoid lukewarm romantic relationships

    1:36 - #6. Be in nature

    1:49 - #7. Meditate

    2:09 - #8. Have long dinners with your family

    2:31 - #9. The squeaky wheel gets the oil

    2:40 - #10. Take the blame and give the credit

    2:46 - #11. Focus on a single task

    2:58 - #12. Do a difficult task every day

    3:04 - #13. Allocate 2-3 hours of uninterrupted time to personal projects

    3:30 - #14. Purchase things that eliminate negatives

    3:40 - #15. Put yourself in other people's shoes

    4:16 - #16. Ask, "What is the incentive?"

    4:45 - #17. Maintain important relationships

    5:17 - #18. Think if your actions are emotional or logical

    5:45 - #19. Everything can be learned

    5:49 - #20. Everything can be forgotten

    6:10 - #21. Everyone will die

    6:14 - #22. Everyone is focused 99.99% on themselves

    6:52 - #23. Everyone wants to feel important

    7:16 - #24. Everyone wants to be happy

    7:20 - #25. Every semi-pro wants to guide a beginner

    7:45 - #26. Switch up your gym routine

    8:00 - #27. Realize the difference between bad and good pains

    8:29 - #28. Find the time you work best and utilize it!

    9:00 - #29. If you wouldnā€™t replace it, throw it away

    9:23 - #30. Do not be afraid to confront haters

    9:52 - #31. Remember your roots

    9:58 - #32. Go first!

    10:09 - #33. Connect with everyone you meet

    10:34 - #34. Lean in

    10:57 - #35. Make your own rules and stick to them

    11:34 - #36. Just start!

    11:38 - #37. Apologize quickly and sincerely

    11:51 - #38. Donā€™t let your core products expire

    12:15 - #39. Stay publicly a-political

    12:32 - #40. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results

    13:05 - #41. Act like your hero

    13:30 - #42. Donā€™t wallow in sadness

    13:58 - #43. People undervalue execution and overvalue ideas

    14:28 - #44. Be humble

    14:38 - #45. Be real

    15:19 - #46. Sharing happiness doesn't dilute it, it concentrates it

    15:40 - #47. Side projects and hobbies will change your life

    15:55 - #48. Never complain

    16:01 - #49. Use the 80/20 rule

    16:51 - #50-84

    30:43 - #85. Stop listening to junk

    31:03 - #86. If your backups fail, it is your fault

    31:45 - #87. Put on a show, tell a story

    32:48 - #88. Do one thing every day you don't want to do

    33:05 - #89. Don't hire mercenaries; inspire soldiers

    33:14 - #90. Your appearance matters

    33:34 - #91. Always make deadlines

    33:57 - #92. If you are not sleeping 6 1/2 hours, you are not sleeping

    34:03 - #93. Keep your sleep optimal

    34:22 - #94. Wake up and go to bed at the same time

    34:27 - #95. Call customer service

    34:29 - #96. Always exercise

    34:34 - #97. No one likes a know-it-all

    34:43 - #98. Stop complaining about your New York strip steak

    34:54 - #99. The top 1% of the business runs off connections

    35:01 - #100. Get 1% better every day

    35:17 - #101. Everything passes

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    Wait But Why - https://waitbutwhy.com/

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    Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes, Iā€™ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.

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  • Jason Han was Born and raised in South Korea until age 10. Came here with his family and attended Columbia University and Perelman School of Medicine, where he was the student body president. I'm currently a cardiac surgery resident at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the vice president of the TSRA, which is our national governing body. I'm broadly interested in communication, education, and leadership, especially concerning our patients and staff. I've written a column for the Philadelphia Inquirer for seven years and have written essays for the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of American College of Cardiology, and more.

    July 31st

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    0:00 - Intro

    0:41 - Statistics About Cardiothoracic Surgery

    9:03 - Managing Things Other Than Medicine

    16:10 - Choosing Medicine

    19:23 - What Is Cardiothoracic Surgery?

    29:37 - CT Residency

    33:21 - Working Hours

    34:44 - Tips/Tricks to Maximize Competitiveness

    40:14 - Getting Feedback From Attendings

    41:24 - Symptoms of Burnout and Maintaining Happiness

    46:45 - Family

    47:25 - Being an Immigrant in America

    52:49 - Best Thing About Cardiothoracic Surgery

    54:42 - Worst Thing About Cardiothoracic Surgery

    56:25 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?

    58:28 - Projects to Educate People About Surgery

    1:08:19 - General Advice for People Picking Careers in Medicine

    1:11:51 - Any Advice for Your Younger Self?

    1:13:11 - Advice for Med Students Looking Into CT

    1:17:00 - Things to Look For While Choosing a Program

    1:24:42 - Characteristics of a Student for Cardiothoracic Surgery

    1:28:54 - Future Career Plans

    1:32:49 - Super Important Question!!!

    1:35:36 - Closing Message

    1:37:47 - Outro

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    Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes, Iā€™ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.

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  • Dr. Harkness is a Pediatrician at Nemours in Paoli. Originally from Philadelphia, and has been a hospital pediatrician in the past. He went to medical school at University of Pittsburgh and trained in Pediatric at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He has been with my his practice for the last 31 years treating pediatric patients in the outpatient setting. Dr. Harkness was actually my pediatrician as well, and, amazingly, I had the opportunity to work under him in a 3rd year rotation last year. Iā€™ve had experiences with many Pediatricianā€™s in the past and he is easily one of the best. Dr. Harkness has an amazing way of making the children and parents feel comfortable, while, of course, being an amazingly skilled diagnostician. Welcome Dr. Harkness. 

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    0:00 - Intro

    0:57 - Statistics About Pediatrics

    3:33 - Pediatricians and Stickers

    5:16 - What Is Pediatrics?

    6:01 - Why Pediatrics?

    9:52 - What Was Pediatrics Residency Like?

    16:02 - Practicing After Residency

    21:26 - Being Happy as an Outpatient Pediatrician

    28:51 - Average Day of a Pediatrician

    29:35 - How Did COVID Change Your Practice?

    32:57 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?

    36:50 - Best Thing About Being a Pediatrician

    38:14 - Worst Thing About Being a Pediatrician

    41:15 - Things You Wish You Knew Before Coming Into Pediatrics

    44:50 - Sneaky Tips and Tricks With Kids

    51:26 - Characteristics of a Student for Pediatrics

    54:13 - General Advice for People Picking Careers in Medicine

    58:31 - Any Mistakes That You Made Throughout Your Career/Life?

    58:59 - Common Mistakes

    59:53 - Positive Qualities & Characteristics

    1:03:04 - Advice for Students Looking Into Pediatrics

    1:04:24 - Very Important Question!

    1:06:39 - Closing Message

    1:09:30 - Outro

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    Resources

    Co-parenting Through Separation and Divorce: Putting Your Children First by David L. Hill and Jann Blackstone - https://a.co/d/5skU6ZV

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    Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach and Iā€™m a medical student, and soon to be physician, in Philadelphia. Throughout these episodes Iā€™ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.

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  • Halle grew up in Minneapolis, MN and went to undergrad at St. Olaf College, a small liberal arts school about an hour south of the Twin Cities. She went to Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI and ultimately matched out in Philadelphia at TJUH for my urology residency. She graduated summa cum laude from St. Olaf and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. In medical school she was in AOA. She studied abroad twice in undergrad and recently went on a pediatric urology medical mission trip to Amman, Jordan.

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    0:00 - Intro

    0:42 - Statistics About Urology

    3:23 - Residency Trip to Amman, Jordan

    7:58 - Why Urology?

    15:10 - What Was Urology Residency Like?

    21:53 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?

    23:28 - Best Things About Urology

    26:29 - Worst Things About Urology

    28:56 - Good and Bad Consults

    30:30 - Things You Wish You Knew Before Coming Into Urology

    31:19 - Common Myths About Urology

    31:57 - Memorable Patient Encounters

    34:36 - Advice for Students Looking Into Urology

    37:28 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Urology

    40:32 - Were You Ever Burned Out?

    42:53 - Advice to People to Have a Successful/Long-Term Career

    46:11 - What Advice Would You Give Your 18-Year-Old Self?

    46:53 - Common Mistakes Made by Attendings

    48:38 - Positive Qualities & Characteristics Seen in Attendings

    49:40 - Favorite Book Recommendation

    51:23 - Closing Message

    53:59 - Outro

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    Resources

    The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee - https://amzn.eu/d/5llEmiM

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    Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach and Iā€™m a medical student, and soon to be physician, in Philadelphia. Throughout these episodes Iā€™ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.

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  • Today I have the privilege of sitting down with my Dad, Ivan Gergel, again. My dad was born and raised in London where he went to medical school and became a psychiatrist. He then joined the pharmaceutical company GSK in developing new antidepressant drugs, famously some of the SSRIs we all are of course aware of today. This job took him to the US where he started our family with my Mom. Dad was responsible for the running of hundreds of clinical trials, directed R&D for various pharmaceutical companies, and personally led the development and approval of 14 new therapies such as Lexapro, Paxil, and Namenda that have had fantastic impacts on patientā€™s lives. He currently is working in healthcare investing with new startup drug and device companies. Today, we will be discussing alternative careers in medicine, specifically because my Dad only practiced medicine for two years before switching over to Industry.

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    0:00 - Intro

    0:54 - Going Into Medicine

    5:37 - Specializing in Psychiatry

    8:58 - Why Leave Medicine?

    13:36 - Disliked Aspects of Clinical Medicine

    15:55 - Transitioning From Medicine and Second Thoughts

    23:54 - First Job in the Industry

    29:52 - Why Go Into Pharma?

    31:18 - Career Rundown in Pharma

    34:08 - Key Factors in Changing Careers

    35:52 - Leadership Lessons Learned by Leading 900 People

    42:51 - Advice for People to Navigate the Corporate World

    48:54 - Top 3 Important Decisions in Your Life?

    51:27 - Considering Other Careers

    53:56 - Why Change Into VC Now?

    58:35 - Advice to a High School Student

    1:00:52 - Common Bad Advice High School Students Receive

    1:04:16 - Are MBAā€™s and Ph.Dā€™s Any Useful?

    1:07:57 - Characteristics of Someone Who Would Do Well in Corporations

    1:11:26 - What Do You Look For in a Person While Hiring Them?

    1:14:08 - Any New Life-Changing Habits in the Last 5 Years?

    1:16:15 - Closing Message

    1:18:00 - Outro

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    Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach and Iā€™m a medical student, and soon to be physician, in Philadelphia. Throughout these episodes Iā€™ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.

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  • Charles J. Yeo is a hepatopancreaticobiliary surgeon here at Jefferson. He was born in East Orange, New Jersey, and attended Spring Valley Senior High School in Spring Valley, New York. He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1975, summa cum laude with an A.B. in Biochemistry. Dr. Yeo graduated in 1979 from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, being awarded the Upjohn Achievement Award and he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha and Phi Beta Kappa. While completing his internship and residency in General Surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, he pursued a one year Research Fellowship at the S.U.N.Y. Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Dr. Yeo joined the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University as an Instructor and Assistant Chief of Service in the Department of Surgery in 1985, and rose to the rank of Professor of Surgery in 1996. In 1997, he became a Professor in the Department of Oncology. Dr. Yeo directed the Pancreatic Cancer Interdisciplinary Working Group at Johns Hopkins, and served as the Surgical Clerkship Coordinator and Surgical Curriculum Consultant. In 2002, Dr. Yeo was named to an endowed chair at Johns Hopkins, becoming the inaugural John L. Cameron M.D. Professor for Alimentary Tract Diseases. On October 1, 2005 Dr. Yeo was named the 8th Samuel D. Gross Professor and he assumed the chairmanship of the Department of Surgery at Jefferson (now Sidney Kimmel) Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, and as the Senior Vice President and Chair of Enterprise Surgery for Jefferson Health (an 18 hospital system). Dr. Yeo has authored over 500 peer reviewed scientific papers, 105 book chapters, and over 15 books or monographs. Dr. Yeo is also known as the ā€œWhipple Kingā€ having completed over 1700 Whipple procedures and treated 2100 patients with pancreatic and related cancers. Thank you so much Dr. Yeo for taking the time to speak with me.

    All proceeds from this episode go to Friends Against Pancreatic Cancer Fund and the Drs. Francis and Ernest Rosato Fund for Surgical Education and Research.

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    0:00 - Intro

    2:22 - What Is Hepato Pancreato Biliary Surgery?

    3:00 - Whipple Procedure

    9:13 - Treating Pancreatic Cancer

    14:15 - How Did You Become the Whipple King?

    17:14 - Navigating and Choosing Surgery in Med School

    25:57 - Residency

    32:41 - Memorable Experiences While at John Hopkins

    37:11 - Going Into Hepato Pancreato Biliary Surgery

    51:44 - An Average Day/Week as a Chair of Surgery

    56:40 - Best Thing About Being an HPB Surgeon

    58:52 - Worst Thing About Being an HPB Surgeon

    1:05:16 - Differences in Becoming the Chair of Surgery

    1:08:16 - Best Things About Working in Academia 

    1:10:28 - Characteristics of the Best Med Students/Residents

    1:11:26 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Surgery

    1:14:10 - Favorite Historical Surgeon

    1:15:42 - Responsibility of Surgeons in Advocacy of Social Change

    1:17:30 - Advice for Graduating Med Students

    1:19:58 - Very Important Question!!!

    1:22:31 - Closing Message

    1:23:52 - Outro

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    Resources

    The Smart Take from the Strong by Pete Carril - https://a.co/d/is7c0cN

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    Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach and Iā€™m a medical student, and soon to be physician, in Philadelphia. Throughout these episodes Iā€™ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.

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  • Brian Till, MD is a PGY-4 in surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Born in San Francisco and went to Haverford College where he studied political science, then University of Vermont college of medicine. Brian has been awarded multiple grants for his outstanding research and innovations. Amazingly, Brian is also an accomplished writer, still writing articles for such places at The New Republic, Foreign Affairs, and The Atlantic. He has also written a book, ā€œConversations With Power,ā€ where he performed original interviews from people such as Bill Clinton and Mikhail Gorbachev.

    Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianTillMD

    Checkout his book: https://a.co/d/1ZBYYKO

    Email him: [email protected]

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    0:00 - Intro

    0:32 - Writing and Politics Before Medicine

    4:00 - Transitioning Into Medicine

    6:11 - What Event/Experience Made You Decide on Medicine?

    7:41 - Goals 

    11:33 - Entering Med School Older Than Most People

    12:42 - Being Dyslexic and Dealing With It

    15:55 - The Hardest Thing You Have Done?

    17:39 - Average Day/Week as a General Surgery Resident

    29:08 - Years of General Surgery Residency

    33:41 - Things You Wish You Knew Before Going Into GS Residency

    35:14 - Maximizing Competitiveness as a Med Student Going Into GS Residency

    37:26 - Ending Part 1

    37:50 - Part 2

    38:24 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?

    42:25 - Med School Debts

    44:06 - Best Things About Being a Surgeon

    46:04 - Worst Things About Being a Surgeon

    47:04 - Characteristics of a Student for Surgery

    54:32 - General Life Advice for People

    1:00:15 - People That Have Helped/Inspired You in Surgery

    1:06:42 - Common Mistakes You See

    1:07:13 - What Would You Say to Year 1 Med School Brian Till?

    1:18:14 - Getting Interviews With Bill Clinton and Gorbachev

    1:26:47 - How Do You Write a Book?

    1:29:08 - Book Recommendations

    1:32:17 - Closing Message

    1:35:50 - Outro

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    Resources:

    Conversations with Power by Brian Till: https://a.co/d/1ZBYYKO

    When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanith: https://amzn.eu/d/4zn4RFc 

    The House of God by Samuel Shem: https://a.co/d/2bhGtPR 

    The Cost Conundrum: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/06/01/the-cost-conundrum 

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    Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianTillMD

    Checkout his book: https://a.co/d/1ZBYYKO

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    Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach and Iā€™m a medical student, and soon to be physician, in Philadelphia. Throughout these episodes Iā€™ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.

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  • Dr. Chiang is a triple board-certified (gastroenterology, internal medicine, obesity medicine), got his BS from Duke, MPH from Harvard, and MD from Columbia. IM trained from NY Presbyterian Hospital, GI from Harvard at Brigham and Womenā€™s Hospital, and Bariatric endoscopy fellowship from there as well, with a final advanced endoscopy fellowship here from Jefferson. He is currently the Chief Medical Officer of the gastrointestinal business for Medtronic. He is also an assistant professor of Medicine at TJUH and chief Social Media Officer for the health system. He is also the director of the endoscopic bariatric program here at Thomas Jefferson. He has been named Helios 2018 Gastroenterology innovator of the year and been featured on the NYT, CNBC, BBC News, Menā€™s Health, and more. Finally, he sits on the inaugural YouTube Health Advisory Board and joined the White House healthcare leaders in social media roundtable in 2022.

    Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/austinchiangmd/

    Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AustinChiangMD

    Follow him on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@austinchiangmd

    Follow him on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/austinchiangmd

    Follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AustinChiangMD

    Checkout his website: http://www.austinchiang.com/home

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    0:00 - Intro

    1:14 - Statistics About Gastroenterology

    3:50 - What Is Gastroenterology?

    4:52 - Why Did You Pick GI?

    9:42 - Deciding on GI in Med-School?

    14:15 - What Was the GI Fellowship Like?

    16:32 - Hardest Parts of the Training

    23:04 - What Is It Like Being an Attending?

    24:28 - Best Things About Being a GI Doctor

    25:14 - Worst Things About Being a GI Doctor

    25:49 - Average Schedule as a 100% Clinician

    28:14 - Characteristics of a Student for Gastroenterology

    28:52 - Further Sub-Specializations After GI

    29:57 - Working as Chief of Business at Medtronic

    34:56 - Deciding Between Industry and Clinical Medicine

    37:36 - Average Schedule Between Medtronic and Clinical Medicine

    38:35 - Things Learned in the Past Year in the Field of GI

    40:52 - Average Week Working in Medtronic

    43:52 - Thoughts on Leaving Medicine and Going With the Industry?

    48:18 - Social Media and Getting to the White House

    56:16 - Advice for Institutions in Starting a Social Media Presents

    58:56 - Advice for Students in Starting a Social Media Presents

    1:02:54 - Future of Your Social Media Presents

    1:09:38 - Advice for Students Looking Into Things Outside of Clinical Medicine

    1:10:25 - Any Mistakes That You Made Throughout Your Career/Life?

    1:11:28 - Closing Message

    1:14:14 - Outro

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    Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach and Iā€™m a medical student, and soon to be physician, in Philadelphia. Throughout these episodes Iā€™ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.

    The best way to help the show is share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them!

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