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Episode 025 | Dr. Teo Soleymani, a Los Angeles native, one of my Stanford residency mates, and founder of California Dermatology and Mohs Surgery Specialists (CDMS), completed his undergraduate studies in Evolutionary Biology at UCLA. He went on to graduate from the UC Irvine School of Medicine, where he received numerous accolades for academic excellence including induction into the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. Dr. Soleymani completed his internship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was awarded the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine Excellence in Teaching with Humanism Award. He went on to complete his residency at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. While at Stanford, Dr. Soleymani worked with world-renowned experts in cutaneous oncology and complex skin diseases. Following residency, he completed a rigorous fellowship in Mohs Micrographic Surgery, Cutaneous Oncology, and Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Zitelli and Brodland Skin Cancer Center under the tutelage of John Zitelli, M.D. Considered by many to be the world’s most prestigious and competitive fellowship, the program is directed by both John Zitelli, M.D. and David Brodland, M.D, widely considered to be two of the pre-eminent authorities in Mohs surgery.
Notably, Dr. Zitelli, was trained directly by Dr. Frederic E. Mohs, the founder and pioneer of Mohs micrographic surgery. This direct lineage from Dr. Mohs enables Dr. Soleymani to give his patients the highest-quality Mohs surgery experience.
Dr. Soleymani’s unique fellowship training was the only program in the world that included fellowship training in both Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery as well. As a result he is one of only a handful of Mohs Surgeons in the world with dedicated specialized training in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery as well, allowing him to provide the best possible functional and aesthetic reconstructive results.
Prior to founding CDMS, Dr. Soleymani practiced as a full-time Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery at UCLA, where he was also the Director of the Pigmented Lesions and Melanoma Clinic, as well as Co-Director of Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology Fellowship Education and Resident Surgery Education programs. During his tenure at UCLA, Dr. Soleymani received local and national acclaim for introducing pioneering surgical treatments such as Mohs micrographic surgery with intra-operative immunostaining for melanoma and other high risk skin cancers. He developed UCLA’s first Mohs Surgery for Melanoma program.
In his spare time, Dr. Soleymani enjoys spending quality time with his wife and children, staying active, and traveling.
Coincidentally, this episode is dropping on the one year anniversary of CDMS, Dr. Soleymani's now thriving private practice. Congratulations to him and his team!
In this episode:🔥 They need us; we don't need them
🔥 The courage to leave the Ivory Tower
🔥 "I realized I didn't need to be there."
🔥 Betting on yourself
🔥 Starting a dermatology and Mohs surgery practice
🔥 Accepting all the insurances
🔥 Sun Powder -- Developing and launching a skin health supplement
🔥 Mohs surgery for melanoma
🔥 Arrogance vs Confidence
🔥 Grown men saying nice things to other grown men!
🔥 Challenging the status quo in medicine and surgery
🔥 Misalignment burnout
🔥 A reason for hope -- the resurgence of independent practice
🔥 Academic mentors and business mentors
🔥 Taking care of your team
🔗 Connect with and learn from Dr. Soleymani
California Dermatology & Mohs Surgery Specialists (CDMS)
Sun Powder by Sol Sciences
Dr. Soleymani on Instagram (stunning cases!)
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Episode 024 | Dr. Nicholas D. Brownstone received a BA degree in Psychology from Cornell University and attended medical school at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson.
He trained for over 3 years as a resident in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery before switching to a career in Dermatology. Dr. Brownstone completed a fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco Department of Dermatology in Psoriasis, Phototherapy and Clinical Research and a fellowship in melanoma at the National Society for Cutaneous Medicine/Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine.
He is currently a Dermatology resident at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and, among other collaborations with dermsquared, hosts Cutaneous Miscellaneous, a fantastic podcast geared towards dermatology residents.
In this episode:🔥 From plastic surgery to dermatology
🔥 Podcasting as a dermatology resident
🔥 From not loving what you do to loving it -- a new lease on life
🔥 The sunk cost fallacy
🔥 Great mentors
🔥 The dermsquared rebrand
🔥 The team dermatologist for the Yankees
🔥 "I just have to go and have my own thing."
🔥 A passion for teaching
🔥 Key merits of different psoriasis biologics
🔥 Remembering Dr. Charles Crutchfield
🔥 Cutaneous Miscellaneous and Derms and Conditions
🔥 Want to contribute? Look for where the need is.
🔥 The hard stuff becomes soft and the soft stuff becomes hard
🔥 Disability insurance
🔥 The post-residency job trap
🔥 Being called in front of the state medical board and a malpractice insurance pearl
🔥 A day without laughter is a wasted day
🔥 Why we love psychodermatology
🔥 Dr. John Koo, a true master clinician
🔥 Secondary negative psychological effects from acne, vitiligo, alopecia, atopic dermatitis, and psoriasis
🔥 The art of communication
🔥 The Koo-Brownstone Staging System for delusions of parasitosis
🔥 Beware of emphathic failure
🔥 How to break in with industry
🔥 "All I want to do is get your life back on track."
🔥 "I'm not going to give up on you if you don't give up on me."
🔥 The morbidity threshold
🔥 LinkedIn as an undervalued resource for dermatologists
🔗 Connect with and learn from Dr. Brownstone
Cutaneous Miscellaneous
Under Your Skin
Dermbusters
Biologics and JAK Inhibitor Charts
Non-steroidal Topicals Chart
LinkedIn
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Episode 023 | Dr. Oxana Ormonova is a board-certified Internal Medicine Physician, Clairvoyant, Spiritual Healer, and Intuitive Life Coach gifted with insight and perception to facilitate deep transformation and healing on spiritual, emotional, and mental levels.
From a very young age, Oxana realized she was different – being able to see and feel things no one else could. As a physician, this talent was helpful to others, but painful for herself, as Oxana could feel all the pain of her patients and colleagues.
Through much trial and error, she found a way to embody her intuitive gifts and feel great in her body, and it’s these secrets she’s now passionate about sharing with others.
Oxana’s greatest love (other than diving into the Pacific with her marine family) is empowering people by helping them heal themselves on all levels – physical, emotional, and spiritual.
She works with people all over the globe, from physicians, to business executives, to coaches and entrepreneurs. She also teaches others how to develop their intuition and maintain energetic boundaries.
In this episode:🔥 Being an intuitive
🔥 5 hour commute to med school... in Siberia!
🔥 You can be creative AND be a doctor
🔥 Not being able to fully be yourself and express your gifts
🔥 Functional medicine
🔥 Finding your tribe
🔥 The trouble with trying to fit your truth into their system
🔥 "I just have to go and have my own thing."
🔥 Learning how to develop your intuition
🔥 Opening the doors of perception
🔥 "This practice doesn't exist, so I have to create it."
🔥 Trust it, have fun with it, explore it
🔥 Learning to ask the right questions
🔥 We are here to express and share our gifts
🔥 A sense of alignment and joy
🔥 Shoulding ourselves to death
🔥 It takes a long time to know who we are
🔥 "This current job is not working for me."
🔥 High sensitivity and The Land Before Time
🔥 Boundaries to protect ourselves
🔥 Opening yourself to energetic connections
🔥 Swimming with dolphins and the power of play
🔥 Allowing ourselves to live in alignment with our joy
🔥 Realizing you are limitless
🔗 Connect with and learn from Dr. Ormonova
🩺 Wholenessana (formerly Divine Wellness MD)
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Episode 022 | Dr. Meena Julapalli is triple board-certified in pediatrics, dermatology, and pediatric dermatology.
After 7 years in academics as an Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics at the University of Texas - Austin and the University of Colorado, she opened her own direct care pediatric dermatology practice, Bluebird Dermatology, in Houston, Texas.
Dr. Julapalli is passionate about providing comprehensive, integrative, and personalized care that acknowledges and supports not just the physical aspects of her patients' skin conditions but also their unique social and emotional needs. She believes that by fostering sacred relationships of love, trust, and mutual respect and creating an environment and community whereby children and families affected by skin disease feel seen, heard, understood, valued, and supported, they are empowered, transformed, and healed in profound and life-changing ways.
Dr. Julapalli has been blessed to facilitate and witness these transformations through her involvement with support groups and camp programs throughout the country, including the American Academy of Dermatology-sponsored Camp Discovery, Paul Newman's SeriousFun Network, and the American Camp Association, as well as through local workshops and healing circles that she leads.
She is the founder of The Joyful Path, whose mission is to help children build the intuition of how to nourish their mind, body, and soul so that they may live, love, and serve generously with an open heart, intention, and purpose.
In addition to her philanthropic pursuits in her local and national communities, Dr. Julapalli is dedicated to serving children abroad. She has volunteered her time and expertise at a pediatric HIV/AIDS clinic in Lesotho, Africa, at orphanages and schools in Nicaragua, with children and adults with albinism in Tanzania, and most recently with people in impoverished villages in northern Thailand.
Dr. Julapalli's adventures also include being a children's book author, wisdom coach and yoga instructor for kids, Reiki master, world explorer (she has been to all 7 continents, all 50 states), avid hiker, meditator, sound healer/instrumentalist, and amateur swing dancer!
She's also simply one of the most truly joyful and generous people I've ever met. I'm honored and grateful to call her a friend and colleague.
In this episode:🔥 From academia to direct care pediatric dermatology
🔥 50 patients a day and feeling disconnected and like a hypocrite
🔥 "The metric was how many patients can you see in the shortest amount of time possible to make the most amount of money."
🔥 The current system does not allow us to do what we do best -- CONNECT with people
🔥 Neurocardiology and HeartMath
🔥 Integrative Dermatology
🔥 Taking some time off to figure it out
🔥 Pausing to reconnect with yourself
🔥 Private practice as a means of utilizing our unique gifts
🔥 Direct care is just one way of solving a huge problem
🔥 Misalignment burnout
🔥 Combatting bad information with good
🔥 "How can I?" instead of "I can't"
🔥 Educate, Empower, Advocate -- a virtuous cycle
🔥 Marvel, DC, and Elsa
🔥 Should out to Dr. Marinkovich and his team at Stanford working to help kids with EB!
🔥 Chronic diseases are family affairs
🔥 Dermatology Camps
🔥 Asking kids "What brings you joy?"
🔥 Writing children's books
🔥 Ikigai
🔥 The magic of building something of your own
🔥 Mindset coaching for kids
🔥 Big hairy audacious visions
🔗 Connect with and learn from Dr. Julapalli
🐦 Bluebird Dermatology 🐦Other Blubird Dermatology LinksThe Joyful Path
Other Joyful Path LinksAAD's Camp DiscoveryPaul Newman's SeriousFun Network Roundup River RanchCamp Spirit (Winter Camp for kids with Epidermolysis Bullosa)
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Episode 021 | If you're a specialist who knows there has to be a better way but doesn't know where to start, start with Diana Girnita, MD, PhD, FACR, visionary Founder and CEO of Rheumatologist OnCall and the Direct Specialty Care Alliance.
She's one of my heroes, and I'm so grateful she took the time to share her wisdom and experience with us.
Rheumatologist OnCall is a telemedicine company delivering specialized care to arthritis and autoimmune disease patients across multiple U.S. states. This innovative platform grants access to top rheumatology experts from the comfort of patients' homes, overcoming the typical delays of up to 6 months for specialist appointments. It provides timely, compassionate, evidence-based care at affordable and transparent pricing.
The company is built upon a groundbreaking healthcare model known as direct specialty care, offering a comprehensive approach that includes nutrition, mindfulness, physical therapy, and cutting-edge medicine.
Educational background: Dr. Girnita is double board-certified in rheumatology and internal medicine. She holds a PhD in immunology and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University, an immunology fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh, and a rheumatology fellowship at the University of Cincinnati. Additionally, she graduated from the Nutrition Science course at Stanford University and a Mindfulness course at The University of Massachusetts.
Recognized as a "Top Doctor" from 2017-2020, Dr. Girnita was featured in the New York Times, she is frequently invited guest speaker of the National Arthritis Foundation and American Congress of Rheumatology. She generously shares her expertise on her popular YouTube channel, boasting over 65,000 subscribers and more than 5 million views.
In this episode:🔥 Early career physicians need independent role models
🔥 From cardiologist in Romania to post-doctoral fellow at Harvard
🔥 Life is what happens, not what you plan
🔥 Doctor life within the System: "You start to sacrifice from somewhere."
🔥 What you can do to improve your relationships with your patients AND your family
🔥 The unique value proposition of telemedicine
🔥 "But how am I going to bill for this?"
🔥 Getting started in direct specialty care -- borrowing from the private practice model in Romania
🔥 Having the courage to increase your prices
🔥 "They had to refer in their system"
🔥 All the things primary care docs wish they had time to do
🔥 Systems that take advantage of our good nature
🔥 Hiring and delegating
🔥 Great doctors are leaving medicine
🔥 Primary care as air traffic control
🔥 Learning from our patients
🔥 Taking holistic back from internet marketeers and autoimmunity charlatans
🔥 Multi-state licensure strategy
🔥 Getting your face in front of the camera
🔥 Discovery calls, social proof, pricing
🔥 Doctors supporting doctors
Connect with Dr. Girnita:
Rheumatologist OnCall
Direct Specialty Care Alliance
YouTube
LinkedIn
Instagram
Rheumatologist OnCall on FB Page
Rheumatoid Arthritis Warriors FB Group
Specialists for Direct Care FB Group
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Episode 020 | I'm excited to bring you an excerpt form a recent episode of the wonderful Dermasphere podcast hosted by Drs. Luke Johnson and Michelle Tarbox.
This is episode 130 for them. They've been at this for a while and have amassed a bit of a cult following. The show is fun and wildly educational.
I'm grateful to Luke and Michelle for allowing me to cross-post the interview on The Direct Care Derm feed. If you enjoy it, be sure to support them by checking out more episodes of Dermasphere!
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Episode 018 | Building a successful direct care dermatology practice may not be rocket science, but even if it was, Dr. Miguel Villacorta would still crush it.
He's one of my heroes in direct care dermatology, and I can't wait for you to learn from him.
Dr. Villacorta is a board-certified dermatologist, the visionary founder of Galt Dermatology & Concierge Medicine, and an advocate for transformative healthcare. He holds a degree in Osteopathic Medicine and a Master’s in Public Health, which underpin his mission to revolutionize the patient experience through compassionate, high-quality care. His innovative approach led to the establishment of South Florida’s first direct care dermatology service and the pioneering of a joint direct primary care and dermatology clinic.
Before embarking on his medical journey, Dr. Villacorta's eclectic career spanned from engineering to entrepreneurship. He assisted in the launch of space shuttle missions 104 and 105 as an electrical engineer at NASA and honed his industrial engineering skills at UPS. As the director of business development for JET Group, Inc., his strategic insights propelled the company to twice rank in the INC5000.
Dr. Villacorta's patient-first approach is driven by a commitment to transform the healthcare experience. He aims to provide high-quality, individualized care, upholding the highest standards of respect and dignity for patients and healthcare providers alike. Influenced by his summers in rural Spain, he brings a sense of community and personal touch to his practice.
Away from work, Dr. Villacorta values family time with his wife and children and engages in cooking, travel, and tennis, activities that complement his dedication to a balanced lifestyle.
Please note -- this episode was recorded a few months ago. As of this week, Dr. Villacorta's brand new website that we discuss in the show is up and running and looks great!
In this episode:🔥 Knowing where the wind is blowing
🔥 Learning from other business owners
🔥 There's gotta be a better mouse trap
🔥 Not everyone is ready to jump, but interest is growing every year
🔥 An old model that feels new
🔥 Branding and marketing
🔥 Relationship building
🔥 Pros and cons of direct care
🔥 Having the courage to increase your prices
🔥 Concierge Medicine vs Direct Care
🔥 All the things primary care docs wish they had time to do
🔥 Patients are realizing they aren't getting value from their insurance
🔥 Virtuous cycles
🔥 Knowing your weaknesses and leveraging the expertise of others
🔥 Sales as a critical skill for bedside manner
🔥 The magic of learning broadyly after learning deeply
🔥 Delivering what the market wants
🔥 Doing instead of complaining
🔥 The wave is coming
🔥 It's OK to fail
Connect with Dr. Villacorta:
Galt Dermatology & Concierge Medicine
Dr. Villacorta on LinkedIn
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Episode 018 | Matt Ohrt is the Co-Founder and Chief Healthcare Officer of Self Fund Health, Wisconsin's Sustainable Health Plan.
Matt Ohrt and Jon Baran cofounded Self Fund Health to help brokers and employers write their own healthcare success stories.
Self Fund Health combines traditional TPA, PBM, Direct Primary Care, and Direct Contracts under a single technology platform to dramatically simplify what’s needed for employers to succeed.
By implementing similar approaches, progressive employers across Wisconsin have saved 10-30% on overall healthcare costs.
In this episode:🔥 Lean principles From Toyota to Merrill Steel
🔥 Passion for change management and problem solving
🔥 The entrepreneurial spirit and mindset
🔥 Never wait for someone else to solve your problems
🔥 Big Healthcare is fiercely guarding the status quo
🔥 Matt's book and the value of a newsletter
🔥 Speaking directly to your customer's problems and pain
🔥 Start with Why
🔥 It can take decades before we really know ourselves
🔥 What is a self funded health plan?
🔥 The mission of Self Fund Health
🔥 DPC, DSC, and smart shopping
🔥 We're not picking low hanging fruit; we're tripping over it
🔥 Playing a different game
🔥 Shocking but not surprising surgery cost estimates
🔥 An exciting time to be in healthcare
🔥 Our only path to sustainability
🔥 Matt's roots in helping his community run deep
🔗 Connect with Matt and Self Fund Health
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📖 Save Your Company: Don't Feed the Beast
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Episode 017 | Dr. Susan Baumgaertel is an internal medicine physician with over 30 years of clinical experience.
In 2020, she launched MenopauseMenu, a free informational website providing nourishing support for menopause and beyond.
Soon after that, she stepped away from direct patient care and founded a novel telemedicine business model, myMDadvocate.
She uses her extensive medical experience and expertise to serve patients by providing medical consultation and advocacy support.
Common topics include aging with intent, preventive care, menopause, chronic diseases, autoimmune conditions, weight management, behavioral health, cancer and survivorship support, caregiver stress, coping with chronic pain, and referral advocacy.
In 2023, she published her first book "The Menopause Menu"—an all-in-one giftbook, medical guide, and recipe book for navigating menopause.
In this episode:🔥 A large company that got larger
🔥 The danger of leaving the "business" of medicine to someone else
🔥 A glimpse inside a doc's abrupt termination
🔥 Using your moral and ethical code as a decision making filter
🔥 The double edged sword of anger
🔥 Leveraging yourself
🔥 The value of giving freely
🔥 Into the legal weeds
🔥 Expressing your creative side
🔥 We have done a disservice to women who are going through menopause
🔥 The Menopause Menu
🔥 Choosing to spend money on things that have meaning to us
🔥 Self-publishing
🔥 Making a difficult topic educational, relatable, and fun
🔥 Transparency, honesty, and aligned incentives
🔥 The freedom to be flexible and do what is right
🔥 Living in the gain
🔗 Connect with and learn from Dr. Baumgaertel
👩⚕️ myMDadvocate
📖 The Menopause Menu (book)
⛬ MenopauseMenu (website)
📃 MenopauseMenu (FB page)
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Episode 016 | Have you ever felt tangled in the web of healthcare law? You're not alone, and help is just a click away.
Amanda B. Hill, JD, healthcare lawyer and CEO of Guard My Practice, hears this all the time from doctors like us. She's here to help us cut through the confusion and fear. Think of her as your friendly expert, turning legal complexities into something you can not only understand but use.
We're great at medicine, and she's here to make sure legal hurdles don't slow us down. No more losing sleep over contracts or employee issues. Her courses are straightforward – no fluff, just the essential legal know-how you need without the mounting legal bills when they aren't necessary.
In her courses, she dives into contract details, regulatory compliance, and more, all tailored for a doctor's busy schedule.
She's also a true advocate for doctor's, a humorous speaker and writer, and a lovely person. Enjoy the show!
In this episode:🔥 Learning about healthcare law as preventive medicine
🔥 Becoming better at issue spotting (think before you sign!)
🔥 Why modern day docs are uniquely vulnerable to scams
🔥 You don't need a complicated skincare routine
🔥 The realization that you're just part of the machine (but don't have to be)
🔥 "I finally feel like I can breathe again."
🔥 The value of physician coaches who still practice medicine
🔥 Leveraging your expertise
🔥 Love it, learn it, or outsource it
🔥 Putting all the parts of your brain into your job
🔥 Learning and growing from trauma
🔥 Some parts of self care are hard and uncomfortable
🔥 Your life isn't over when you get fired.
🔥 Why so many of us are coming to each other's rescue
🔥 Male vulnerability
🔥 Supercommunicators and neural entrainment
🔥 If you feel lost and confused, join the club!
🔗 Connect with and learn form Amanda Hill
👩🏫 Guard My Practice
📚 Hill Health Law
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Episode 015 | I'm thrilled and grateful to bring you a recent episode of the Physicians and Properties podcast from Dr. Alex Schloe on which I was a guest.
Tune in for a great story about how I met my real estate investor agent and now business partner and plenty more.
It's an opportunity to hear me answering more than asking. It's also a peak into another part of my life that brings me joy, personal and professional growth, new relationships and challenges, and financial diversification.
The mission of the Physicians and Properties is simple and empowering: Teaching physicians how investing in real estate can give you the freedom to practice medicine and live life how you want!
If you enjoy this episode, consider checking out some more of Dr. Schloe's show. I'm grateful to him and his team for allowing us to include this episode in our feed.
If you prefer video, check out the episode on YouTube.
In this episode:🔥 How I met my investor agent and now business partner
🔥 Insight into the world of direct specialty care with a focus on dermatology
🔥 The importance of establishing a solid financial foundation on which to build
🔥 How real estate investments can provide flexibility, security, and diversification, empowering you to navigate career uncertainties and changes with confidence
🔗 Connect with and learn form Dr. Schloe / Physicians and Properties
👨⚕️ Dr. Alex Schloe
🎙️ Physicians and Properties Podcast
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Episode 014 | I'm excited to bring you something a bit different for which full credit goes to the wonderful and generous Janelle Ball, founder & CEO at BC Educators, LLC.
My conversation with Janelle originally appeared on her excellent podcast, That's Derm Good!, so that's why it sounds different than a typical episode of The Direct Care Derm. If you enjoy it, consider checking out some other episodes of her show.
Janelle and her team have made patient access their priority, which is a big job. If you're not a doctor and have never heard of a biologic coordinator, I'm not surprised.
These individuals and teams play a critical but often unsung role in navigating the complex, costly, and opaque road from the moment a physician in the U.S. prescribes a biologic medication to the moment the patient finally receives the first dose.
While our conversation is about my approach to holistic care within dermatology rather than the specific role of the biologic coordinator, it's important to remember the role biologic coordinators play so we can recognize and properly value the work they do.
Enjoy!
In this episode:🔥 Raising the standard of care
🔥 What is holistic dermatology? It's simple but not easy.
🔥 Patient education and empowerment
🔥 Meaningful conversations with patients take time
🔥 Patient-led peer support and accountability groups
🔥 Moving on from one-size-fits-none dermatology
🔗 Connect with and learn form Janelle Ball
👩⚕️ BC Educators
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Episode 013 | Dr. Mary Alice Mina is a Harvard-trained dermatologist, dermatologic surgeon, wife, mom, and skin enthusiast. She's on a mission to help educate people with real skincare, beauty, and cosmetic guidance and advice curated by true skin experts. She loves taking care of her patients at her practice, Baucom and Mina Derm Surgery, in Atlanta, GA.
Dr. Mina has been practicing dermatology with a focus on dermatologic surgery for over a decade and truly loves what she does. She's also the creator and host of The Skin Real, a podcast that allows her to bring skincare education to a broader population because healthy skin begins from the inside out and requires real skincare education and guidance.
And, don't be fooled by the title, there's nothing impolite about her :)
In this episode:🔥 Holistic care for us and our patients
🔥 How our skin health impacts how we feel
🔥 Insurance -- it gets harder every year, but you can still do it
🔥 You don't need a complicated skincare routine
🔥 The value of physician entrepreneur communities
🔥 Neuroaesthetics and how creative pursuits can help doctors restore their sense of autonomy
🔥 Leveraging our expertise
🔥 You can be mad or you can change
🔥 Bathrooms full of lotions, potions, and procedures
🔥 Shout out Dove bar soap and Amarte Skin Care!
🔥 In fashion and skincare, find the core pieces that serve you
🔥 Combatting bad information with good
🔗 Connect with and learn form Dr. Mina
👩⚕️ Baucom and Mina Derm Surgery, LLC
📚 Level Up Your Skin Care Habits!
🎙️ The Skin Real podcast
📷 Instagram
🎶 TikTok
🔗 More from Dr. Lewellis
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🎙️ The Direct Care Derm Podcast
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Episode 012 | Bryson Bernarde is the founder and owner of United Social Media Marketing, a digital marketing agency based in Wausau, WI.
He founded his company at age 14, making him a veteran of small business ownership and digital marketing at only 22 years old.
He's an active leader and participant in local and international Toastmasters meetings and numerous other local groups.
He recently moved back to Wausau, WI after playing college baseball in Michigan and is taking the town by storm. I'm grateful to know him.
In this episode:🔥 Buying Instagram accounts at age 14 (not recommended)
🔥 Willingness to take the L and learn valuable lessons
🔥 The courage to build a business from scratch as a teenager
🔥 Starting national, going local
🔥 Facebook ads and the value of becoming an expert
🔥 The importance of a good website
🔥 My tuition house
🔥 A flaw in our education system
🔥 Embracing your natural strengths early in life
🔥 Toastmasters International
🔥 Everything is energy
🔥 Self-awareness -- what go you here won't get you there
🔥 Getting out of your comfort zone
🔥 A place where mistakes are encouraged
🔥 Bryson's experience of Big Box Dermatology
🔥 How a recovering Big Box Dermatologist is trying to save lives
🔗 Work with and learn from Bryson
📈 United Social Media Marketing
🧠 Free Knowledge
🔗 More from Dr. Lewellis
☀️ Sun Powder
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Episode 011 | Sarah Asch, MD, FAAP, FAAD is a trailblazer in direct care pediatric dermatology. She's on a mission to expand high-quality pediatric dermatology care throughout underserved areas of the Upper Midwest and beyond. She LOVES her work in pediatric dermatology, and she wanted to love her job again. She decided to solve that problem by founding Hometown Pediatric Dermatology. Join us for the Part 2 of a wide ranging, provocative, educational, and fun conversation with a wildly talented doctor and delightful person. Part 1 aired last week as episode 010.
(This episode is marked as explicit. It's just one little a$$ :)
In this episode:🔥 Talk to people who are doing what you want to do
🔥 Under the hood of Dr. Asch's direct care practice
🔥 Thinking outside the box about how we get paid
🔥 Get good lawyers
🔥 The importance of texting in the physician-patient relationship
🔥 Maintaining integrity while integrating new tech
🔥 Making it not so dang hard to help people
🔥 Wart treatment without in office procedures
🔥 Expectation setting and management
🔥 Project ECHO
🔥 The scourge of CYA medicine
🔥 "Your brand is authenticity"
See the episode 010 description for more about today's guest, Sarah Asch, MD, FAAP, FAAD, a triple board-certified pediatric dermatologist who founded and is building Hometown Pediatric Dermatology, her pediatric teledermatology practice that operates via a direct care model, which she simply calls "practicing medicine".
To learn more about Dr. Asch, check out these links👇
🔗 Connect with Dr. Asch
👩⚕️ Hometown Pediatric Dermatology
👥 LinkedIn
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Episode 010 | Sarah Asch, MD, FAAP, FAAD is a trailblazer in direct care pediatric dermatology. She's on a mission to expand high-quality pediatric dermatology care throughout underserved areas of the Upper Midwest and beyond. She LOVES her work in pediatric dermatology, and she wanted to love her job again. She decided to solve that problem by founding Hometown Pediatric Dermatology. Join us for the Part 1 of a wide ranging, provocative, educational, and fun conversation with a wildly talented doctor and delightful person. Part 2 will be out next Thursday.
(This episode is marked as explicit. It's just one tiny BS. :)
In this episode:🔥 Hard things and simple things
🔥 Thinking about and doing things a bit differently
🔥 Things are great, and then things change
🔥 "I was no longer ethically and morally aligned with my leadership team."
🔥 Everything is figureoutable (shout out Marie Forleo!)
🔥 The riskiest thing you can tell yourself as an entrepreneur
🔥 Work-life integration
🔥 The importance of a stable financial foundation
🔥 What would this look like if it were easy?
Sarah Asch, MD, FAAP, FAAD, is a triple board-certified pediatric dermatologist (Temple University School of Medicine, MD; Residencies: Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh; Dermatology, UCSF; Fellowship: Pediatric Dermatology, Mayo Clinic - Rochester). She founded and is building Hometown Pediatric Dermatology, her pediatric teledermatology practice that operates via a direct care model, which she simply calls "practicing medicine".
She serves (r)evolving volunteer roles in her profession with leadership roles in the Minnesota Dermatologic Society, FIRST (Foundation for Ichthyosis and Related Skin Types), and the Teledermatology Committee of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Pediatric Dermatology.
Dr. Asch is the founder and organizer of the Middle Country Mentorship group, a case-sharing, self-mentorship group of mostly solo pediatric dermatologists primarily in the Central and Mountain time zones. She is also the Project ECHO lead for Pediatric Dermatology for the Upper Midwest (HRSA grant supported via UMMC), first session scheduled for March 2024. She fills her soul by volunteering at the American Academy of Dermatology's Camp Discovery.
She is currently Adjunct Faculty in Dermatology at the University of Minnesota and Clinical Assistant Professor at Michigan State University School of Human Medicine in Pediatrics.
To learn more about Dr. Asch, check out these links👇
🔗 Connect with Dr. Asch
👩⚕️ Hometown Pediatric Dermatology
👥 LinkedIn
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Episode 009 | Kathleen Brown, MD, is a visionary and pioneer in bringing high quality, affordable, accessible dermatology care directly to the people without the interference of meddling third parties. Join us as we explore her career and learn how we too can build a successful direct specialty care business, practice medicine with joy, and make lots of people happy along the way.
In this episode:🔥 How to talk to people about direct care
🔥 Good faith estimates before they were mandated
🔥 "We want them to be raving fans."
🔥 Learning from our patients and seeking help from experts
🔥 The value of having some skin in the game
🔥 What about Medicare and Medicaid?
🔥 A walk-in dermatology clinic
🔥 A mobile dermatology clinic
🔥 Inspirational advice
🔥 The Seinfeld dermatologist joke 🤣
🔥 Dr. Lewellis' WHY for this podcast
🔥 Integrity and not shortchanging people
🔥 Balancing family life and entrepreneurship
🔥 Servant Leadership
Kathleen M. Brown, MD, is a board-certified dermatologist who started a solo direct pay practice in 2011.
Over 13 years in a group practice prior to that, arrangements with third party payers became more complex and difficult, making it almost impossible to continue practicing medicine as she saw fit. Dr. Brown wanted more control over the way she practiced medicine, and felt that physicians should not allow billing and diagnosis codes to affect or control the practice of medicine, and also that fees should be predictable and reasonable. Because of all this, in 2011 she opened her own solo direct pay dermatology practice, Oregon Coast Dermatology. It operated free from third-party payers such as insurance companies, Medicare, and Medicaid. For almost eight years, Dr. Brown worked directly for her patients by getting rid of the middlemen and posting prices in public, based on time spent with the patient.
In 2019 she closed her practice in order to move with her husband to their property in Montana. They chose to have more time for life outside of medicine, including their time for family and outdoor recreation. She has continued to help other physicians succeed in third-party-free practices. She has also kept up with her specialty of dermatology and is ready to open a part-time mobile direct pay dermatology practice. She is a director on the board of the Frontier Institute, and stays involved with the Free Market Medical Association.
To learn more about Dr. Brown, check out these links👇
🔗 Connect with Dr. Brown
👩⚕️ Montana Dermatology (website coming soon!)
👥 LinkedIn
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Episode 008 | New York City-based functional medicine doctor for chronic foot and ankle pain, Dr. Robert Kornfeld, on his journey from the doldrums of insurance-dependency to a thriving and joyful, direct care, functional podiatry practice.
In this episode:🔥 The good ol' days of indemnity health insurance🔥 50 patients a day and "everybody was expecting a lot from me"🔥 Dr. Kornfeld's tipping point: "I started to develop symptoms..."
🔥 "Nothing was done for me except pills."
🔥 "My whole world changed... this resonates with me, and I'm having fun!"🔥 It's not your fault that you're suffering. It's your fault that you're cooperating with the suffering.🔥 In a world of insurance dependency, you have to work fast. A lot of doctors have their heads buried in their computers. They're not really present.
🔥 Not everyone needs a 60 minute visit, but some people do, and it requires a flexible business model to serve these people.
🔥 How having skin in the game matters for patients.
🔥 "The Last Stop Doc" -- You have to give them a compelling reason.
🔥 A virtuous cycle
🔥 How to handle criticism from peers
🔥 The skinny on supplements
🔥 The morbidity threshold
🔥 The art of communicating as a teacher
🔥 Branding and Marketing: Focusing on benefits, not features.
🔥 Doctors who answer the phone -- "I do all my own reception work."
🔥 The only real edge you'll always have over everyone else and how to use it
Dr. Kornfeld has been practicing functional medicine for chronic foot and ankle pain for 37 years. In the year 2000, he left insurance-dependency so he could direct the care his patients needed and not be controlled by insurance companies. He is the Founder of The Institute for Functional Podiatric Medicine – a teaching institute for podiatrists who want to take their practice to the next level of care and create a practice free from the stresses and constraints of commercial health insurance and Medicare.
To learn more about Dr. Kornfeld, check out these links👇
🔗 Connect with Dr. Kornfeld
🦶 Dr. Kornfeld's Chronic Foot Pain Center (Manhattan & Long Island)🎓 Institute for Functional Podiatric Medicine (Dr. Kornfeld's course and coaching)
👥 LinkedIn
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Episode 007 | Resident physician, podcaster, and blogger, Dr. Bryce Bowers, on hitting rock bottom and fighting his way back with a little help from his friends (and family).
In this episode:🔥 The wheels come off.🔥 Dr. Bowers' humble beginnings and an unexpected mentor.🔥 Sometimes someone else needs to believe in you before you believe in yourself.
🔥 Tipping points and the critical importance of a supportive network.
🔥 Two residency programs as model cultures of physician trainee wellness.🔥 The art of being a great listener -- he gets it from his mama.🔥 Being vulnerable and moving on from shame and guilt.
🔥 Substance abuse among physicians and second chances.
🔥 Should Bryce and I start a Red Table TikTok for Docs series a la Jada Pinkett Smith?
Bryce Bowers, DO is a family medicine physician, currently in his last year of residency in Detroit, Michigan. He attended the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in East Lansing, Michigan. Thereafter, he began his military career and intern year as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton.
Returning home to Michigan to finish Residency after serving his military commitment, he discovered a passion for physician wellness and burnout and now has created both a blog and a podcast known as “Badge of Burnout”, aiming to help normalize and understand the unique mental health struggles physicians face.
Dr. Bowers considers is currently working on writing a book, launching a public speaking career, learning about investing, and exploring physician coaching.
To learn more about Dr. Bowers, check out these links👇
🔗 Connect with Dr. Bowers
📚 Substack (Blog and Podcast)🎙️ Badge of Burnout (Apple Podcasts)🎙️ Badge of Burnout (Spotify Podcast)👥 LinkedIn📷 Instagram🥼 SoMeDocs (Doctors on Social Media)🎶 Tik Tok
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Episode 006 | Physician and author, Dr. Dhaval Desai, on his experience burning out on the COVID front lines, recovering, and living to write about it.
In this episode:🔥 How Dhaval helped save me without knowing it.🔥 The big power of small gestures.🔥 Systemic racism, George Floyd, and white passing with vitiligo.🔥 Talking about getting help — Men can be vulnerable, too.🔥 Don't compare your despair.🔥 The Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation. (The recipient of all sales proceeds of Dr. Desai's book.)
Dhaval Desai, MD is a dedicated father, husband, son, and doctor. In his work as a caregiver and a colleague, he places a priority on the well-being of both the patient and the healthcare provider. His commitment to fostering and advocating for humanity in medicine inspired him to write a personal narrative of his experience as a frontline physician during the COVID-19 pandemic, Burning Out on the Covid Front Lines: A Doctor’s Memoir of Fatherhood, Race and Perseverance in the Pandemic.
Along with sharing the story of his own struggles as a leader and healer during a time of intense pressure and uncertainty for countless doctors, nurses, and hospital workers, Dr. Desai calls attention to ongoing issues plaguing the healthcare system, including health inequality, racial injustice, an emphasis on metrics over compassion in treatment, and the alarming rate of burnout and suicide among healthcare professionals.
To learn more about Dr. Desai or his book, check out these links👇
🔗 Connect with Dr. Desai
📚 Dr. Desai's Memoir
👨⚕️ DhavalDesaiMD.com
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