The Zach Highley Show

Taking a step away, I'll be back don't worry, thanks so much for the support so far! __ Resources ___ View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for a transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast ___ Connect With Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777 ___ 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, I’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 to share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 Jabbour’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, let’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 ___ 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 __ Resources Who Moved My Cheese? by Dr Spencer Johnson: https://amzn.eu/d/dZHrYY8 ___ View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast ___ Connect With Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777 ___ 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....

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! ___ 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 __ Resources ___ View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast ___ Connect With Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777 ___ 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 I’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! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Here are 42 things I learned from my 20s (that I wish I learned earlier). ___ 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 20’s Matter 16:23 - Saving Won’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 Isn’t So Scary 24:16 - Avoid Underemployment 25:23 - Say “No” Most of the Time 25:51 - Say “I Do Not Know” 27:30 - No One Cares and No One Knows 27:44 - Do the Adult Things 28:00 - Don’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 Aren’t Personal 31:18 - Cultivate a Healthy Mind and Body 31:58 - This Too Shall Pass! __ Resources The Defining Decade by Meg Jay: https://amzn.eu/d/1mO3gWe Hell Yeah Or No by Derek Sivers: https://a.co/d/czgdFFn ___ View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for a transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast ___ Connect With Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777 ___ 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, I’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 to share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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. ___ 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 __ Resources And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts: https://a.co/d/02Hdxqp ___ View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast ___ Connect With Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777 ___ 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 I’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! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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. ___ 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 __ Resources ___ View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for a transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast ___ Connect With Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777 ___ 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, I’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 to share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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. ___ 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 __ Resources ___ View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for a transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast ___ Connect With Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777 ___ 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, I’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 to share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 Dean’s career educator award in 2020. ___ 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 __ 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 ___ View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for a transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast ___ Connect With Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777 ___ 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, I’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 to share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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. ___ 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 __ 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 Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl: https://a.co/d/dHP8ebQ ___ View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for a transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast ___ Connect With Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777 ___ 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, I’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 to share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them! See Privacy Policy at...

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 ___ 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 __ Resources Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham: https://a.co/d/eT0pUty My Own Country by Abraham Verghese: https://a.co/d/ffD8lh7 ___ View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast ___ Connect With Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777 ___ 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 I’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! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 ___ 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 __ Resources Being There by Jerzy Kosinski: https://a.co/d/3a8BVrZ Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose: https://a.co/d/cS4QFdF ___ View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast ___ Connect With Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777 ___ 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 I’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! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 ___ 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 __ Resources ___ View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for a transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast ___ Connect With Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777 ___ 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, I’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 to share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Here are 101 pieces of advice to myself for a better life. ___ 00:24 - #1. Create don’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 wouldn’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. Don’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. Don’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 __ Resources Wait But Why - https://waitbutwhy.com/ ___ View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for a transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast ___ Connect With Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777 ___ 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, I’ll interview top performers from around the...

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 ___ 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 __ Resources ___ View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for a transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast ___ Connect With Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777 ___ 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, I’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 to share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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. I’ve had experiences with many Pediatrician’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. ___ 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 ___ Resources Co-parenting Through Separation and Divorce: Putting Your Children First by David L. Hill and Jann Blackstone - https://a.co/d/5skU6ZV ___ View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast ___ Connect With Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777 ___ 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 I’m a medical student, and soon to be physician, in Philadelphia. Throughout these episodes I’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! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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. ___ 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 ___ Resources The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee - https://amzn.eu/d/5llEmiM ___ View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast ___ Connect With Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777 ___ 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 I’m a medical student, and soon to be physician, in Philadelphia. Throughout these episodes I’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! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 patient’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. ___ 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 MBA’s and Ph.D’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 ___ View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast ___ Connect With Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777 ___ 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 I’m a medical student, and soon to be physician, in Philadelphia. Throughout these episodes I’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! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 “Whipple King” 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. ___ 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 ___ Resources The Smart Take from the Strong by Pete Carril - https://a.co/d/is7c0cN ___ View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast ___ Connect With Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777 ___ Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to...

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, “Conversations With Power,” 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: Brian.Till@jefferson.edu ___ 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 ___ 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 ___ View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast ___ Connect with Dr. Till Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianTillMD Checkout his book: https://a.co/d/1ZBYYKO Email him: Brian.Till@jefferson.edu ___ Connect With Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777 ___ 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 I’m a medical student, and soon to be physician, in Philadelphia. Throughout these episodes I’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! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 Women’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, Men’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 ___ 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 ___ View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast ___ Connect With Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777 ___ 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 I’m a medical student, and soon to be physician, in Philadelphia. Throughout these episodes I’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! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.