Global Medicine! This episode is with Lauren Bull, MD who discusses her experiences practicing in New Zealand, as well as practicing full spectrum in the US.  She compares the two systems and speaks to the advantages and disadvantages of each.  Great ep!  Get into it! Don't forget to check out the archive of past episodes, available for free!   Subscribe and share! #podcast #HealthAndWellness #MedicalPodcast #PrimaryCare #PCP #FamilyMedicine #GlobalMedicine #LifestyleMedicine #OsteopathicMedicine ..read more

Lifestyle med, sports med, leadership, advocacy, and working in a big healthcare system! Gee, we covered a lot in this succinct episode!  Great to connect with @alexzmcdonald (Alex McDonald, MD) about many topics in primary care.  Enjoy your September episode (yes, I know it is late.  My bad ..read more

Midwifery and Community Birth! This episode is with Aubre Tompkins, CNM.  She is the president of the American Association of Birth Centers, and she is a passionate voice for community birth in the appropriate situations.  She is the clinical director of Seasons Midwifery and Birth Center.  And she wrote a great book to educate the general public called Midwifery for Expectant Parents: A Modern Guide to Choosing the Birth That's Right for You.  So, let's take a dive into the world of midwifery and community childbirth with a certified nurse midwife!   Get her book! Mid ..read more

Hormone therapy in menopause, gender-affirming care, and sexual pain disorders! This episode is with OBGYN Dr. Gretchen Frey.  She has a new project out now!  An Introduction to Sexuality Education: A Handbook for Primary Care Providers.  Get it now at https://v3.unhushed.org/ She talks about how she worked as a general OBGYN for many years, then as she transitioned away from OB and focused on clinic GYN she saw a lot of patients in menopause and peri-menopause.  She became comfortable using hormone replacement therapy in that context and then expanded her practice to incor ..read more

The script has been flipped!  Dr. Dave Gordon interviews me about my medical school experiences and the journey ahead into family medicine residency at Swedish Medical Center in Colorado and beyond! Check out Dr. Gordon at https://4pillarsdenver.com/ Enjoy the show.  Subscribe if you haven't already!  Check out past episodes and don't forget to share it with a friend.  Give it a rating and a review ..read more

Telehealth, remote primary care, and the future of medicine! This episode with Josh Emdur, DO is a fun and interesting one about telehealth, remote primary care, and the future of medicine!  We get into all sorts of topics from his time as a hospitalist, to him changing up his practice completely and getting out of the hospital and into a role as a remote primary care doctor. He details his ideas on how to make big change in medicine by thinking outside the box, and how his remote primary care practice works.  And you know he's legit because he's a distance runner, and sub-elite mara ..read more

Direct Primary Care! Dr. Brie Seefeldt is an awesome guest on the podcast.  She talks about how she got out of the world of corporate medicine to start her own small, independent practice that functions as direct primary care (DPC), circumventing insurance and giving her patients quality time and quality care.  She talks about the details regarding DPC and how it functions.  We hit on other topics such as osteopathy in general, and how she uses OMT.  Funny enough, she trained in family medicine at the very program that I will train at!  Shout out to Swedish Medical Cen ..read more

Business of Medicine! Releasing this just after the Match, so I hope everyone is in high spirits with no stress at all in their lives! Today's episode is with Marcia Brauchler, a business consultant for physicians.  She is the owner and founder of Physicians' Ally, a consulting firm that helps physicians negotiate contracts with insurance companies so they can realize their maximum worth and value as providers.  We talk extensively about contract negotiation, coding and billing, and compliance.  Believe me, this is an exciting topic because so little of what she does in her worl ..read more

Endoscopy and Colonoscopy as a Family Doctor! Dr. Davis Blanton details the world of endoscopy and colonoscopy within the world of the family medicine doctor.  He discusses his passion for teaching at the high school level, and as faculty at a family medicine residency as well.  We then get into how he got trained in endoscopy, how often he performs these procedures, the financial implications of doing GI procedures, what types of procedures he does and doesn't do, and how it benefits his patients by creating continuity of care while screening for, diagnosing, and treating diseases o ..read more

Integrative medicine time! Psychedelic ayahuasca experiences in Peru, chanting with monks in Tibet, performing sound therapy and ketamine therapy in Colorado, working for Kaiser, being Chief Resident and then faculty for a FM residency program, starting a solo practice, and thoughts about the modern American healthcare system. This is an interesting one! Dr. Grover is a family medicine trained primary care physician who sees patients in his small private practice in Denver.  He was formerly in the space of more conventional primary care medicine working for Kaiser, and as faculty for FM r ..read more