On this episode we talk about social media with Dana Corriel MD, an internal medicine physician and creator of the SoMeDocs group. She recently left the practice of medicine to help physicians develop their online presence. Her goal is to help empower physicians reach their patients, a broader audience, and develop their brand and yet balance it with responsibilities as professionals, employees, etc. We talked about why she left medicine to pursue this opportunity. Dr. Corriel runs master classes for physicians interested in improving or developing their presence. I am going to be a teacher in ..read more

Welcome to the Doctor Money Matters Podcast. In this episode we talk with Gita Pensa MD, an emergency medicine physician and fellow podcaster who created an incredible podcast which is a must listen about lawsuits in medicine and the personal impact it had on her. Its a “Serial” type podcast which is extremely well done. I highly recommend it. Note this episode was recorded just prior to the Covid shutdowns in March 2020. Please support our sponsor Pearson Ravitz if you are in the market for disability insurance and especially if you are early in your career for the best rates. In this episode ..read more

Welcome to the Doctor Money Matters Podcast. In this episode we talk about student loans with Ben White, MD a radiologist and blogger who writes about various topics but has written a FREE book about student loans. Note this episode was recorded pre covid so there have been some changes relating to loan deferrals so please check with your loan servicer prior to making any changes. Please support our sponsor Pearson Ravitz if you are in the market for disability insurance and especially if you are early in your career for the best rates. We talk about types of student loans (Federal direct and ..read more

Welcome to the Doctor Money Matters Podcast. It has certainly been an eventful spring between the Covid crisis and the national protests bringing more attention to the unequal treatment of African Americans by law enforcement, and also the financial market volatility. Our guest was Joel Greenwald, MD a physician turned financial planner in Minnesota who has a long term financial planning business managing mostly physicians money called Greenwald wealth management. We talk on this episode about the strategies of withdrawing assets once you retire. How do younger physicians get to the asset leve ..read more

Welcome to the Doctor Money Matters Podcast. This is a podcast about financial topics related to the healthcare professional. I am your host Dr. Tarang Patel, a diagnostic radiologist in Arizona. Our guest was Cory Fawcett, MD a retired surgeon in Oregon who has written books for medical professionals including The Physicians guide to Real Estate Investing which we talked about on the show. It and his other books are available on Amazon or his own website FinancialSuccessMD.com We talk on this episode about the power of real estate investing. Why Dr. Fawcett favors active real estate investing ..read more

Congrats to new residents. It’s great to see your enthusiasm and brings back energy to everyone of us. We all remember the feelings of panic we had during our first days as actual doctors. Even when you talk to grizzled old attendings, if you are nice and enthusiastic, they will teach you. I have taken a hiatus from the podcast this month. We took a family road trip in upstate new york. Beautiful and underrated area. If you have not seen niagara falls or the thousand islands, I suggest you make a plan to do so. Relatively inexpensive on the US side, but great scenery and helps you realize the ..read more

Episode 18 Doctor Money Matters. On this episode, my guests are Drs. Steven and Jenny Bepko, 2 retired Air Force Physicians who are now traveling around the world with their children. In this episode we talk about their careers in the military, the nuances of the military medical system,  their experience with finances and deployment. Finally we talked about their world tour with their children this year. I hope this episode gives you an insight and appreciation of military medicine. I also hope that more of us use the Bepkos example to do something interesting and unique while you are yo ..read more

Episode 17 Doctor Money Matters. On this episode, my guest is Valerie Jones, MD an OB/GYN physician who decided to retire from medicine at age 37. We talk about her background and what led her into and eventually out of medicine. We also discuss how she was financially able to retire at such a young age and advice she has for other physicians. Dr. Jones currently blogs at www.obdoctormom.com and also has written some articles for the Kevin MD website. I think many physicians will be able to relate to the stressors that led to this decision in their own practice or that of their colleagues. Key ..read more

My guests on this podcast are Ed Comitz and Stephanie Tsang. Ed is an attorney in AZ who specializes in disability insurance lawsuits. Stephanie is a broker who deals with who deals with disability insurance. We talk about the basic information needed for physicians regarding disability insurance. We clear up some of the misconceptions. We discuss individual policies, association policies, and employer policies and which ones are generally better for you the physician. There are definite pros and cons to the insurance types. What is double dipping as far as benefits? Which companies are most ..read more

Part 2. Private Equity buying medical groups -- What’s the deal? Ep 42 is part 2 (Ep 41 is part 1) of the episode talking about private equity buying medical groups. There is an increasing amount of private equity purchasing/partnering of medical practices in the US. We are seeing in in a variety of fields such as radiology, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, dermatology, just to name a few. I wanted to explore why this is happening. My guest on this episode is Kurt Schoppe, MD a radiologist in Dallas, TX. Kurt is part of the American College of Radiology Economics committee and has experienc ..read more