Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks! Many thanks to Ronnie Laughlin, breast cancer survivor and author of “An Atypical Journey: Facing Breast Cancer Alone in the Middle East with God and My Tribe.” She also wrote the companion guide, “My Appointment Notebook,” to help people navigate the health care system when challenged with a breast cancer diagnosis.    During our 30-minute conversation, we discussed how Ronnie handled the diagnosis of breast cancer, which she received while living alone in Saudi Arabia in the midst of the COVID-19 lockdown. She ..read more

Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks! Many thanks to Jordan Romano, MD, a board certified internal medicine physician and hospitalist. Dr. Romano has more than 10 years experience providing expert witness testimony and consultation, and he mentors physicians interested in this important and potentially lucrative service.    During our 30-minute conversation, we discussed the merits of testifying for the defense, plaintiff, necessary training, whether insurance is required, the percentage of cases that go to trial, and many other practical aspects of ..read more

Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks! Many thanks to Jessi Gold, MD, MS, an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Chief Wellness Officer of the University of Tennessee, and author of the new book, “How Do You Feel?”   Dr. Gold is the Wellness Officer for the 5 campuses of the University of Tennessee and its more than 60,000 students and almost 20,000 faculty and staff. During our 45-minute discussion, she related the history behind the adoption of “wellness” as a responsibility of institutions like univers ..read more

Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks! Many thanks to Cameron Sabet, a second-year medical student at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Cameron has a deep and insightful view into healthcare as evidenced by his early efforts as an EMT, articles in Time Magazine, The Washington Post, The Daily Mail, multiple peer-reviewed medical publications, and his work with Venture Capital.    Cameron’s busy studying for his final exams, but I stole him away for this fascinating 25-minute interview.    During our discussion, Cameron discussed his bac ..read more

Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks! Many thanks to former Congressman Robert Andrews, a graduate of Cornell Law School, an original author of The Affordable Care Act, and CEO of the Health Transformation Alliance (HTA). Rob is here today to speak about the fundamental importance of an effective health care system to every individual and some of the ways the US healthcare system can be improved.    During our 40-minute discussion, we discussed the complex landscape of healthcare in the US that tends to separate physicians and other providers from th ..read more

Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks! Many thanks to Dr. Nneka Unachukwu, MD, better known as Dr. Una, for joining me on “The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner. Dr. Una is a board-certified pediatrician who found a way to make her private practice not only profitable but fulfilling. She now helps other physicians to succeed as entrepreneurs with her company, EntreMD.    Dr. Una hosts a podcast, provides business training, and is the author of a new book, “The Profitable Private Practice Playbook.”   During our 40-minute discussion, we discu ..read more

Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks! Many thanks to Kate Atchley, PhD, for joining me on “The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner.” Kate is the Executive Director of Graduate and Executive Education at the University of Tennessee Haslam College of Business. Since graduate school, Kate has been involved in their Physician Executive MBA (PEMBA) 1-year online and in-person program for physicians. To date, the program has graduated nearly 1,000 physicians.   Kate provided us with her background as an educator, and then we jumped into the key question, “Wh ..read more

Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks! Many thanks to Alexis Gallati, EA, MBA, MS Tax, CTC, CTP, Founder and Lead Tax Strategist Of Cerebral Tax Advisors, a company that specializes in advising medical professionals on efficient tax strategies that comply with IRS Guidelines. Alexis is also the author of “Advanced Tax Planning for Medical Professionals.”   Alexis discussed strategies that physicians can take to optimize the tax code and limit their tax burden. These include putting aside money for retirement income, taking all allowed deductions, and even ..read more

Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks! It's a pleasure to welcome Manuj Aggarwal to The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner.   Manuj Aggarwal hosts the podcast "Bootstrapping Your Dreams" and is an expert in artificial intelligence (AI). Manuj has an engineering background and has worked with hundreds of start-ups. He has four patents in AI. Manuj was part of the team that built digital healthcare solutions for the Province of British Columbia. During this podcast, he lends his insights into how AI will affect the delivery of healthcare as well as the s ..read more

Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks! Many thanks to Marilyn Wooley, Ph.D., for joining me on The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner. Dr. Wooley is a psychologist and traumatologist who works with first responders. She is the author of “How Heroes Heal,” a book that discusses the extraordinary experiences of first responders that can result in debilitating post-traumatic stress injury and even suicide.  Based on her many years of experience treating thousands of first responders who have faced extraordinary stressors, Dr. Wooley noticed patterns of de ..read more