86: How Pivoting & Risk-Taking Can Enhance Your Medical Career with Dr. Lisa Johnson-Pratt

Please be advised that this episode contains talk about sexual assault. If you would like to skip that section of this episode please turn it off at the timestamp 13:24

 

“How can I use my time because it is the only thing I cannot get back. I cannot make time. So finding the best way to spend that is actually an active adventure for me right now.” -Lisa Johnson-Pratt MD 

 

In this episode, Gabriella talks with fellow Howard University School of Medicine graduate, Dr. Lisa Johnson-Pratt, about her remarkable and successful career path as a physician, and the pivots she has made throughout, taking Dr. Johnson-Pratt all over the world, including China and Vietnam. She has had more traditional positions in medical pharma and some outside the box, including a role in marketing and currently as a movie producer. With all of her success, she continues to look for new challenges and meaningful ways to spend her most precious asset: time. If you have ever wondered about the breadth of careers you could have with a medical degree, this episode will be eye opening for you. 

 

Dr. Johnson-Pratt currently holds a position of SVP, New Product Commercial Strategy at Ionis Pharma and she is on the board of directors of Tracon Pharmaceuticals, Assembly Biosciences, and Young People in Recovery.

 

You can find Dr. Johnson-Pratt on LinkedIn and on her Podcast, Life After Abuse.

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