155: Physician Wellness, Telemedicine, a Busy Practice & Fatherhood with Dr. Alfred Atanda

“So imagine if you could hit the ground running and have all the tools that you need.” -Dr. Alfred Atanda Jr.

 

In today’s episode, DocWorking Founder and CEO, Dr. Jen Barna talks with Dr. Alfred Atanda Jr. about telemedicine, physician wellness, fatherhood, and work-life balance. Dr. Atanda Jr. is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware where he serves as the Chief of the Center for Sports Medicine, the Director of Clinician Well-Being, and is also an Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. You will hear Dr. Atanda Jr.’s tips for telemedicine, his thoughts and ideas on physician wellness, and how he balances a busy practice with fatherhood and his many interests. 

Dr. Atanda Jr. is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, he completed residency at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Dr. Atanda also completed fellowships in pediatric orthopedic surgery, at Alfred I DuPont Hospital for Children, and in sports medicine surgery, at the Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University.

 

His clinical interests include sports medicine, orthopedic trauma, general pediatric orthopedics, and injury prevention in youth athletes. With his expertise in these areas he is frequently invited to teach and lecture locally, regionally, and nationally.

 

His future goals and aspirations are to re-imagine how healthcare is delivered by leveraging digital health and telemedicine technology to appropriately triage, navigate, evaluate, and treat orthopedic patients. He is the chief editor of the world’s first textbook solely dedicated to telemedicine in orthopedic surgery and sports medicine. In his non-surgical role, he has been working to optimize the physician experience, bringing awareness to the many ramifications of physician burnout, lack of well-being, and suicide. He not only works with individual physicians but also is instrumental in creating and implementing an overall physician well-being strategy for his organization. 

 

He is a physician expert for numerous telemedicine companies organizations providing strategic advice and e-consultations to urgent care, emergency department, and primary care physicians, as well as a second opinion directly to patients. He is a speaker at wellness spas and resorts, is the director of the physician well-being podcast for the orthopedic surgery educational platform “OrthoBullets”, and has also launched a telemedicine concierge service for the parents of youth athletes: “SportsLinkMD”. 

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