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Should we assume EVERYONE has reflux until proven otherwise?  Does reflux cause global warming?  If there’s a post-nasal drip, is there a pre-nasal drip?  Where’s all that mucus coming from anyway?  On today’s episode we discuss the epidemics of reflux and post-nasal drip with laryngologist Dr. Matthew Clary, an assistant professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.  Dr. Clary went to medical school at The Ohio State, started his otolaryngology residency at George Washington, which is where I met him, as I was in DC, too, at Georgetown at the same time.  After two years, he defected and transferred to Thomas Jefferson University, now the Sidney Kimmel Medical College and then did a laryngology fellowship at UCSF.Dr. Clary and I discuss laryngopharyngeal reflux and post-nasal drip and other conditions one should be considering if your patient has one of these, but doesn’t seem to be improving.  We discuss common misconceptions about these conditions and how many patients with complaints like globus, throat clearing, and throat mucus may have a voice disorder.  He gives us recommendations for some simple exercises that might help and we end with some advice for professional voice users like us physicians, who, like it or not, are professional voice uses because we speak to our patients all day long. He does not have a presence on social media, so if you are looking to find him, you’ll have to make an appointment.  Here’s his professional website.  He takes a dang good picture.This is a medical podcast with a physician mentor that may help with medical decisions around reflux, post-nasal drip, and habitual throat clearing.  This is not medical advice. https://www.cudoctors.com/Find_A_Doctor/Profile/20862 This medical podcast is your physician mentor to fill the gaps in your medical education. We cover physician soft skills, charting, interpersonal skills, doctor finance, doctor mental health, medical decisions, physician parenting, physician executive skills, navigating your doctor career, and medical professional development. This is critical CME for physicians, but without the credits (yet). A proud founding member of the Doctor Podcast Network!Visit www.physiciansguidetodoctoring.com to connect, dive deeper, and keep the conversation going. Let’s grow! Disclaimer:This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical, financial, or legal advice. Always consult a qualified professional for personalized guidance. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What is something that is tough to learn and every doctor should know it better than they do?  Aside from Kreb’s Cycle.  Billing and coding! Dr. Charlotte Akor is a nationally recognized speaker and physician coach on billing and coding.  In this interview, we discuss the necessary history, physical and medical decision making in order to bill and code appropriately and then get into the weeds about proper coding of medical decision making.  She uses examples to help explain medical decision making with diagnoses of varying complexity.   We then get into the time-based codes and how to appropriately document for this.  We end with the common modifiers and some newer codes that are frequently missed in the primary care setting. Dr. Akor completed her undergraduate education at Yale, attended medical school at West Virginia University, and completed her ophthalmology residency at SUNY Buffalo.  She then completed TWO fellowships, one in ophthalmologic pathology at Emory and one in pediatric ophthalmology at Children’s Health Care of Atlanta Hospital.  She is the former head of the Pediatric Ophthalmology on the faculty of The University of Texas at Houston Health Sciences Center and is now in a hospital-based practice in Abilene, Texas.  She is the Amazon best-selling author of Medical Coding Decoded and can be found at CharlotteAkorMD.com.This is a medical podcast with a physician mentor that will help with physician financial independence as it can help you get paid for the work that you do in your doctor career. Find this and all episodes on your favorite podcast platform at PhysiciansGuidetoDoctoring.comPlease be sure to leave a five star review, a nice comment and SHARE!!! This medical podcast is your physician mentor to fill the gaps in your medical education. We cover physician soft skills, charting, interpersonal skills, doctor finance, doctor mental health, medical decisions, physician parenting, physician executive skills, navigating your doctor career, and medical professional development. This is critical CME for physicians, but without the credits (yet). A proud founding member of the Doctor Podcast Network!Visit www.physiciansguidetodoctoring.com to connect, dive deeper, and keep the conversation going. Let’s grow! Disclaimer:This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical, financial, or legal advice. Always consult a qualified professional for personalized guidance. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dr. Colin Zhu is a family medicine physician who practices primarily locums.  He also trained as a chef and a health coach at the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health & Culinary Arts and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition after medical school.   We discuss recommendations he has for his patients looking to eat healthier and physicians looking to do this same.  We talk about essential kitchen utensils and small appliances, his go-to ingredients, for simple, fast, healthy, and delicious meals.  We finish by discussing his book, Thrive Medicine.Locum tenens has taken him to Nevada, where he worked with a Native American population at a tribal-run outpatient clinic, a Veterans Affairs system in Louisiana and a county medicine department in Santa Cruz, California that runs its own homeless shelter. A fourth position found him at a community health clinic in Seattle with a diverse refugee population. Currently, he works in Los Angeles. His traveling work has been featured in publications such as The DO, MedPage Today, and Stat News. To share his unique blend of medical knowledge with a wider audience, Dr. Zhu launched TheChefDoc website, an online wellness and lifestyle education platform which has been featured in Jarry Magazine, OWaves, and Brit + Co. Colin is also the author of "Thrive Medicine: How To Cultivate Your Desires and Elevate Your Life," released in December 2017.  Social Media Links:Website: http://chefdoczhu.com/Thrive Medicine the Book: https://www.amazon.com/Thrive-Medicine-Cultivate-Desires-Elevate/dp/0999646133/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thechefdoc/?hl=enLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colin-zhu-do-3905ba60/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeVW6o9F8V5BmCfkkLHUDTwFind this and all episodes on your favorite podcast platform at PhysiciansGuidetoDoctoring.comPlease be sure to leave a five star review, a nice comment and SHARE!!!This is a medical podcast with a  physician mentor about with cooking tips for overwhelmed doctors. This medical podcast is your physician mentor to fill the gaps in your medical education. We cover physician soft skills, charting, interpersonal skills, doctor finance, doctor mental health, medical decisions, physician parenting, physician executive skills, navigating your doctor career, and medical professional development. This is critical CME for physicians, but without the credits (yet). A proud founding member of the Doctor Podcast Network!Visit www.physiciansguidetodoctoring.com to connect, dive deeper, and keep the conversation going. Let’s grow! Disclaimer:This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical, financial, or legal advice. Always consult a qualified professional for personalized guidance. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dr. Rachna Patel is an emergency medicine physician who has a medical marijuana telemedicine practice, a book, and her own CBD oil.  Medical marijuana and CBD, specifically, seem to have become a panacea or snake oil with magical properties that can cure everything.  Like what we tell our patients about good nutrition and exercise. She helps to clear up fact from fiction during our wide ranging and comprehensive discussion, from the current state of dispensing, its legal status, biochemistry, risks, FDA approved and internationally approved derivatives, methods of ingestion and for what conditions she recommends it.She has been interviewed on over 200 podcasts (but this has been her favorite), has taken the stage internationally to spread awareness, has been featured in articles for Lifehacker and MindBodyGreen and has appeared on major news networks such as NBC.  She recently published, The CBD Oil Solution: Treat Chronic Pain, Anxiety, Insomnia, and More- without the High, available on Amazon, and her own line of CBD oil.  Find this and all episodes on your favorite podcast platform at PhysiciansGuidetoDoctoring.comPlease be sure to leave a five star review, a nice comment and SHARE!!!This is a medical podcast with a physician mentor about cannabidiol (and a little about tetrahydrocannabinol).  This medical podcast is your physician mentor to fill the gaps in your medical education. We cover physician soft skills, charting, interpersonal skills, doctor finance, doctor mental health, medical decisions, physician parenting, physician executive skills, navigating your doctor career, and medical professional development. This is critical CME for physicians, but without the credits (yet). A proud founding member of the Doctor Podcast Network!Visit www.physiciansguidetodoctoring.com to connect, dive deeper, and keep the conversation going. Let’s grow! Disclaimer:This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical, financial, or legal advice. Always consult a qualified professional for personalized guidance. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dr. Uchenna Umeh is a pediatrician who has lost people to suicide.  She saw this as a growing issue among her patient population, so she left the stability of her medical practice to affect a wider audience by reaching out to larger groups.  She is now a public speaker on childhood, teen and young adult depression and suicide. We discuss her recommendations for recognizing characteristics of depression and suicidality, how to start the discussion about such a sensitive issue if we suspect it, and why we should start that discussion even if we don’t suspect it.She also goes by Dr. Lulu and the Momatrician. She completed medical school in Nigeria and relocated to the US for her pediatric residency program at Howard University Hospital.She currently resides in San Antonio Texas where she practices telemedicine and freelance writing. Her brand-new bestseller, How to Raise Well-Rounded Children, is available on Amazon here and on her website, teenalive.com. She hosts a weekly Facebook live, Ask Doctor Lulu, on Sundays at 2 pm CST. She was recently invited to testify at the Texas state-house on behalf of the House Bill 10, in support of funding for mental illness. Find this and all episodes on your favorite podcast platform at SUCCEEDinMEDICINE.comPlease be sure to leave a five star review, a nice comment and SHARE!!!This is a medical podcast with a physician mentor if you are a physician parent, or any parent, about teen suicidality.    This medical podcast is your physician mentor to fill the gaps in your medical education. We cover physician soft skills, charting, interpersonal skills, doctor finance, doctor mental health, medical decisions, physician parenting, physician executive skills, navigating your doctor career, and medical professional development. This is critical CME for physicians, but without the credits (yet). A proud founding member of the Doctor Podcast Network!Visit www.physiciansguidetodoctoring.com to connect, dive deeper, and keep the conversation going. Let’s grow! Disclaimer:This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical, financial, or legal advice. Always consult a qualified professional for personalized guidance. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dr. Jasmine Marcelin is an infectious disease doctor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.  How did a doctor from Antigua end up in Nebraska?  Through Canada, of course!  It is an interesting story that she uses to educate us about some of the challenges and stigmas that international medical graduates face in order to practice medicine in the US. Dr. Marcelin is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Co-Director of Digital Innovation & Social Media Strategy and Associate Medical Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention & Control at University of Nebraska Medical Center & Nebraska Medicine. Her Antimicrobial Stewardship interests include diagnostic stewardship and ambulatory stewardship. She is a member of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). Dr. Marcelin is a member of several national medical society committees including the IDSA Medical Student Scholarship Committee, the Inclusion, Diversity, Access & Equity Taskforce, SHEA Awards committee and SHEA Journal Club Committee. She is a passionate advocate for gender and racial/ethnic diversity, inclusion and equity in medicine and contributes to Faculty Development efforts related to diversity & inclusion and social media for healthcare professionals. Dr. Marcelin received her medical degree from American University of Antigua College of Medicine and completed her Internal Medicine Residency & Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.  You can follow her work on twitter @DrJRMarcelin and on LinkedIn.This is a medical podcast with a physician mentor about the challenges faced by international medical graduates. Find this and all episodes on your favorite podcast platform at SUCCEEDinMEDICINE.comPlease be sure to leave a five star review, a nice comment and SHARE!!! This medical podcast is your physician mentor to fill the gaps in your medical education. We cover physician soft skills, charting, interpersonal skills, doctor finance, doctor mental health, medical decisions, physician parenting, physician executive skills, navigating your doctor career, and medical professional development. This is critical CME for physicians, but without the credits (yet). A proud founding member of the Doctor Podcast Network!Visit www.physiciansguidetodoctoring.com to connect, dive deeper, and keep the conversation going. Let’s grow! Disclaimer:This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical, financial, or legal advice. Always consult a qualified professional for personalized guidance. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dr. Errin Weisman is a family physician in rural, southwest Indiana, and a life coach, speaker, blogger, and a podcaster.  We talk about three ideas she wishes she could teach her younger self and each has its own actionable step to help us all live more fulfilling lives.  We also flipped the script on an old formula. On previous episodes, we’ve had specialists discuss what they think all physicians should know about the specialty, but this time, she told us what she wants all specialists to know about being a rural family medicine physician. Dr. Weisman faced professional burnout early in her career and speaks openly about her story in order to help others, particularly female physicians and working moms, know they are not alone. She wholeheartedly believes that to be a healer, you must first fill your own cup. She is also a farmer's wife, athlete and mother of three. You can find out more about Dr. Weisman on her podcast "Doctor Me First," her website truthrxs.com or hang out with her on social media @truthrxs.  This and all episodes have been expertly produced by voice-over artist @caringilfry at GilfryStudios.com Find this and all episodes on your favorite podcast platform at PhysiciansGuidetoDoctoring.com Please be sure to leave a five star review, a nice comment and SHARE!!! #truthrxs #burnout #moralinjury #qualityoflife #familymedicine #somedocs #podcast #medtwitter #healthcare #medical #medicine #physician #doctor This medical podcast is your physician mentor to fill the gaps in your medical education. We cover physician soft skills, charting, interpersonal skills, doctor finance, doctor mental health, medical decisions, physician parenting, physician executive skills, navigating your doctor career, and medical professional development. This is critical CME for physicians, but without the credits (yet). A proud founding member of the Doctor Podcast Network!Visit www.physiciansguidetodoctoring.com to connect, dive deeper, and keep the conversation going. Let’s grow! Disclaimer:This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical, financial, or legal advice. Always consult a qualified professional for personalized guidance. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

If you’ve ever counseled a patient (or yourself!) on how to improve their diet, quit smoking, or exercise more, you are basically saying that they need to improve their habits.  Should you be telling them to go Paleo?  Keto? Crypto? CrossFit?  Yoga?  Tai Chi?   Dr. Tello gets into the evidence behind the science of habit development.  Her recommendation?  Just do one push-up a day.  Or eat one piece of kale.  That’s it!  She wrote a book about evidence based habit development called Healthy Habits for your Heart.  We start by talking about the interesting way that she got the book deal before diving into the science of habits.  We discuss how to start a habit, how to discontinue one, how long the process takes, the psychology of habit development.  The second half of her book is a list of 100 heart healthy habits, so discuss a few of those.  Monique Tello is a primary care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts and instructor at Harvard Medical School. She practices part-time internal medicine at Women's Health Associates, a small MGH-based primary care practice with all female providers that serves predominantly female patients. She is originally from the Boston area, and graduated from Brown University and the University of Vermont College of Medicine. She completed a combined internal medicine and pediatrics residency training program at Yale/New Haven Hospital. After residency, she earned a Master's in Public Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and completed a clinical research fellowship in General Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital; her research and clinical focus while at Hopkins was HIV Women's Health. Throughout training and beyond, Monique has been active in international health, volunteering at and supporting clinics in Central and South America, as well as participating in several disaster missions. While living in Baltimore, she met her husband, local sports broadcaster Bob Socci, and they relocated to Milton, Massachusetts almost a decade ago. They have two young children, one with autism. She is half Latina, speaks Spanish, and maintains a close relationship with her extended family in Guatemala. She writes a popular blog, generallymedicine.com, about her life as a doctor and a mother and contributes to many other blogs, including Mothers in Medicine and Harvard Health Blog. Her writing focuses on work/life balance and healthy lifestyle. This medical podcast is your physician mentor to fill the gaps in your medical education. We cover physician soft skills, charting, interpersonal skills, doctor finance, doctor mental health, medical decisions, physician parenting, physician executive skills, navigating your doctor career, and medical professional development. This is critical CME for physicians, but without the credits (yet). A proud founding member of the Doctor Podcast Network!Visit www.physiciansguidetodoctoring.com to connect, dive deeper, and keep the conversation going. Let’s grow! Disclaimer:This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical, financial, or legal advice. Always consult a qualified professional for personalized guidance. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dr. David Draghinas was an active duty anesthesiologist in the US navy before going into private practice in the Dallas area.  He made his first foray onto the world wide web with the anesthesia myths website, as a way to help patients tell fact from fiction with anesthesia.  We talk about what he wants all physicians, especially those writing surgical clearance letters, to know about anesthesia.  We also discuss his podcast, Doctors Unbound, where he interviews physicians who are doing “amazing things outside of clinical medicine.” He curates only the finest guests, which is why he had me on the show a few months ago. anesthesiamyths.com/ doctorsunbound.com/ This and all episodes have been expertly produced by voice-over artist Carin Gilfry at GilfryStudios.com Find this and all episodes on your favorite podcast platform at PhysiciansGuidetoDoctoring.com Please be sure to leave a five star review, a nice comment and SHARE!!! This medical podcast is your physician mentor to fill the gaps in your medical education. We cover physician soft skills, charting, interpersonal skills, doctor finance, doctor mental health, medical decisions, physician parenting, physician executive skills, navigating your doctor career, and medical professional development. This is critical CME for physicians, but without the credits (yet). A proud founding member of the Doctor Podcast Network!Visit www.physiciansguidetodoctoring.com to connect, dive deeper, and keep the conversation going. Let’s grow! Disclaimer:This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical, financial, or legal advice. Always consult a qualified professional for personalized guidance. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dr. Rand Diab is a board-certified, comprehensive ophthalmologist in the Chicago suburbs of Northwest Indiana, practicing for over 15 years.  We discuss what she thinks all physicians should know about ophthalmology, which starts with how to spell it.  We discuss acute eye injuries and why every pink eye doesn’t get treated with antibiotics drops.  She also really deflates my balloon when she dispels the myth that an avulsed eyeball can be kept in milk until it can be reattached.  Dr. Diab. lives in the Chicago area with her husband and 3 children. She loves family, friends, and fitness.  She shares her passion for patient education on her website and her life experiences on her blog and social media.  You can find her at www.randdiab.com or @randdiabmd on Instagram and Twitter.   This and all episodes have been expertly produced by voice-over artist Carin Gilfry at GilfryStudios.com Find this and all episodes on your favorite podcast platform at PhysiciansGuidetoDoctoring.com Please be sure to leave a five star review, a nice comment and SHARE!!! This medical podcast is your physician mentor to fill the gaps in your medical education. We cover physician soft skills, charting, interpersonal skills, doctor finance, doctor mental health, medical decisions, physician parenting, physician executive skills, navigating your doctor career, and medical professional development. This is critical CME for physicians, but without the credits (yet). A proud founding member of the Doctor Podcast Network!Visit www.physiciansguidetodoctoring.com to connect, dive deeper, and keep the conversation going. Let’s grow! Disclaimer:This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical, financial, or legal advice. Always consult a qualified professional for personalized guidance. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.