Docs Outside The Box

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show!What’s good everyone!! We’re going to continue the voter registration conversation because it’s very important. Today you’ll be hearing from Dr. Alister Martin, an ER physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, who started the organization VotER. VotER believes that more voices build better systems and they are accomplishing this by making it easier for medical professionals and their patients to register to vote. You’ll also hear about what it’s like to build an organization like this from the ground up. Other things you’ll learn in this episode: How patients can change the dynamics of healthcare How Dr. Alister has been able to get such a large patient and hospital buy-in The importance of civic engagement How he built the intricate network/infrastructure of VotER How VotER has been able to “gamify” voter registration with medical professionals. Resources: Democracy, STAT

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show!What’s good everyone, We’re back with the real estate series. Renee and I hit a couple of snafus/potholes or whatever you want to call it during this process. Check out future episodes to hear about them. On this episode, you’re going to hear how Dr. David Draghinas is able to make over 6 figures a year with his properties on AirBNB. You heard that right!!! He is not a fan of traditional tenant/landlord leasing and decided to put his energy into short-term rentals. David Draghinas MD is a board-certified anesthesiologist practicing with an amazing group in the Dallas area. He previously served as a physician in US Navy, after receiving an HPSP scholarship. He loves to podcast and share the stories of amazing physicians at Doctors Unbound. Besides his podcast, he lives "Outside the Box" by building Financial Independence and generational wealth through Short Term Rentals.   There’s a lot to learn in this episode: Why he doesn’t like traditional tenant/landlord leasing The software he’s using to hack his way to 6 figures The difference between AirBNB rentals and traditional renting Top 3 recommendations to be successful on AirBNB   Resources: Airdna.co Email: 5 reasons to have short term rentals to doctorsunbound@gmail.com to get your free gift from Dr. David

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show!What’s good everyone,   Voting is at the root of our democracy. The stakes of this election can give someone heartburn (I got my Zantac ready)! Lucky enough, we got a group of medical professionals making it easy for doctors and patients to register to vote. Their organization is called Vote Health 2020 and they are nonpartisan. Dr. Stella Safo, who is a cofounder, comes on the hotseat to talk about what this organization is doing and how you can take action. Dr. Stella Safo is a HIV primary care physician with experience in clinical transformation and healthcare redesign within Mount Sinai Health System and Premier Inc, where she respectively serves as an Assistant Professor and Strategic Advisor.  Dr. Safo received her medical education from Harvard Medical School and a masters degree in public health with a focus on global health at the Harvard School of Public Health; she completed a residency in Primary Care and Social Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York followed by an HIV fellowship from the HIV Medical Association. Her research areas focus on qualitative analyses of healthcare delivery to vulnerable populations around the world.   This episode is sponsored by Provider Solutions & Development. Experts in holistic career coaching – check them out at www.psdrecruit.org/docsoutsidethebox      

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show!What’s good everyone! Dr. Sylvie Stacy, author of 50 Nonclinical Careers for Physicians, jumps on the hot seat to talk about choosing not to practice clinically. Yes, I said it! There are a bunch of medical students, residents, and doctors who deep down know that clinical medicine ain’t for them. Who do they talk to? Where can they find out next what to do? Dr. Sylvie Stacy is a preventive medicine specialist living and practice in Birmingham, Alabama. She received her MD from UMass Medical School and completed her residency and earned an MPH at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Sylvie went through something similar, but decided to help others by creating a website that inventoried jobs looking for physicians. She didn’t stop there and wrote this great book. Full Disclosure: I endorsed this book!   This episode is sponsored by Provider Solutions & Development. Experts in holistic career coaching – check them out at www.psdrecruit.org/docsoutsidethebox          

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show!What’s good everyone! We’ve all learned that there’s plenty of ways to skin a cat. In the world of personal finance, we don’t get the opportunity to hear opinions from various backgrounds. It’s smart to have an emergency fund, and set a plan for debt payoff. On today’s episode, we’re going to debate should you pay off your debt as quickly as you can? Also, are leases really that bad? Drs. David Rhoiney and Leif Dahleen from SurgiFI & Physician on Fire respectively, jump on this podcast! Resources: Dr. Leif Dahleen – @physicianonfire Dr. David Rhoiney - SurgiFI – @fisurgi   This episode is sponsored by Provider Solutions & Development. Experts in holistic career coaching – check them out at www.psdrecruit.org/docsoutsidethebox    

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show!On this episode, top GI specialist Dr. Darrell Gray joins me to discuss Chadwick Boseman's cancer diagnosis and subsequent death. 

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show!On this episode, we continue our discussion on articles that have been recently retracted by prominent journals. Up next is the article published by the Journal of American Health Association called Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity: Evolution of Race and Ethnicity Considerations for the Cardiology Workforce in the United States of America From 1969 to 2019.

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show!We break down the new beef on the internet–Joe Budden vs. Spotify. Joe Budden has been on Spotify for the past two years and is not happy with the terms of their agreement. There are big lessons doctors who have big followings on social media can gain from this conversation.We also talk about the recent passing of Chadwick Boseman.

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show!Today you’re hear Part 1 of a discussion about what’s up with these peer-reviewed journals? Both the Journal of the American Heart Association and Journal of Vascular Surgery had to retract articles that had obvious biases and questionable methodology. I’m joined by Drs. Kameron, Estell, & Amber to discuss this the only way we know how.

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show!What’s good everyone, So listen in as we talk about this 6 unit property we just checked out. Dr. Renee is going to run the numbers on this place to see if we should make an offer.