I'm delighted to be back with S6 E9 and to welcome Associate Professor Vikram Palit to the podcast. Vikram is a Paediatric Respiratory Physician by clinical background and a Senior Lecturer in Health Systems science. He has held senior leadership roles across academia, clinical medicine and health services in Australia and the United Kingdom. He is also the founder and CEO of ConsultMed https://www.consultmed.co/about-us/ Consultmed brings together his passion for healthcare and embracing tec...
In S6 E8 I am delighted to welcome Associate Professor Bhavesh Patel to the podcast. Dr Patel is a senior paediatric surgeon at The Queensland Children's hospital with over two decades of experience in paediatric and neonatal, colorectal and urological surgery. He is the Queensland State-wide Clinical Lead for Surgical Quality Improvement through his appointment at Clinical Excellence Queensland. As an Associate Professor he teaches students at several medical schools, and provides state-wide...
In S6 E 7 I am delighted to welcome Dr Max Mollenkopf to the podcast. Max is a General Practitioner and practice owner based in NSW, Australia. He has worked in a variety of acute, subacute and governance roles in both public and private systems across Australia and New Zealand and has a deep understanding of the interfaces of healthcare, health administration and provision of health services. As a practising GP, Max enjoys providing quality and collaborative healthcare for his local co...
Interrupting the program as usual to bring you this short teaser episode about an upcoming conference I am very excited about, The Creative Careers in Medicine Conference 2025. This year's conference is taking place August 23rd and 24th in Melbourne. In this conversation I chat with CCIM founder Dr Amandeep Hansra about the event. Regular listeners will recall Dr Hansra first guested on the podcast back in 2021 and Season 2. At that time the CCIM community had 16 K members, today ...
In S6 E5 I am delighted to welcome Dr Colin West MD PhD to the podcast. Dr West is a practising physician, educator, biostatistician and he is globally renowned for his research in professional and organisational wellbeing in healthcare. He has been deeply embedded in research work in this area with colleagues at Mayo Clinic for over two decades to advance and inform healthcare organisational and clinician wellbeing leadership, strategy and evidence-informed system and work unit interventions...
In a special cross over episode the Mind Full Medic podcast is delighted to bring you this episode of the Heartline: Changemaking in Healthcare podcast with Dr Andrea Austin. I have the opportunity to flip the mic on Dr Austin, Emergency Physician and FACEP based in San Diego California, educator, simulationist, podcast host and well known to regular listeners as favourite "Frentor" of the Mind Full Medic. In this conversation we explore the fascinating world of changemaking in healthca...
Season 6 Episode 3 returns with a Special Sponsor episode to align with The Medical Benevolent Association of NSW-ACT's May appeal. I'm delighted to have the opportunity to sit down with GP, writer and author Dr Sonia Henry.Dr Henry is also a councillor for the MBA NSW-ACT. She has been published in The Australian, RM Williams Magazine, The Sydney Morning Herald, Kevin MD, Australian Medical Students Association Magazine, The ANZ Journal of Surgery and on a variety of other platforms. H...
In S6 E2 I am delighted to welcome Dr Joshua D Hartzell MD MS-HPEd FACP FIDSA to the podcast. Dr Hartzell is an Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine Physician and a retired Army Colonel who has spent 25 years in military medicine. He is also the author of a fantastic new book : A Prescription for Caring in Healthcare Leadership: Building a Culture of Compassion and Excellence. Throughout his career Dr Hartzell has held n...
Welcome to Season 6 Episode 1 of the podcast. This season we will explore the overarching theme of hope as something we intentionally co-create through great strategy and action. I am incredibly honoured to be joined but not one but two "giants" in healthcare clinical leadership, Dr Don Berwick President Emeritus and Senior Fellow at at the Institute for Health Improvement and also special guest co-host Professor Catherine Crock Chair and Founder of the Hush Foundation. ( More complete bios i...
In S5 E 16 I am delighted to welcome Mr Bob Chapman to the podcast. Mr Chapman "The People's CEO" is Chairman and CEO of St. Louis, MO-based Barry-Wehmiller, a $3.6B global capital equipment and engineering solutions company with more than 12,000 team members. Mr Chapman became the senior executive of Barry- Wehmiller in 1975 at age 30 when the 90-year-old business had $20 million in revenue, outdated technology and a very weak financial position. As you will hear in this ...
In S 5 E 15 I am delighted to welcome Fiona McCarthy to the podcast. Fiona is an occupational therapist by background specialising in workplace injury management and return to work. After her career in Occupational Therapy, Fiona became interested in primary prevention of workplace injury. She pursued post-graduate studies in Ergonomics , Safety and Health and Latrobe University. Since then, Fiona has worked in Safety and Wellbeing roles in Government, Higher Education and Healt...
In S5 E14 I am delighted to welcome Pedja Stojicic, MD, MPH to the podcast. Dr Stojicic is an instructor for the DrPH Program at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health teaching two courses - Enabling Teams and Enabling Large System Change. Pedja is passionate about enabling health leaders to use community organizing practices to advocate for equitable health and well-being. He currently serves as an executive lead for People, Power, Health https://www.peoplepower...
Welcome to milestone episode 75! Thank you to past guests for generously contributing their time, expertise and wisdom to the podcast and inspiring me and many listeners. Thank you to everyone listening for continuing to support and grow this podcast and platform. Five years on this passion project still brings me joy and energy. I can't think of a more fitting guest and topic to celebrate #75 than Dr Andrew Wines current president of podcast sponsor The Medical Be...
In S5 E12 I am delighted to introduce Dr Josh Case to the podcast. Josh is a medical doctor, software developer, startup founder and author. He is passionate about making the world's healthcare systems safer and more efficient by applying new and existing technology and by building the capability for individual clinicians to make change. In this conversation Josh describes his early experiences of combining his dual skills as clinician and software developer...
In S 5 E 11 I am delighted welcome Dr Bethan Richards to the podcast. Dr Richards is a Staff Specialist Rheumatologist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney and Deputy Director of the Institute for Musculoskeletal Health. In 2019, following her return from Stanford, Bethan had the honour of being appointed Chief Medical Wellness Officer in Sydney Local Health District – an Australian first. She is also the District’s inaugural MDOK Centre Director. &...
S5 E 10 Welcome to our first podcast bookclub! In this episode I am delighted to re-joined by two friends of the podcast and previous guests Dr Jonathan Fisher and Dr Anna Baverstock. If you haven't had a chance to listen to my conversations with Anna and Jonathan, press pause and listen here: Deep Listening, brave conversations and the goal of connection with Dr Anna Baverstock https://www.buzzsprout.com/1091279/14939038-deep-listening-brave-conversations-and-the-goal-of-connection-...
"The intersection of medicine, business and courageous creativity is where I've spent most of my career" Wendy Dean MD In S5 E9 I am delighted to introduce another "heavy hitter" in healthcare thought leadership and transformational practice, Wendy Dean MD, president and co-founder of Moral Injury of Healthcare. Dr Dean is an alum of Smith College and the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She trained in surgery and psychiatry at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Cente...
In S5 E8 I am delighted to welcome Dr Jess Morgan to the podcast. Dr Morgan is a UK based paediatrician who spent 11 years as a junior doctor in the NHS. In 2019, after experiencing burnout and mental illness, she left medicine altogether. Jess threw herself into a new career as a primary teacher, completing her PGCE during the Covid pandemic and then teaching her own class. More recently, she decided to return to medicine and is still navigating this journey...
In S5 E7 I am delighted to welcome Dr Chris Edmond to the podcast. Dr Edmond is an occupational medicine physician based in Jersey. He is the Medical Director of WorkHealth (Channel Islands) Ltd, the Channel Islands’ only dedicated occupational health provider, and also holds Non-Executive Directorships at several non-profit organisations in the field of health and wellbeing in Jersey. Before qualifying in medicine in 2011, Chris worked in a variety of roles includ...
In S 5 E 6 I am delighted to introduce Dr Linny Kimly Phuong. Dr Phuong is Founder & Director of The Water Well Project. She is a Paediatric Infectious Diseases Physician at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Austin Health, Cabrini Health and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. She is also a PhD candidate studying invasive pneumococcal disease in children. Prior to medicine, Linny was a qualified pharmacist and also holds a Master of Public Health. Linny has received reco...