The Zach Highley Show

Taking a step away, I'll be back don't worry, thanks so much for the support so far!__Resources___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for a transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777___Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes, I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.The best way to help the show is to share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

SERGE A. JABBOUR, MD, FACP, FACE is a Professor of Medicine and the Director of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolic Diseases at Jefferson. He is also the Director of the Jefferson Diabetes Center. Dr Jabbour completed his training in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolic Diseases at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.Dr Jabbour has been recognized with many honors and he is holder of many teaching awards. Dr Jabbour was named Top Doc in Philadelphia area every year since 2011 by Philadelphia Magazine and one of the best endocrinologists in the nation by Castle Connolly every year since 2012. Dr Jabbour is a member of numerous professional organizations, including The Endocrine Society, American Diabetes Association and American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.Dr Jabbour has published many articles and chapters on diabetes, metabolic syndrome, various endocrine topics; he serves on the Editorial Board of many journals and he just finished in September 2021 his 5-year tenure as the Chair of the Endocrine Board Review Committee for The Endocrine Society.Dr Jabbour’s main research interest is in the field of diabetes. He is involved in many clinical research trials related to new diabetes drugs. He also gives many lectures all over the world on different endocrine topics, mainly diabetes, either in the setting of grand rounds, symposia or other CME presentations. I am truly honored to have such an inspiring and world-class endocrinologist with me today. Welcome Dr. Jabbour, let’s see how many people we can convince to do endocrinology.Jefferson Endocrinology:https://www.jeffersonhealth.org/clinical-specialties/endocrinology-diabetes-metabolic-diseases?gclid=CjwKCAjwiOCgBhAgEiwAjv5whBW4FTPRCa_lVxnQI577rjIie4qMEkxca7tNsBwTxndwYCamtYfiMBoCknsQAvD_BwEJefferson Diabetes Center:https://www.jeffersonhealth.org/clinical-specialties/diabetes-center___0:00 - Intro1:49 - Statistics About Endocrinology3:10 - What Is Endocrinology?5:22 - Journey Into Medicine and Endocrinology13:07 - Keeping the Team Happy15:42 - An Average Day/Week of an Endocrinologist19:40 - Advice for People Looking Into Leveling up Ranks22:50 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?25:25 - Best Thing About Being an Endocrinologist27:35 - Making a Rare Diagnosis32:16 - Passion for Studying Diabetes34:21 - Things We Should Know About Type 2 & 1 Diabetes53:06 - What Do You Think About Ozempic and Glp-1?59:44 - Dietary Tips1:06:21 - Hemoglobin a1c Levels1:20:10 - SGLT2 Inhibitors1:16:48 - Future of Endocrinology1:19:34 - Changes Over the Years1:20:17 - Myths About Diabetes1:24:29 - High Number of Diabetic Patients in the U.S.1:30:39 - Advice to People Looking Into Endocrinology1:32:36 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Endocrinology1:39:00 - What Makes the Best-Med Students/Residents/Fellows?1:42:28 - Advice to People Entering a Career in Medicine1:45:17 - What Advice Would You Give Your 18-Year-Old Self?1:48:20 - Adapting to the U.S.1:49:43 - Closing Message1:51:57 - Outro__ResourcesWho Moved My Cheese? by Dr Spencer Johnson: https://amzn.eu/d/dZHrYY8 ___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777___Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.The best way to help the show is share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Amy Mackenzie, MD, grew up in Los Angeles but fled the scene in 1994 after college in rural New York to live and work in Japan for 3 years. She decided to pursue medicine at that time and headed back to the states to finish up pre-med work while working for the Japanese Consulate in Los Angeles. She then moved to Philadelphia in 2000 to work and apply to med school, ultimately enrolling at MCP-Hahnemann (now Drexel). After a year as part-time faculty at the med school, she went on to 3 years of IM residency at Temple and subsequently worked as a hospitalist at Fox Chase for a year between residency and fellowship. She completed heme/onc fellowship at Jefferson in 2013 and then became the first oncologist to do a geriatrics fellowship at Jefferson. She has 4 board certifications: internal medicine, hematology, oncology and geriatrics. She is an associate professor and a fellow of the American College of Physicians, actively participates in an older adults task force with ASCO (Amercian Society of Clinical Oncology) and sits on the board of the newly formed American Academy of Geriatric Oncology. Welcome to the show!___0:00 - Intro1:17 - Statistics About Oncology2:24 - What Is Hematology Oncology?7:06 - Journey Into Heme-Oncol.12:39 - Entering Med School Older Than Most People19:16 - What Was Heme-Oncol. Fellowship Like?26:29 - Getting Into Geriatrics30:07 - What Is It Like Being an Attending?37:33 - Dealing With Very Sick People41:23 - Delivering Bad and Good News50:24 - Lessons Learned From Treating Very Ill Patients55:32 - An Average Day/Week of a Hematologist Oncologist1:06:20 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?1:09:09 - Worst Thing About Being a Hematologist Oncologist1:11:50 - Best Thing About Being a Hematologist Oncologist1:13:27 - Advice to People Looking Into Hematology Oncology1:16:36 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Fellowship1:19:09 - Advice to People Entering a Career in Medicine1:25:22 - Super Important Question!!!1:27:24 - Closing Message1:30:22 - Outro__Resources___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777___Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.The best way to help the show is share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Here are 42 things I learned from my 20s (that I wish I learned earlier).___0:19 - Schedule Everything0:57 - Call Customer Service1:35 - Your Parents Are People Too2:06 - Friends and Family Are Important2:31 - Aim for People to Respect You, Not to Like You3:28 - Free Time Is Great3:55 - Write Emails Like a Human4:33 - Meditate5:07 - Journaling5:32 - Cold Exposure6:14 - Heat Exposure6:46 - You Can Do Anything7:31 - Anger Solves Nothing8:12 - Listening Is a Learned Skill8:55 - Writing Is Important9:53 - Automate and Delegate11:01 - Reading Is a Superpower11:48 - Take All the Blame and Give the Credit12:28 - Try Doing One Thing at a Time13:27 - The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Oil14:06 - Everyone Is Shy; Be the Outgoing Person14:46 - Have a Positive Attitude15:18 - Your 20’s Matter16:23 - Saving Won’t Make You Rich19:37 - It Is Just a Matter of Time19:57 - Find Advisors and Mentors21:12 - Win with the Minimum Necessary Target22:33 - Little Habits Matter More23:05 - The World Isn’t So Scary24:16 - Avoid Underemployment25:23 - Say “No” Most of the Time25:51 - Say “I Do Not Know”27:30 - No One Cares and No One Knows27:44 - Do the Adult Things28:00 - Don’t Complain29:00 - Wake Up and Go to Bed at the Same Time29:04 - You Are the Average of the 5 People You Are With29:13 - Read More29:23 - Just Start!29:43 - Most Things Aren’t Personal31:18 - Cultivate a Healthy Mind and Body31:58 - This Too Shall Pass!__ResourcesThe Defining Decade by Meg Jay: https://amzn.eu/d/1mO3gWe Hell Yeah Or No by Derek Sivers: https://a.co/d/czgdFFn___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for a transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777___Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes, I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.The best way to help the show is to share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dr. Goldberg is from Wilmington, Delaware. She went to UPenn where she majored in the Biological Basis of Behavior, graduated Magna Cum Laude, was judged to have the best honor's thesis in her major and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She went to Albert Einstein College of Medicine for her MD degree and was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. She was a surgery resident here at Jefferson for many years, but changed careers to pathology. She is currently a cytopathologist and gynecologic surgical pathologist. She is also the doting mother to amazing twins and loving wife to her historian husband. Her research focuses on graduate medical education and laboratory quality and safety. In her "spare" time, she loves to ski, row, and watch her kids do karate and play baseball.___0:00 - Intro1:01 - Statistics About Pathology4:02 - What Is Pathology?11:24 - Changing to Pathology From Surgery29:51 - What Was Residency Like?32:58 - Specializing After Pathology Residency38:38 - What Is It Like Being an Attending?39:43 - An Average Day/Week of a Pathologist45:28 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?47:21 - Best Thing About Being a Pathologist49:37 - Worst Thing About Being a Pathologist55:41 - Myths About Pathologists57:10 - Characteristics of a Student for Pathology58:43 - Advice to People Looking Into Pathology1:01:40 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Pathology1:07:42 - Future of Pathology1:14:30 - Advice to People Entering a Career in Medicine1:18:12 - Book Recommendations1:22:23 - What Advice Would You Give Your 18-Year-Old Self?1:25:06 - Positive Qualities & Characteristics1:28:06 - Finding a Good Program1:30:19 - Closing Messages1:32:28 - Outro__ResourcesAnd the Band Played On by Randy Shilts: https://a.co/d/02Hdxqp___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777___Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.The best way to help the show is share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dr. Rohin Saroya is a family medicine doctor currently practicing family medicine and sleep medicine. He completed his residency at Drexel University and Moved to Jefferson and completed a one-year fellowship in sleep medicine. He is Board certified in both and practicing 80/20% in family medicine and sleep medicine, respectively. He still lives in Philly but is working in central Delaware at Bayhealth. Dr. Saroya is regularly elected as a top teacher, in fact, when searching for an attending doctor to speak to in regards to family medicine, Dr. Saroya was the name that came up 90% of the time. Welcome Dr. Saroya.___0:00 - Intro0:48 - Statistics About Family Medicine6:16 - What Is Family Medicine?10:18 - Journey Into Family Medicine16:16 - What Was Residency Like?22:07 - Getting Into Sleep Medicine23:58 - What Is Sleep Medicine?25:35 - What Was Sleep Medicine Fellowship Like?27:32 - Melatonin in Kids29:09 - Common Mistakes Made in Sleep Hygiene31:04 - Treating People Struggling With Sleep33:04 - Sleep Trackers and Devices to Improve Sleep36:46 - An Average Day of a Family Medicine Doctor40:12 - Tips for Practicing Medicine in the U.S. From Other Countries42:42 - What Is It Like Being an Attending?44:39 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?45:40 - Best Thing About Family Medicine46:49 - Worst Thing About Family Medicine47:48 - Dealing With Burnout and Keeping a Good Lifestyle50:03 - Things You Wish You Knew Before Going Into Family Medicine51:20 - Myths About Family Medicine53:05 - What Makes the Best-Med Students/Residents?57:40 - Future of Your Career1:02:16 - Advice to People Looking Into Family Medicine1:04:13 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Residency1:06:34 - Advice to People Entering Medicine1:08:21 - Common Mistakes1:09:08 - Positive Qualities & Characteristics You Admire1:10:28 - Closing Message for People Looking Into Family Medicine1:11:31 - Closing Message1:12:04 - Outro__Resources___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for a transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777___Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes, I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.The best way to help the show is to share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Gillian is from the larger Philadelphia area and initially studied Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Scranton and worked in social services as a Case Manager after college. She then transitioned to Vaccine Development NIH-funded research as a clinical coordinator at the University of Vermont while taking pre-med classes. She attended medical school at Penn State College of Medicine, where she also earned her Masters in Education and was recognized with the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine award and the Gold Humanism Honor Society. During medical school, she also held multiple statewide and national positions such as Chair for the Committee on Bioethics & Humanities for the American Medical Association-Medical Student Section, Board of Trustee for the Pennsylvania Medical Society, State Director on the Pennsylvania Political Action Committee Board of Directors for the Pennsylvania Medical Society. She was served as an Editorial Fellow with the AMA Journal of Ethics in 2019. She matched at TJUH in Internal Medicine where she was recognized with multiple teaching awards including Hobart Amory Hare Resident Teaching Award, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society and teaching award, and the Darilyn Moyer, MD, FACP Professionalism Award for Trainees in Southeastern PA. She is interested in a career in academic hospital medicine and medical education crafting curriculum that incorporates health system science and humanism topics in medicine.___0:00 - Intro1:29 - Statistics About Internal Medicine3:55 - What Is Internal Medicine?7:25 - Why Internal Medicine?15:18 - What Was IM Residency Like?17:23 - Plans for Designing a Curriculum19:22 - Shooting Incident at the Hospital23:02 - Best Thing About Being an IM Doctor26:09 - Worst Thing About Being an IM Doctor27:14 - Work Intensity and an Average Day as a Resident34:14 - The Best Year of Residency35:19 - An Average Outpatient Day/Week38:32 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?43:56 - Things You Wish You Knew Before Coming Into IM45:33 - Characteristics of a Student Best for IM50:00 - Advice for People Looking Into Internal Medicine51:22 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into IM Residency54:03 - Things Learned From Residency56:53 - Common Mistakes1:00:49 - Positive Qualities & Characteristics You Admire1:03:05 - Closing Message1:04:14 - Outro__Resources___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for a transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777___Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes, I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.The best way to help the show is to share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dr. Isenberg is a professor of surgery at SKMC and the vice chair of surgical education here at Jefferson as well. He is specialized in colorectal surgery. He went to medical school at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, trained in surgery at Lenox hill hospital, and completed is colorectal surgery fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University. He is the editor-in-chief for ACS case reviews in surgery, the immediate past president of the TJUH medical staff, the immediate past chair of Colorectal RC of ACGME and the past VP of ASCRS. He is a widely loved teacher and leader here at Jefferson. I personally had an amazing experience working as a medical student in his team here at Jefferson and because of how amazing an experience I had, I came very close to picking surgery as opposed to internal medicine. He has won multiple teaching awards, including Dean’s career educator award in 2020. ___0:00 - Intro1:07 - Statistics About Colorectal Surgery1:39 - What Is Colorectal Surgery?2:32 - Why Colorectal Surgery?5:53 - Choosing Surgery During Med School7:29 - What Was General Surgery Residency Like?8:26 - Going Into Colorectal Surgery9:49 - What Is It Like Being an Attending?12:08 - An Average Week of a Colorectal Surgeon13:42 - Being In Academia15:20 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?18:25 - Making Curricular Changes in Skmc21:47 - Best Thing About Colorectal Surgery23:47 - Worst Thing About Colorectal Surgery24:45 - What Makes the Best-Med Students/Residents/Fellows?27:12 - Advice to Students Doubting About Surgery28:39 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Surgery30:00 - Changes in Colorectal Surgery Over the Years32:17 - Future of Colorectal Surgery33:19 - Dealing With Burnout and Keeping a Good Lifestyle38:25 - Clinic vs Operating Room39:26 - Advice to New Attendings39:47 - Advice to People Entering a Career in Medicine42:02 - Any Mistakes That You Made Throughout Your Career/Life?44:27 - Book Recommendations48:55 - What Advice Would You Give Your 18-Year-Old Self?49:34 - Closing Message54:39 - Very Important Question!55:00 - Outro__ResourcesAn Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield: https://a.co/d/biHgWmwThe Book of Joy by Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, and Douglas Abrams: https://a.co/d/eSZdL0iWhen Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S. Kushner: https://a.co/d/em0VH6I ___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for a transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777___Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes, I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.The best way to help the show is to share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Alex Valiga is the current chief resident physician in the Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology here at Thomas Jefferson University. He grew up outside of Philadelphia in North Wales, Pennsylvania and attended nearby Drexel University where he earned a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering. It was during this time that Dr. Valiga developed his passion for cutaneous oncology by spending several years conducting basic science research at the world-renowned Wistar Institute. Given his achievements in academics and research, Dr. Valiga was elected to national honors societies for engineering (Tau Beta Pi) and biomedical engineering (Alpha Eta Mu Beta). After completing his undergraduate studies, Dr. Valiga then continued on to Drexel University College of Medicine. During this time he was honored to be elected co-president of his medical school class for four consecutive years and received the Joel Roslyn Award, an honor reserved for a single member of the graduating class in recognition of outstanding leadership while demonstrating a notable level of commitment and service to his fellow classmates. After graduation, Dr. Valiga then completed an internship in internal medicine at Lankenau Medical Center and is now halfway through his final year of dermatology residency at Thomas Jefferson where he is also serving as Chief Resident. With his academic interests in cutaneous oncology, Dr. Valiga will continue his training with a fellowship in micrographic surgery and dermatologic oncology after which he hopes to continue his career in academic medicine.___0:00 - Intro1:18 - Statistics About Dermatology4:14 - What Is Dermatology?6:36 - Journey Into Dermatology12:56 - 1st and 2nd Years of Dermatology Residency17:55 - Monkeypox Case22:49 - 3rd Year and Overall Residency Experience32:11 - An Average Week of a Dermatology Resident36:28 - Types of Fellowships37:36 - What Fellowship Did You Pick and Why?42:18 - Future of Your Career43:56 - Dealing With Burnout and Keeping a Good Lifestyle50:52 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Derm Residency59:25 - Best Thing About Being a Dermatologist1:00:20 - Worst Thing About Being a Dermatologist1:03:24 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?1:08:22 - Future of Dermatology1:10:09 - Advice to People Entering Medicine1:12:10 - Book Recommendations1:15:32 - What Advice Would You Give Your 18-Year-Old Self?1:18:53 - Closing Message for People Looking Into Dermatology1:20:03 - What Makes the Best Dermatology Resident?1:21:17 - Closing Message1:24:41 - Outro__ResourcesI Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi: https://a.co/d/1jQA8D8 Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell: https://a.co/d/hOnFtG8 Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl: https://a.co/d/dHP8ebQ ___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for a transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777___Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes, I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.The best way to help the show is to share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dr. David Oxman is a Critical Care Doctor and associate professor of medicine here at Jefferson and the program director for the critical care medicine fellowship. He went to medical school at Temple, where he also completed his residency in IM. HE completed four fellowships in Infectious Diseases at Tufts, Surgical Critical Care at Harvard, Medical critical care at Hahnemann, and Medical ethics at Harvard. He is currently the medical school's ethics and professionalism thread director and runs the hospital ethics consultation service here at Jefferson. I also had the personal luxury of being in a student group led by Dr. Oxman, where we had discussions about being medical students and our hospital experiences.Oct 9th___0:00 - Intro0:51 - Statistics About Critical Care4:36 - What Is Critical Care?5:48 - Journey Into Medicine and Critical Care10:30 - Why Critical Care?19:07 - An Average Week/Day Balancing Academia, ICU, and Ethics Consultation25:32 - Ethics Consultation and Ethical Dilemmas in the Hospital42:47 - Best Thing About Being a Critical Care Doctor43:44 - Worst Thing About Being a Critical Care Doctor45:19 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?48:25 - Interest in Academia51:07 - Thoughts About Med Students on Social Media55:44 - Common Myth About Critical Care Doctors56:27 - Changes Over the Years and the Future of Critical Care 1:07:02 - Advice for People Looking Into Critical Care1:07:59 - Maximizing Competitiveness1:09:35 - Advice to People Entering a Career in Medicine1:11:49 - Book Recommendations1:14:25 - Lessons From COVID, Changes in Practice and Burnout1:23:29 - What Advice Would You Give Your 18-Year-Old Self?1:25:30 - Closing Message for People Looking Into Critical Care1:29:18 - Closing Message 1:31:13 - Outro__ResourcesOf Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham: https://a.co/d/eT0pUtyMy Own Country by Abraham Verghese: https://a.co/d/ffD8lh7 ___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777___Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.The best way to help the show is share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dr. Steven Herrine is the chair of medical education and professor of medicine here at SKMC at Jefferson and a practicing hepatologist and gastroenterologist. He grew up in NYC and studied math and history at Oberlin College, after which he spent a few years as a chef, and then went to Jefferson medical school, Penn, for IM residency and Jefferson for GI/hepatology, where he has stayed since. He has won multiple awards for teaching, including IM residency teacher of the year, which makes sense because he now runs medical education as the chair here at SKMC. This is a scary interview for me because if I say anything bad, Dr. Herrine can of course, kick me right out of medical school with only a couple months left. Sep 25th___0:00 - Intro1:17 - From Being a Chef to Doing Medicine5:39 - What Is Hepatology?6:12 - Why Hepatology?9:50 - What Was Fellowship Like?10:48 - Choosing the Kind of Practice That You Want to Do17:46 - Best Thing About Being a Hepatologist20:29 - Worst Thing About Being a Hepatologist22:07 - How to Get Into Dean/Chair Positions?24:23 - An Average Week/Day Balancing Clinic and Dean Position27:39 - Most Surprising/Unexpected Thing About Being a Dean29:50 - Formalities and Processes for Changing Med School Curriculum32:03 - Main Factors in Change33:00 - LCME Guidelines on Curriculum35:06 - Being the Dean of Medical Education37:21 - Lessons Learned After Being in Medical Education for 20+ Years 39:52 - Social Science & Medicine43:48 - Deciding on Online and On-Site Classes47:28 - Medical Education Changing Over the Years49:57 - Differences Between Successful and Unsuccessful Students53:25 - Medical Education During COVID-1957:56 - Future of Your Career59:32 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?1:00:57 - Advice to People Entering Medicine1:02:36 - What Advice Would You Give Your Med Student Self?1:03:30 - Any Mistakes That You Made Throughout Your Career?1:05:14 - Book Recommendations1:08:28 - Closing Message for People Looking Into Hepatology1:08:52 - Closing Message for People Going Into Medicine1:10:03 - Tips for Making Great Graphics for Teaching1:11:05 - Giving a Good Experience for Students at SKMC&Jefferson1:13:55 - Closing Message1:15:13 - Outro__ResourcesBeing There by Jerzy Kosinski: https://a.co/d/3a8BVrZ Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose: https://a.co/d/cS4QFdF ___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777___Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.The best way to help the show is share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dr. Lalitha Trivikram is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician who graduated from Penn State College of  Medicine and completed her post-graduate training at the University of Michigan and New York Hospital - Cornell. She has over 20 years of experience in outpatient, inpatient, and congregate care settings, including skilled nursing, acute rehabilitation, and correctional facilities.  Currently,  she serves as a medical director in the Philadelphia Department of Prisons, the jail for the City of Philadelphia, which has a daily census of around 4,500 citizens and a patient population numbering nearly 18,000 individuals annually.  In the spring of 2020, she stepped into public health when asked to be the lead physician in the COVID-19 response at the PDP.   Under her leadership, the mortality rate from Covid has been one-tenth that of other regional jurisdictions. She is a family friend, and I had the luxury of shadowing her as an undergrad. Lalitha is a stunningly good diagnostician and a fantastic person all around.Aug 28th___0:00 - Intro1:21 - Statistics About Internal Medicine2:49 - Why is Internal Medicine?3:41 - Why Internal Medicine?10:32 - What was IM Residency Like?15:05 - Differences in the Residency years17:07 - inpatient vs outpatient20:16 - Working as the Medical Director in the Philadelphia Jail23:54 - An Average Day as the Medical Director26:25 - Difference diseases/injuries found in a jail setting32:41 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?34:14 - Memorable Experiences at the prison38:37 - Thoughts about working in a prison39:57 - prison life during COVID-1950:06 - Best Thing About Internal Medicine51:01 - Worst Thing About Internal Medicine52:12 - Burning out54:01 -Choosing between the clinic and industry55:55 - Common myth about IM doctors57:57 - What makes the best IM student?1:04:40 - Characteristics of an IM student1:05:36 - Advice to students looking into a specialty1:06:44 - Future of Internal Medicine1:12:31 - Any Mistakes That You Made Throughout Your Career?1:16:16 - Closing Message1:17:35 - Outro__Resources___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for a transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777___Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes, I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.The best way to help the show is to share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Here are 101 pieces of advice to myself for a better life.___00:24 - #1. Create don’t consume00:53 - #2. Ask for help1:02 - #3. Surround yourself with people who excite you1:22 - #4. Remove people from your life that drain you1:25 - #5. Avoid lukewarm romantic relationships1:36 - #6. Be in nature1:49 - #7. Meditate2:09 - #8. Have long dinners with your family2:31 - #9. The squeaky wheel gets the oil2:40 - #10. Take the blame and give the credit2:46 - #11. Focus on a single task2:58 - #12. Do a difficult task every day3:04 - #13. Allocate 2-3 hours of uninterrupted time to personal projects3:30 - #14. Purchase things that eliminate negatives3:40 - #15. Put yourself in other people's shoes4:16 - #16. Ask, "What is the incentive?"4:45 - #17. Maintain important relationships5:17 - #18. Think if your actions are emotional or logical5:45 - #19. Everything can be learned5:49 - #20. Everything can be forgotten6:10 - #21. Everyone will die6:14 - #22. Everyone is focused 99.99% on themselves6:52 - #23. Everyone wants to feel important7:16 - #24. Everyone wants to be happy7:20 - #25. Every semi-pro wants to guide a beginner7:45 - #26. Switch up your gym routine8:00 - #27. Realize the difference between bad and good pains8:29 - #28. Find the time you work best and utilize it!9:00 - #29. If you wouldn’t replace it, throw it away9:23 - #30. Do not be afraid to confront haters9:52 - #31. Remember your roots9:58 - #32. Go first!10:09 - #33. Connect with everyone you meet10:34 - #34. Lean in10:57 - #35. Make your own rules and stick to them11:34 - #36. Just start!11:38 - #37. Apologize quickly and sincerely11:51 - #38. Don’t let your core products expire12:15 - #39. Stay publicly a-political12:32 - #40. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results13:05 - #41. Act like your hero13:30 - #42. Don’t wallow in sadness13:58 - #43. People undervalue execution and overvalue ideas14:28 - #44. Be humble14:38 - #45. Be real15:19 - #46. Sharing happiness doesn't dilute it, it concentrates it15:40 - #47. Side projects and hobbies will change your life15:55 - #48. Never complain16:01 - #49. Use the 80/20 rule16:51 - #50-8430:43 - #85. Stop listening to junk31:03 - #86. If your backups fail, it is your fault31:45 - #87. Put on a show, tell a story32:48 - #88. Do one thing every day you don't want to do33:05 - #89. Don't hire mercenaries; inspire soldiers33:14 - #90. Your appearance matters33:34 - #91. Always make deadlines33:57 - #92. If you are not sleeping 6 1/2 hours, you are not sleeping34:03 - #93. Keep your sleep optimal34:22 - #94. Wake up and go to bed at the same time34:27 - #95. Call customer service34:29 - #96. Always exercise34:34 - #97. No one likes a know-it-all34:43 - #98. Stop complaining about your New York strip steak34:54 - #99. The top 1% of the business runs off connections35:01 - #100. Get 1% better every day35:17 - #101. Everything passes__ResourcesWait But Why - https://waitbutwhy.com/ ___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for a transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777___Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes, I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.The best way to help the show is to share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jason Han was Born and raised in South Korea until age 10. Came here with his family and attended Columbia University and Perelman School of Medicine, where he was the student body president. I'm currently a cardiac surgery resident at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the vice president of the TSRA, which is our national governing body. I'm broadly interested in communication, education, and leadership, especially concerning our patients and staff. I've written a column for the Philadelphia Inquirer for seven years and have written essays for the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of American College of Cardiology, and more.July 31st___0:00 - Intro0:41 - Statistics About Cardiothoracic Surgery9:03 - Managing Things Other Than Medicine16:10 - Choosing Medicine19:23 - What Is Cardiothoracic Surgery?29:37 - CT Residency33:21 - Working Hours34:44 - Tips/Tricks to Maximize Competitiveness40:14 - Getting Feedback From Attendings41:24 - Symptoms of Burnout and Maintaining Happiness46:45 - Family 47:25 - Being an Immigrant in America52:49 - Best Thing About Cardiothoracic Surgery54:42 - Worst Thing About Cardiothoracic Surgery56:25 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?58:28 - Projects to Educate People About Surgery1:08:19 - General Advice for People Picking Careers in Medicine1:11:51 - Any Advice for Your Younger Self?1:13:11 - Advice for Med Students Looking Into CT1:17:00 - Things to Look For While Choosing a Program1:24:42 - Characteristics of a Student for Cardiothoracic Surgery1:28:54 - Future Career Plans1:32:49 - Super Important Question!!!1:35:36 - Closing Message1:37:47 - Outro__Resources___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for a transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777___Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes, I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.The best way to help the show is to share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dr. Harkness is a Pediatrician at Nemours in Paoli. Originally from Philadelphia, and has been a hospital pediatrician in the past. He went to medical school at University of Pittsburgh and trained in Pediatric at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He has been with my his practice for the last 31 years treating pediatric patients in the outpatient setting. Dr. Harkness was actually my pediatrician as well, and, amazingly, I had the opportunity to work under him in a 3rd year rotation last year. I’ve had experiences with many Pediatrician’s in the past and he is easily one of the best. Dr. Harkness has an amazing way of making the children and parents feel comfortable, while, of course, being an amazingly skilled diagnostician. Welcome Dr. Harkness. ___0:00 - Intro0:57 - Statistics About Pediatrics3:33 - Pediatricians and Stickers5:16 - What Is Pediatrics?6:01 - Why Pediatrics?9:52 - What Was Pediatrics Residency Like?16:02 - Practicing After Residency21:26 - Being Happy as an Outpatient Pediatrician28:51 - Average Day of a Pediatrician29:35 - How Did COVID Change Your Practice?32:57 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?36:50 - Best Thing About Being a Pediatrician38:14 - Worst Thing About Being a Pediatrician41:15 - Things You Wish You Knew Before Coming Into Pediatrics44:50 - Sneaky Tips and Tricks With Kids51:26 - Characteristics of a Student for Pediatrics54:13 - General Advice for People Picking Careers in Medicine58:31 - Any Mistakes That You Made Throughout Your Career/Life?58:59 - Common Mistakes59:53 - Positive Qualities & Characteristics1:03:04 - Advice for Students Looking Into Pediatrics1:04:24 - Very Important Question!1:06:39 - Closing Message1:09:30 - Outro___ResourcesCo-parenting Through Separation and Divorce: Putting Your Children First by David L. Hill and Jann Blackstone - https://a.co/d/5skU6ZV___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777___Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach and I’m a medical student, and soon to be physician, in Philadelphia. Throughout these episodes I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.The best way to help the show is share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Halle grew up in Minneapolis, MN and went to undergrad at St. Olaf College, a small liberal arts school about an hour south of the Twin Cities. She went to Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI and ultimately matched out in Philadelphia at TJUH for my urology residency. She graduated summa cum laude from St. Olaf and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. In medical school she was in AOA. She studied abroad twice in undergrad and recently went on a pediatric urology medical mission trip to Amman, Jordan.___0:00 - Intro0:42 - Statistics About Urology3:23 - Residency Trip to Amman, Jordan7:58 - Why Urology?15:10 - What Was Urology Residency Like?21:53 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?23:28 - Best Things About Urology26:29 - Worst Things About Urology28:56 - Good and Bad Consults30:30 - Things You Wish You Knew Before Coming Into Urology31:19 - Common Myths About Urology31:57 - Memorable Patient Encounters34:36 - Advice for Students Looking Into Urology37:28 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Urology40:32 - Were You Ever Burned Out?42:53 - Advice to People to Have a Successful/Long-Term Career46:11 - What Advice Would You Give Your 18-Year-Old Self?46:53 - Common Mistakes Made by Attendings48:38 - Positive Qualities & Characteristics Seen in Attendings49:40 - Favorite Book Recommendation51:23 - Closing Message53:59 - Outro___ResourcesThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee - https://amzn.eu/d/5llEmiM___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777___Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach and I’m a medical student, and soon to be physician, in Philadelphia. Throughout these episodes I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.The best way to help the show is share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today I have the privilege of sitting down with my Dad, Ivan Gergel, again. My dad was born and raised in London where he went to medical school and became a psychiatrist. He then joined the pharmaceutical company GSK in developing new antidepressant drugs, famously some of the SSRIs we all are of course aware of today. This job took him to the US where he started our family with my Mom. Dad was responsible for the running of hundreds of clinical trials, directed R&D for various pharmaceutical companies, and personally led the development and approval of 14 new therapies such as Lexapro, Paxil, and Namenda that have had fantastic impacts on patient’s lives. He currently is working in healthcare investing with new startup drug and device companies. Today, we will be discussing alternative careers in medicine, specifically because my Dad only practiced medicine for two years before switching over to Industry.___0:00 - Intro0:54 - Going Into Medicine5:37 - Specializing in Psychiatry8:58 - Why Leave Medicine?13:36 - Disliked Aspects of Clinical Medicine15:55 - Transitioning From Medicine and Second Thoughts23:54 - First Job in the Industry29:52 - Why Go Into Pharma?31:18 - Career Rundown in Pharma34:08 - Key Factors in Changing Careers35:52 - Leadership Lessons Learned by Leading 900 People42:51 - Advice for People to Navigate the Corporate World48:54 - Top 3 Important Decisions in Your Life?51:27 - Considering Other Careers53:56 - Why Change Into VC Now?58:35 - Advice to a High School Student1:00:52 - Common Bad Advice High School Students Receive1:04:16 - Are MBA’s and Ph.D’s Any Useful?1:07:57 - Characteristics of Someone Who Would Do Well in Corporations1:11:26 - What Do You Look For in a Person While Hiring Them?1:14:08 - Any New Life-Changing Habits in the Last 5 Years?1:16:15 - Closing Message1:18:00 - Outro___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777___Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach and I’m a medical student, and soon to be physician, in Philadelphia. Throughout these episodes I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.The best way to help the show is share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Charles J. Yeo is a hepatopancreaticobiliary surgeon here at Jefferson. He was born in East Orange, New Jersey, and attended Spring Valley Senior High School in Spring Valley, New York. He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1975, summa cum laude with an A.B. in Biochemistry. Dr. Yeo graduated in 1979 from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, being awarded the Upjohn Achievement Award and he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha and Phi Beta Kappa. While completing his internship and residency in General Surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, he pursued a one year Research Fellowship at the S.U.N.Y. Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Dr. Yeo joined the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University as an Instructor and Assistant Chief of Service in the Department of Surgery in 1985, and rose to the rank of Professor of Surgery in 1996. In 1997, he became a Professor in the Department of Oncology. Dr. Yeo directed the Pancreatic Cancer Interdisciplinary Working Group at Johns Hopkins, and served as the Surgical Clerkship Coordinator and Surgical Curriculum Consultant. In 2002, Dr. Yeo was named to an endowed chair at Johns Hopkins, becoming the inaugural John L. Cameron M.D. Professor for Alimentary Tract Diseases. On October 1, 2005 Dr. Yeo was named the 8th Samuel D. Gross Professor and he assumed the chairmanship of the Department of Surgery at Jefferson (now Sidney Kimmel) Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, and as the Senior Vice President and Chair of Enterprise Surgery for Jefferson Health (an 18 hospital system). Dr. Yeo has authored over 500 peer reviewed scientific papers, 105 book chapters, and over 15 books or monographs. Dr. Yeo is also known as the “Whipple King” having completed over 1700 Whipple procedures and treated 2100 patients with pancreatic and related cancers. Thank you so much Dr. Yeo for taking the time to speak with me.All proceeds from this episode go to Friends Against Pancreatic Cancer Fund and the Drs. Francis and Ernest Rosato Fund for Surgical Education and Research.___0:00 - Intro2:22 - What Is Hepato Pancreato Biliary Surgery?3:00 - Whipple Procedure9:13 - Treating Pancreatic Cancer14:15 - How Did You Become the Whipple King?17:14 - Navigating and Choosing Surgery in Med School25:57 - Residency32:41 - Memorable Experiences While at John Hopkins37:11 - Going Into Hepato Pancreato Biliary Surgery51:44 - An Average Day/Week as a Chair of Surgery56:40 - Best Thing About Being an HPB Surgeon58:52 - Worst Thing About Being an HPB Surgeon1:05:16 - Differences in Becoming the Chair of Surgery1:08:16 - Best Things About Working in Academia 1:10:28 - Characteristics of the Best Med Students/Residents1:11:26 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Surgery1:14:10 - Favorite Historical Surgeon1:15:42 - Responsibility of Surgeons in Advocacy of Social Change1:17:30 - Advice for Graduating Med Students1:19:58 - Very Important Question!!!1:22:31 - Closing Message1:23:52 - Outro___ResourcesThe Smart Take from the Strong by Pete Carril - https://a.co/d/is7c0cN___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777___Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach and I’m a medical student, and soon to be physician, in Philadelphia. Throughout these episodes I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.The best way to help the show is share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Brian Till, MD is a PGY-4 in surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Born in San Francisco and went to Haverford College where he studied political science, then University of Vermont college of medicine. Brian has been awarded multiple grants for his outstanding research and innovations. Amazingly, Brian is also an accomplished writer, still writing articles for such places at The New Republic, Foreign Affairs, and The Atlantic. He has also written a book, “Conversations With Power,” where he performed original interviews from people such as Bill Clinton and Mikhail Gorbachev.Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianTillMDCheckout his book: https://a.co/d/1ZBYYKOEmail him: Brian.Till@jefferson.edu ___0:00 - Intro0:32 - Writing and Politics Before Medicine4:00 - Transitioning Into Medicine6:11 - What Event/Experience Made You Decide on Medicine?7:41 - Goals 11:33 - Entering Med School Older Than Most People12:42 - Being Dyslexic and Dealing With It15:55 - The Hardest Thing You Have Done?17:39 - Average Day/Week as a General Surgery Resident29:08 - Years of General Surgery Residency33:41 - Things You Wish You Knew Before Going Into GS Residency35:14 - Maximizing Competitiveness as a Med Student Going Into GS Residency37:26 - Ending Part 137:50 - Part 238:24 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?42:25 - Med School Debts44:06 - Best Things About Being a Surgeon46:04 - Worst Things About Being a Surgeon47:04 - Characteristics of a Student for Surgery54:32 - General Life Advice for People1:00:15 - People That Have Helped/Inspired You in Surgery1:06:42 - Common Mistakes You See1:07:13 - What Would You Say to Year 1 Med School Brian Till?1:18:14 - Getting Interviews With Bill Clinton and Gorbachev1:26:47 - How Do You Write a Book?1:29:08 - Book Recommendations1:32:17 - Closing Message1:35:50 - Outro___Resources:Conversations with Power by Brian Till: https://a.co/d/1ZBYYKOWhen Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanith: https://amzn.eu/d/4zn4RFc The House of God by Samuel Shem: https://a.co/d/2bhGtPR The Cost Conundrum: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/06/01/the-cost-conundrum ___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect with Dr. TillTwitter: https://twitter.com/BrianTillMDCheckout his book: https://a.co/d/1ZBYYKOEmail him: Brian.Till@jefferson.edu ___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777___Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach and I’m a medical student, and soon to be physician, in Philadelphia. Throughout these episodes I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.The best way to help the show is share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dr. Chiang is a triple board-certified (gastroenterology, internal medicine, obesity medicine), got his BS from Duke, MPH from Harvard, and MD from Columbia. IM trained from NY Presbyterian Hospital, GI from Harvard at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Bariatric endoscopy fellowship from there as well, with a final advanced endoscopy fellowship here from Jefferson. He is currently the Chief Medical Officer of the gastrointestinal business for Medtronic. He is also an assistant professor of Medicine at TJUH and chief Social Media Officer for the health system. He is also the director of the endoscopic bariatric program here at Thomas Jefferson. He has been named Helios 2018 Gastroenterology innovator of the year and been featured on the NYT, CNBC, BBC News, Men’s Health, and more. Finally, he sits on the inaugural YouTube Health Advisory Board and joined the White House healthcare leaders in social media roundtable in 2022.Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/austinchiangmd/Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AustinChiangMDFollow him on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@austinchiangmdFollow him on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/austinchiangmdFollow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AustinChiangMDCheckout his website: http://www.austinchiang.com/home___0:00 - Intro1:14 - Statistics About Gastroenterology3:50 - What Is Gastroenterology?4:52 - Why Did You Pick GI?9:42 - Deciding on GI in Med-School?14:15 - What Was the GI Fellowship Like?16:32 - Hardest Parts of the Training23:04 - What Is It Like Being an Attending?24:28 - Best Things About Being a GI Doctor25:14 - Worst Things About Being a GI Doctor25:49 - Average Schedule as a 100% Clinician28:14 - Characteristics of a Student for Gastroenterology28:52 - Further Sub-Specializations After GI29:57 - Working as Chief of Business at Medtronic34:56 - Deciding Between Industry and Clinical Medicine37:36 - Average Schedule Between Medtronic and Clinical Medicine38:35 - Things Learned in the Past Year in the Field of GI40:52 - Average Week Working in Medtronic43:52 - Thoughts on Leaving Medicine and Going With the Industry?48:18 - Social Media and Getting to the White House56:16 - Advice for Institutions in Starting a Social Media Presents58:56 - Advice for Students in Starting a Social Media Presents1:02:54 - Future of Your Social Media Presents1:09:38 - Advice for Students Looking Into Things Outside of Clinical Medicine1:10:25 - Any Mistakes That You Made Throughout Your Career/Life?1:11:28 - Closing Message1:14:14 - Outro___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777___Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach and I’m a medical student, and soon to be physician, in Philadelphia. Throughout these episodes I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.The best way to help the show is share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.