You are not failing. The system is built to make you feel that way, and it starts long before you ever see a patient. Family physician J.C. Sue returns to explain why "we are not enough" really means "we are not infinite," and why that reframe matters after the mistakes…
Cardiologist and fiduciary financial planner Stanley Liu starts financial planning with a client's money psychology, not their spreadsheet. 🎧 Search "The Podcast by KevinMD" on Apple or Spotify Anyone rethinking their financial planning needs to know their money scripts before the numbers mean anything. #Shorts #PersonalFinance #MoneyScripts
A patient messages you at 2 a.m. with a fever the night after surgery, and your answer is stuck behind the next time you open the inbox. Orthopedic surgeon Kevin J. Campbell says that gap is exactly where care breaks, and that a new kind of AI can close it…
Kathleen Muldoon, a coach and professor, on why she believes artificial intelligence cannot teach empathy in medical education and what her workshops do that AI never can. Medical students, empathy training, and the hidden curriculum in one honest take. 🎧 Search "The Podcast by KevinMD" on Apple or Spotify #Shorts…
Erica Bove, a reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialist, breaks down how prescribed testosterone for low T can wipe out sperm production, and why men are rarely warned. Anyone taking testosterone replacement who still wants kids needs this before their next dose. 🎧 Search "The Podcast by KevinMD" on Apple or…
She looks normal on the outside, but she can't feel a burn, a bump, or an underwire poking through her skin. After a mastectomy, most women lose sensation in their chest, and almost nobody warns them first. Emily Hansen, a patient advocate who has spent eight years working with breast…
Cardiologist and fiduciary financial planner Stanley Liu explains why physician debt makes fear of investing rational, not irrational. 🎧 Search "The Podcast by KevinMD" on Apple or Spotify A doctor earning $300K with $400K in student loans and a $600K mortgage has low risk capacity, so low risk tolerance actually…
Most patient visits do not fail in the room. They fail after, when a patient goes home with "call me if it gets worse" and no idea what worse actually means. Retired surgeon and patient advocate Alan P. Feren argues that undefined thresholds quietly shift clinical decisions onto patients who…
Coach and professor Kathleen Muldoon on why medical students outsourcing their thinking to AI is a curriculum problem, not a character problem. She explains why it quietly convinces students they are not good enough. 🎧 Search "The Podcast by KevinMD" on Apple or Spotify #Shorts #MedSchool #AIinEducation
Most physicians retire with a million dollars less than they should, and most never notice it is gone. Hernan Moscoso Boedo, an economics professor married to a physician, looked at the data and found that doctors invest like people who earn half as much. The reason is not intelligence. It…
Reproductive endocrinologist Erica Bove explains why the male partner is so often left out of an infertility workup, and what a basic semen analysis actually screens for. 🎧 Search "The Podcast by KevinMD" on Apple or Spotify Anyone starting an infertility workup should know that up to 40% of cases…
Most physicians stay in jobs they have outgrown, not because they cannot afford to leave, but because going two weeks without a paycheck feels too scary. Stanley Liu, a cardiologist who also works as a fiduciary financial planner, explains why "first do no harm" training quietly pushes doctors toward the…
Cardiologist and fiduciary financial planner Stanley Liu explains why physicians choose certain, suboptimal returns over higher long-term gains. 🎧 Search "The Podcast by KevinMD" on Apple or Spotify Doctors researching physician investing, retirement planning, and financial risk tolerance will want this before their next big money decision. #Shorts #PhysicianFinance #LossAversion
Lisa Rubiano, an internal medicine physician and physician coach, explains the moment she stopped blaming herself for burning out. 🎧 Search "The Podcast by KevinMD" on Apple or Spotify Anyone running on empty in medicine needs to hear why physician burnout is a system failure, not a personal one. #Shorts…
A patient walked into a small-town office and a piece of bone fell out of a wound in their foot. The nearest alternative was a 20-mile drive most of these patients can never make. Vascular surgeon Devin Zarkowsky runs a solo practice in Fallbrook, California, and Jason McKittrick, who leads…
Cardiologist and fiduciary financial planner Stanley Liu explains why the real risks in couples financial planning never show up in the numbers. Anyone merging finances with a partner needs to hear what a financial planner actually watches for before the money fights start. 🎧 Search "The Podcast by KevinMD" on…
A week in Florida won't fix burnout, you come home to the same job and the same thoughts. So what actually changes a person? Stacy Funt, a radiologist who founded a wellness adventure travel company, argues the real driver is identity. When you stop seeing yourself as the post-op patient…
Jess Bunin, an intensivist and co-founder of All Levels Leadership, explains why physicians are conditioned to never admit uncertainty, and why a critical care fellow was made to practice saying I dont know on rounds. 🎧 Search "The Podcast by KevinMD" on Apple or Spotify Why admitting uncertainty actually builds…
One word has crept into medicine and it is quietly stripping doctors of who they are. Janet A. Jokela, former treasurer of the American College of Physicians, makes the case that calling a physician a provider is not a style preference but an ethics problem, one that lumps doctors in…
Cardiologist and fiduciary financial planner Stanley Liu explains why physician risk aversion is adaptive in medicine and maladaptive with money. 🎧 Search "The Podcast by KevinMD" on Apple or Spotify Any physician confused about their own financial risk tolerance needs this distinction before their next big money decision. #Shorts #PhysicianFinance…
Physician and coach Lisa Rubiano explains why physician burnout is a predictable response to a broken system, not a sign you are weak or lack resilience. 🎧 Search "The Podcast by KevinMD" on Apple or Spotify Anyone running on empty after another shift needs to hear who that toxic system…
Jess Bunin, an intensivist and co-founder of All Levels Leadership, explains why the government shutdown shows how leaders break trust by withholding information instead of communicating through uncertainty. 🎧 Search "The Podcast by KevinMD" on Apple or Spotify Any leader managing a team through a crisis needs to hear why…
A Medicare rule change almost no one noticed just cut inpatient physician pay by up to 10 percent, and the fallout could land on your medical bills. John Birkmeyer, a general surgeon who now runs the medical group at Sound Physicians, explains how a 30 to 40 percent cut to…
