Episodes

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Practicing for Gameday: Baseball, Orthopedics and a $350 surgical simulator from Home Depot, Dr. Gregory Lopez.

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Image courtesy of Dr. Gregory Lopez

Name: Gregory Lopez, MD

Location: Midwest Orthopedics at Rush, Chicago, IL

Specialty: Orthopedic Spine Surgeon

“If I don’t practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it.” -Violinist, Jascha Heifetz

Introduction:

Today we have a fun episode for you. Dr. Gregory Lopez is orthopedic spine surgeon in Chicago with Midwest Orthopedics at Rush. He’s a former collegiate and minor league baseball player who’s experienced his fair share of injuries. It’s those experiences that inspired his path toward medicine. He’s also an innovator and that’s where are story gets fun.

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Lean Toward Risk: Conversation with 54 Year Old Medical Student, Suzanne Watson.

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“Lean toward risk…many more seniors regret the risks they didn’t take than regret the ones they did.” -David Brooks

Name: Suzanne Watson

Location: Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC.

Specialty: Medical Student

Introduction:

Medical school acceptance and AARP card in the same week.

As we find her today, in February of 2017, Suzanne Watson is medical student finishing up her final year at Wake Forest School of Medicine. She’s also a mother of four, a former minister, a widow, and she is 54 years old.

With a growing family, Suzanne voluntarily left medical school in her twenties but never gave up on her dream of becoming a physician. The dream never flickered, even through her career as an Episcopalian minister, all while raising her four children alone after the tragic death of her husband.

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Pixar Meets Medicine. The power of Scientific Animations and what they can do for you: Conversation with Quintin Anderson.

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Image courtesy of Quintin Anderson, The Seagull Company.

Name: Quintin Anderson

Location: Dallas, TX

Specialty: Scientific Animator and President of the Seagull Company

Introduction:

Today we’re happy to have Quintin Anderson with us. Quintin is a recognized expert in scientific and industrial animations. After completing not one, but two masters degrees at Harvard, Quintin began his career in animations, eventually starting his own company that he manages today.

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Are you an Invisible? Conversation with Author, David Zweig.

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How many of you feel that your patients, hospital administrators, and even some of your own colleagues really understand and appreciate what you do every day? How much of your work and effort goes unseen?

Today we’re excited to welcome David Zweig. David is the author of “The Invisibles,” a deep dive exploration of the quiet professionals who are indispensable to our modern life. David is a familiar face to many of you, he’s written for publications such as the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic and the Harvard Business Review. We have a link to his Ted Talk in the show notes that’s definitely worth checking out.

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My town sucks! How to live and practice in a place you really don’t like. Conversation with author, Melody Warnick.

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Medicine is a career that can take you anywhere. How do consider an incredible job offer in less than incredible place? What are the most important variables to you and your family? What if you’re already there and you feel stuck? Every city and town in America needs doctors. Not every city or town has incredible restaurants, a great nightlife, great schools, a symphony orchestra, or an NFL team. We don’t all live close to the beach or mountains.

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The Physician Innovator. Dr. Arlen Meyers: CEO, Society of Physician Entrepreneurs.

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Ever come up with an idea for a new medical device or a way to improve a problem area, but you have no idea how or where to go with it? Medical innovation is a massive, multi-billion dollar business. Think you have to start a company yourself or work for the Mayo or Cleveland Clinic? Wrong. Medical innovation is happening in ways and in places you may not have even realized.

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In Defense of the Independent Physician. Interview with Marni Jameson: Executive Director, Association of Independent Doctors.

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Marni Jameson is the Executive Director of the Association of Independent Doctors. It’s a national organization with over 1000 physicians members, dedicated to defending and supporting independent practitioners.

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Carrot on a Stick: The science & business of improving patient behavior with Michael Dermer, founder of IncentOne and The Lonely Entrepreneur.

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Michael Dermer is an entrepreneur who is considered the founder of not only a company, but also an industry. He has been featured in Forbes, MSNBC and The Huffington Post.

Michael left his job as a New York corporate attorney to fulfill his entrepreneurial spirit when he started IncentOne, the first company to provide financial rewards for healthy behavior. Michael sold his company in 2013 and is considered a pioneer of the health rewards industry. Michael is now a professional speaker, consultant, and coach for start-up businesses and entrepreneurs. He graduated from the Northwestern University School of Law and lives in New York City.

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Practicing Your Craft: Interview with Dr. Michael Sims.

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Our Guest today is Dr. Michael Sims. He has been serving the Dallas, Texas area since 2008. Dr. Sims received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Parker College of Chiropractic in Dallas, TX . He is board certified with the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners and licensed with the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners.

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What is PeerSpectrum?

Every Medical School admissions officer has seen their fill of admission essays that begin, “I really just want to help people.”  That line of reasoning is such a universal claim that it rings hollow in its triteness.

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