In this episode, we interview Nobel Laureate Dr. Robert Lefkowitz. Dr. Lefkowitz is an internist and cardiologist who is best known for his novel work in the discovery of GPCR’s. This discovery has led to the production of numerous life saving medications. He is currently an investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and a Professor of Medicine at Duke University. We hope you enjoy this episode where we discuss the serendipity of life, pursuing excellence, the importance of mentorship ...
Jun 21, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 29
In this episode we interview Dr. Tait Shanafelt. Dr. Shanafelt is a Jeanie and Stewart Ritchie Professor of Medicine, Chief Wellness Officer, and associate dean at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is the co-author, with one of our former guests Steven Swenson, of “Mayo Clinic Strategies to Reduce Burnout”. He is credited for bringing physician-burnout to the forefront of healthcare discussion. He is a leader in the field of physician wellness and healthcare team efficiency. He has publ...
Jun 07, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 28
In this episode we interview Dr. Roxana Doneshjou. She is a clinical scholar in the department of dermatology at Stanford School of Medicine. She is a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans and was the Stanford Medicine TEDMED Student Ambassador in 2015. She is interested in bridging new technologies such as genomics and machine learning with clinical medicine. She is also interested in the use of Twitter for scientific communication and medical education. You can follow her on Twitte...
May 24, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 27
In this episode, we bring back a guest from season 1 and interview Hamza Khan. Hamza is a multi-award winning marketer, best-selling author, and global keynote speaker whose TEDx talk “Stop Managing, Start Leading” has been viewed over a million times. He is also the author of two books, The Burnout Gamble and his most recent book, Leadership Reinvented. If you want to learn more about Hamza, check out his website hamzakhan.ca . In our episode with Hamza last season, we talked about his leadersh...
May 10, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Jonathan Burroughs is President and CEO of The Burroughs Healthcare Consulting Network, Inc. He works with some of the nation’s top healthcare consulting organizations to provide ‘best practice’ solutions and training to healthcare organizations throughout the country. Dr. Burroughs serves on the national faculty of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the American Association for Physician Leadership, where he has been consistently rated as one of their top speakers and educators. ...
Apr 26, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 25
In this episode, Peter and I put together the culmination of our first season of podcasting. We took lessons from leaders in medicine, business, and the military to bring you 5 rules for leadership. This episode contains lessons from previous guests including Drew Dudley, Dr. Ed Creagan, Dr. Simon Fleming and more. We hope you enjoy this episode of Leading The Rounds! Rule 1: Chase Purpose “Leadership will always start from the inside out. The leader that you are is honed and developed well befo...
Mar 29, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 24
In this episode we interview Dr. Edward Barksdale . He is the newly elected American Pediatric Surgery Association President. He is also the Division Chief of Pediatric General Surgery and Thoracic Surgery at UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital. He recently Launched the Anti-fragility Initiative , which takes a unique approach to addressing Cleveland’s teen poverty challenge and has already received over $2 million from the Governor of Ohio. We hope you enjoy our conversation where we talk...
Mar 15, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 23
In this episode we interview Dr. Jeffrey Upperman . Dr. Upperman was recently appointed as the Surgeon-in-Chief of Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. Prior to that, he served at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and received recognition as an expert in trauma, disaster preparedness, and injury prevention. Upperman is a retired lieutenant colonel in the US Army Medical Corps and was chief of surgery during operation Iraqi Freedom 2. He serves as a sworn member of the National Advisory Committee for Ch...
Mar 01, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 22
In this episode we interview Dr. Ijeoma Nnodim Opara. Dr. Opara received her medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine (WSUSOM) and completed a Med-Peds Residency at the Detroit Medical Center where she served as Chief Medical Resident. Currently, she is a double-board certified and an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. She is the Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine-Pediatrics residency, and attending physician with Wayne State University...
Feb 15, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 21
In this episode we combine with another podcast to interview. Dr. Stephanie Faubion M.D. She has practiced in the Women's Health Clinic at Mayo Clinic for over 10 years. She has a broad interest in women's health and her research encompasses sex- and gender-based differences in disease, menopause, hormone therapy, healthy aging, and sexual health and dysfunction in women. In her roles as the Penny and Bill George Director for Mayo Clinic's Center for Women's Health and medical director for The N...
Feb 01, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 20
In this episode we interview Dr. Ed Creagan. Dr. Ed was first board-certified in medical oncology with a focus on malignant melanoma and lung cancer. He then transitioned into a career in hospice and palliative medicine. He was the Mayo Clinic president 1999, 2000, 2001. He was responsible to the Mayo Clinic CEO who directed answered to the internal board of governors and the external trustees. He believes that this gave him a fascinating insight into what he called the Masters Of The Universe. ...
Jan 18, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 19
In this interview, we talk to Dr. Stephen J. Swensen. He is dedicated to the support of thoughtful leaders who aspire to nurture fulfillment of their staff. He is a recognized expert, researcher and speaker in the disciplines of leadership and burnout. Dr. Swensen serves as Senior Fellow of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, where his focus is Joy in Work. He works as the Leadership Theme Leader for NEJM Catalyst. For three decades he served patients at the Mayo Clinic. As Director for Le...
Jan 04, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 18
In this episode, we interview Dr. Steven Stylianos. Dr. Stylianos serves Columbia University as the Rudolph N Schullinger Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery. He is currently the Surgeon-in-Chief of the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital/New York Presbyterian. A graduate of Rutgers University and the New York University School of Medicine, Dr. Stylianos completed his general surgical training at Columbia–Presbyterian Medical Center. He subsequently ...
Dec 21, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Inside-Out Leadership: Human Leadership and Mental Health with Dr. Alison Van Dyke Erratum: Dear listeners, we wanted to correct information from this episode. The NCI SEER Cancer Registries ascertains over 500,000 cancer cases not 500 million as mentioned . Dr. Alison Van Dyke joined the Data Quality, Analysis, and Interpretation Branch of the Surveillance Research Program (SRP) as Director of the SEER-linked Virtual Tissue Repository (VTR) Pilot Studies. For the VTR Pilot Studies, SRP works wi...
Dec 07, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 16
“As long as we make leadership something bigger than us… we give ourselves an excuse not to expect it every day, from ourselves and from each other.” -Drew Dudley In this episode we interview Drew Dudley. Drew has been called one of the most inspirational TED speakers in the world, and he is on a mission to help people unlearn some dangerous lessons about leadership. As the founder and chief catalyst of Day One Leadership, he has helped top organizations around the world increase their leadershi...
Nov 23, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 15
"Simon Fleming is a trainee Trauma and Orthopedic surgeon from the United Kingdom who has developed a national, and growing international reputation, for his campaigning work to drive cultural change in the NHS and other healthcare organizations. He has spoken widely across the UK and abroad – including delivering a TEDx talk – around his award-winning #HammerItOut campaign aimed at tackling bullying and discriminatory behaviors in the NHS to create positive and empowering workplaces and to impr...
Nov 09, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 15
In this episode, we interview Hamza Khan. Hamza is a multi-award winning marketer, best-selling author, and global keynote speaker whose TEDx talk “Stop Managing, Start Leading” has been viewed over a million times. He is a top-ranked university educator, serial entrepreneur, and respected thought leader whose insights have been featured by notable media outlets such as VICE, Business Insider, and The Globe and Mail. He empowers youth and early talent through his work as Managing Director of Stu...
Oct 26, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Lieutenant General Mark Hertling retiring from the US Army in January 2013 and recently served as Senior Vice President at Florida Hospital. He is now an advisor to the Advent Health Leadership Institute, where he designed and teaches a physician and healthcare strategic leadership development program. His book, Growing Physician Leaders , was published in May 2016. Mark served in the US Army as the Commanding General of the US Army Europe, after leading over 60,000 soldiers and partnering with ...
Oct 12, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 13
In this episode we interview Dr. Brent James. Dr. James has been a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. He is also a Senior Advisor at the Leavitt Group and a Senior Advisor at Health Catalyst, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He holds faculty appointments at the Stanford University School of Medicine and at several other universities. He was formerly the Vice President and Chief Quality Officer at Intermountain Healthcare. He has been honored with many awards for quality in health...
Sep 28, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 12
It’s the proverbial question. Starting from the first time you utter an interest in medicine. Your parents, your friends, your mentors, your teachers, admissions committees- everyone asks you, “Why do you want to be a doctor?” This is not just a question you should think about before medical school, but one to revisit throughout your career. In last week's episode we introduced one facet of Victor Frankl’s idea of tragic optimism. Another part of this idea is with respect to finding your purpose...
Sep 14, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 11
As a growing part of the healthcare team, we have seen it first hand. The medical students who gather in the cafeteria over lunch to complain about their instructors, but don’t take action to improve the curriculum. The surgeons who congregate in the lounge to grumble about how the scrub nurse wouldn’t hand them their instruments in the correct direction, but don’t work with the scrub nurse so that she can improve for the next surgery. The nurses who continually chat about the patients and physi...
Aug 31, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 10
The United States Ranks #1 in Healthcare spending, reaching nearly 18% of our GDP or $3.8 trillion. There are a number of reasons for this huge spending and we hope to explore this further in our episodes on the business of healthcare. Today we’re talking about waste in healthcare delivery . It is estimated that 25% of healthcare spending can be attributed to one form of waste or another. Today we talk about what medical waste looks like, what others have suggested as solutions, and why it's imp...
Aug 17, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In this episode we interview Dr. Tom Hustead. Tom graduated from West Point in the top 3% of his class and then from Case Western University School of Medicine. As a retired Army Colonel, highlights from his distinguished career include being awarded Flight Surgeon of the Year for his service in combat, Outstanding Faculty of the Year for his medical teaching, and board selection as Department Chair for a family medicine residency department. As a result of his appointment by the Army Surgeon Ge...
Aug 03, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 8
As medical students and physicians, we are constantly pushed to take on more responsibilities, add more things to our CV, do more research, and see more patients. While this constant pressure to add additional responsibilities to our lives may seem like the road to success, the disciplined pursuit of less can actually allow us to make a more substantial impact and lead fulfilled lives. In this episode, we take a look at Greg Mckeown's book Essentialism , take a dive into the culture of “more” in...
Jul 20, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Dr. Paul Thomas is a board certified family medicine physician and founder of the Direct Primary Care clinic Plum Health. Dr. Thomas has won numerous awards, has been an invited speaker for Tedx, and has written two books on Direct Primary Care. In this episode we discuss typical Fee-for-Service medicine and how alternative models like Direct Primary Care could be the fix for our broken healthcare system. If you want more information on Plum Health or Direct Primary Care, you can go to: plumheal...
Jul 06, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Cal Walters is a major in the US Army, Lawyer, and host of the Top Management Podcasts: Intentional Living & Leadership. In this episode we discuss his leadership training, being an intentional leader, and things that we can do in our medical training to become better leaders. If you want to connect with Cal further, you can check out his podcast or visit his website: calwalters.me
Jun 22, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Professional development is a long road wrought with many decisions we sometimes don’t feel equipped to make. Having a trusted network of people, especially people who have walked the path you’re walking is imperative to personal and professional development. Mentors not only provide a source of knowledge, they can also be someone who motivates you, keeps you accountable and can advocate for your success. On the other hand, being a mentor can be an incredible growing experience and awesome way t...
May 25, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 4
As physicians in the US, many of our patients will use some form of medicare or medicaid. We believe that medical students and residents should have a base understanding of what each of those are before they enter the workforce. In this episode, we give an introduction to Medicare and Medicaid, and discuss how it may impact you as a physician.
May 25, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 3
While often overlooked as a leadership and personal development tool, our mind holds the key to how we see the world. With the myriad of troubles and challenges that we will face as physicians, a strong mind imperative to our success. In this episode, we discuss the growth mindset and how it is able to move the needle both for our personal development and ultimately our ability to lead others.
May 25, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 2
In our inaugural episode, we spend a few moments discussing the goal of this podcast and our vision for the future. This introduction will discuss our three episode types: Inside-Out-Leadership, The Main Course, and Healthcare 101. We hope you will take this journey with us. We look forward to challenging ourselves and our ideas to improve our leadership abilities. If you like our mission and vision, please subscribe and give us a positive rating. You can also reach out to us on Facebook, Instag...
May 25, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 1
