In this episode of the Underdog Physician Podcast, Dr. Sanjay Sharma, a hematology oncologist, speaks about his journey into medicine and his passion for oncology. He also discusses his interest in real estate and how he became involved in syndication. Dr. Sharma emphasizes the importance of mentorship and the benefits of having a clear vision for your professional endeavors.
In this episode of the Underdog Physician podcast, Thiv Paramsothy, a serial entrepreneur focused on health tech and founder of Hera Fertility, shares his journey from starting a health tech club in college to launching multiple startups. He discusses his passion for improving making patient care more accessible and affordable. Thiv emphasizes the value of mentorship, networking, and learning from setbacks while highlighting Hera Fertility's mission to transform early detection and treatment in ...
In this episode of the Underdog Physician podcast, Dr. Adebayo Fasanya shares his inspiring journey as a critical care doctor and real estate investor. With a mission to increase financial literacy among physicians, he aims to achieve financial independence while balancing his clinical career. Tune in to hear his story and gain valuable insights into building passive income streams. #UnderdogPhysician #FinancialIndependence
Shiv Gaglani, co-founder and CEO of Osmosis, shares his journey of becoming a doctor and developing the company. He discusses his early experiences in healthcare and how they inspired him to pursue a career in medicine. Shiv also talks about his interest in preventive medicine and education, which led him to create Osmosis.
Dr. Umer Khan is a special guest on the Underdog Physician Podcast. He is an internal medicine trained physician who has also founded and led several companies, including IMedHealth and True Talent Online. Dr. Khan has experience in digital health transformation, developing telemedicine portals and mobile applications, and serves as a physician advisor to multiple companies. In this episode, Dr. Khan discusses his journey from resident to physician advisor and shares insights on starting a mobil...
Dr. George Ozoude is a sports orthopedic surgeon and founder of Time Health Capital who asks us to explore our why in our careers and our lives. Dr. Ozoude began in an employed, corporate medical practice and realized that to practice medicine in the way he always imagined he would need to take the next step into his own concierge private practice. He has diversified into real estate and more broadly into real assets like oil and gas as a limited partner and later as a general partner in syndica...
Dr. Raj Venkatramani is an academic pediatric oncologist, real estate investment sponsor, and fellow podcaster who brings his take on early career development and real estate investing to this episode. Ten years into his practice, Dr. Venkatramani was working hard, living frugally, and investing in the stock market but realized that it would take something else to secure his family’s financial future. That something else was real estate investing- he began as a limited partner in passive real es...
Dr. Ron Himmelman is a board certified emergency medicine physician who has taken his years of experience and shared them with fellow physicians through coaching. This new career path gave him the opportunity to create something and build a business…things which he had never done before that sparked a passion for him. With a compassionate approach, he shares in the process of career reinvention and personal development with physicians at all stages in their careers and lives....
Dr. Varun Verma is an internal medicine-trained physician, hospitalist, global health leader, and start-up founder with a very different career path than most. He has navigated a number of transitions including a move from Australia to the States, switching from a top ophthalmology residency to a field aligned with his life mission, and serving in a global health initiative in Nepal. He is now the co-founder of AndWise, a start-up enabling physicians to keep their financial lives in order so the...
Zain Syed is a clinical pharmacist, product manager for Amerisource Bergen, podcaster, and thinker on all things healthcare. He began his medical career in oncology “in the trenches” working directly with patients in outpatient infusions and investigational drug services. Loving the work he did, but knowing he wanted something more, Zain set out to discover his passion in health tech through networking and mentoring with health professionals who made the jump into the industry. He is now the hos...
Dr. Prashant Phalpher is an emergency medicine physician and head of strategy at First Hx which is an AI-powered clinical engagement solution that empowers patients to tell their medical story. He is a believer in learning by doing- whether that is fully immersing yourself in your clinical rotations as a medical student in northern Canada or diving into a start-up as he did. Through his experiences in medical school and as an early-career physician he found his interest in health technology whic...
Dr. Wang is a VC-backed founder of Quadrant Eye, a start-up improving healthcare access with in-home eye care through tech-based solutions. She recognized her need to be creative early on with writing while at Duke University and later realized that passion as a physician entrepreneur caring for her patients during the COVID pandemic. She is a believer in putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard on Twitter!) and expressing who you are for the world to see. Check out her website https://www.q...
Dr. Paulius Mui is a third-year family medicine resident from Virginia who sees his role in healthcare as an innovator and leader to advance care for our patients. His journey started as a question- what’s next for you? A question so many of us think about in our journey through medical training and our careers as physicians. In this episode, Dr. Mui shows us how his process of self-discovery has connected him to physicians and businesspeople committed to innovation in the primary care space and...
In this episode, we dive in with Dr. Raihan Faroqui, a physician who transitioned into digital health several years ago and provides value to startups in several ways. He serves as the Head of Medical Affairs & Research at Guaranteed Health in the tech-enabled hospice space. He shares his underdog journey of cracking into the healthcare startup world and offers actionable advice on getting involved in this space.
Dr. Ramin Rafie is a physician leader, disruptor, and healthcare consultant and serves as a consultant to several startups. In this episode, he shares his journey of becoming an advisor to several companies and shares the key ingredient to his success in the health tech world. https://www.linkedin.com/in/raminmd/
Dr. Navin Goyal is an anesthesiologist, co-founder of Offor Health, beyond physician, and a venture capital firm called LOUD Capital. He is also the author of the Physician Underdog book. In this podcast, Dr. Goyal shares his journey from becoming an MD to VC and offers insights on overcoming limiting beliefs. https://beyondphysician.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Physician-Underdog-Leveraging-underdog-mentality/dp/1736600508
Dr. Anmol Goyal is an MBBS candidate at the Maulana Azad Medical College. In this episode, she shares the strategies that she used to secure multiple USCEs in Internal Medicine and its sub-specialities and gives you valuable and actionable advice for securing these limited spots to maximize your chances of successfully matching into a residency program.
Dr. Michael Chidueme is an MD candidate at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. In this podcast episode, he walks through his journey of becoming a physician and shares helpful insights on acing your clerkships. He also talks about his journey to becoming a physician entrepreneur. Check out his Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-chidueme-80b62612b/ This podcast is sponsored by Pathosomes.com https://pathosomes.com/...
In this podcast, we chat with Dr. Manik Madaan on crafting a compelling Linkedin profile. Dr. Madaan is a YouTuber, researcher, and PGY-1 resident in psychiatry. In this episode, Dr. Madaan shares his tips for writing a strong "About Me" section and highlights some of the things that IMGs should include to give them a competitive edge. Here is a link to Dr. Manik Madaan's profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manik-madaan-m-d-b405031a6/
Dr. Amita Kumar is a Canadian native and is certified in internal medicine and practices primary care in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Kumar had experience in both private practice and academics and has most recently achieved her life coach and health coach certification. In this podcast episode, she shares her journey toward becoming a physician and talks about self-care, becoming a life coach, and the power of choice.
In this podcast, we chat with Dr. Manik Madaan on crafting a compelling Linkedin profile. Dr. Madaan is a YouTuber, researcher, and PGY-1 resident in psychiatry. In this episode, Dr. Madaan shares his tips for writing a strong "About Me" section and highlights some of the things that IMGs should include to give them a competitive edge. Here is a link to Dr. Manik Madaan's profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manik-madaan-m-d-b405031a6/
pediatric hematologist-oncologist, researcher, entrepreneur, best-selling author, and ultra-high performance coach. Dr. Kulkrani shares his value system and how anyone can achieve self-mastery. Also, he discusses why fulfillment is more than just career success. Lastly, he shares his journey and offers words of wisdom to those in pursuit of securing a residency spot. You can also check out the amazon link to his book, The Legendary Quest (not-sponsored): https://www.amazon.com/Legendary-Quest-Pr...
In this episode, we interview Dr. Kulkarni who is a pediatric hematologist-oncologist, researcher, entrepreneur, best-selling author, and ultra-high performance coach. Dr. Kulkrani shares his value system and how anyone can achieve self-mastery. Also, he discusses why fulfillment is more than just career success. Lastly, he shares his journey and offers words of wisdom to those in pursuit of securing a residency spot. You can also check out the amazon link to his book, The Legendary Quest (not-s...
Dr. Obidi is a pediatrician who also holds a master's in public health from Columbia university school of public health. He is the founder and CEO of a family medicine practice, where he leads a team of four family medicine providers caring for both pediatric and adult patients. He's also the CEO of the newborn prep academy and runs an online course called newborn preparation. In this episode, Dr. Obidi shares his unique journey as an IMG and provides helpful guidance to IMGs hoping to match. He...
As a physician we impact patient's life mostly on an individual level. If we do want to have a broader impact on health care at a community or national level and even have control over our very work then it is important to pursue leadership opportunities. As an underdog it feels very easy to be a follower than be a leader and challenging the status quo can seem like a daunting task.
Residency application will be starting in the next few months. Do you consider yourself an underdog international medical graduate? Are you feeling overwhelmed with the application process or feeling stuck. Come on in, to listen to this episode where Dr. Anish Desai interviews Vidya Kollu,MD , your very own underdog and host while she shares her residency application journey as a non -us IMG and strategies that helped her match inspite of the odds of requiring a VISA , graduating from a private ...
In this podcast interview, we will be talking further with Manik Madaan formerly known as Zen Of USMLE. He is a medical graduate from KIMS Medical College, Bangalore, India. He has successfully matched into psychiatry residency at the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He will be sharing his tips on matching as an IMG and share strategies that will help you achieve your residency success.
In this podcast interview, we will be talking with Manik Madaan formerly known as Zen Of USMLE.He is a medical graduate from KIMS Medical College, Bangalore, India. He has successfully matched into psychiatry residency at the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He will be sharing his tips on matching as an IMG and share strategies that will help you achieve your residency success.
In the previous episode, we talked about Anish’s journey with applying to medical school and discussed they ways you can maximize your chances of getting into a U.S. allopathic medical school as a non-traditional applicant. In this episode, we will be talking about the relevance of gap year when applying to medical school, obtaining LORs, research and volunteering.
The medical school application process will be starting next month. Do you consider yourself to be an underdog medical school applicant because of your MCAT scores or GPA? Come listen to this episode and find out how our very own underdog and co-host, Dr. Anish Desai beat the odds to gain that coveted acceptance letter to a U.S. allopathic medical school. Get helpful tips and learn about things you should be doing to improve your chances.
