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 Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley  Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple 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.

Endocrinologist interview

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 - Intro 1:17 - Statistics About Oncology 2:24 - What Is Hematology Oncology? 7:06 - Journey Into Heme-Oncol. 12:39 - Entering Med School Older Than Most People 19:16 - What Was Heme-Oncol. Fellowship Like? 26:29 - Getting Into Geriatrics 30:07 - What Is It Like Being an Attending? 37:33 - Dealing With Very Sick People 41:23 - Delivering Bad and Good News 50:24 - Lessons Learned From Treating Very Ill Patients 55:32 - An Average Day/Week of a Hematologist Oncologist 1:06:20 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do? 1:09:09 - Worst Thing About Being a Hematologist Oncologist 1:11:50 - Best Thing About Being a Hematologist Oncologist 1:13:27 - Advice to People Looking Into Hematology Oncology 1:16:36 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Fellowship 1:19:09 - Advice to People Entering a Career in Medicine 1:25:22 - Super Important Question!!! 1:27:24 - Closing Message 1:30:22 - Outro __ Resources ___ View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast ___ Connect With Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple 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.

42 life changing thoughts

Pathologist Interview

Sleep med doctor interview

Internal Medicine Resident Interview

Colorectal surgeon interview

Dermatology

Critical care doctor interview

Hepatology Interview

Prison Doctor Interview

101 pieces of advice to myself

CT surgery interview

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 - Intro 0:57 - Statistics About Pediatrics 3:33 - Pediatricians and Stickers 5:16 - What Is Pediatrics? 6:01 - Why Pediatrics? 9:52 - What Was Pediatrics Residency Like? 16:02 - Practicing After Residency 21:26 - Being Happy as an Outpatient Pediatrician 28:51 - Average Day of a Pediatrician 29:35 - 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 Pediatrician 38:14 - Worst Thing About Being a Pediatrician 41:15 - Things You Wish You Knew Before Coming Into Pediatrics 44:50 - Sneaky Tips and Tricks With Kids 51:26 - Characteristics of a Student for Pediatrics 54:13 - General Advice for People Picking Careers in Medicine 58:31 - Any Mistakes That You Made Throughout Your Career/Life? 58:59 - Common Mistakes 59:53 - Positive Qualities & Characteristics 1:03:04 - Advice for Students Looking Into Pediatrics 1:04:24 - Very Important Question! 1:06:39 - Closing Message 1:09:30 - Outro ___ Resources Co-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 Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley  Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple 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 - Intro 0:42 - Statistics About Urology 3:23 - Residency Trip to Amman, Jordan 7:58 - 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 Urology 26:29 - Worst Things About Urology 28:56 - Good and Bad Consults 30:30 - Things You Wish You Knew Before Coming Into Urology 31:19 - Common Myths About Urology 31:57 - Memorable Patient Encounters 34:36 - Advice for Students Looking Into Urology 37:28 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Urology 40:32 - Were You Ever Burned Out? 42:53 - Advice to People to Have a Successful/Long-Term Career 46:11 - What Advice Would You Give Your 18-Year-Old Self? 46:53 - Common Mistakes Made by Attendings 48:38 - Positive Qualities & Characteristics Seen in Attendings 49:40 - Favorite Book Recommendation 51:23 - Closing Message 53:59 - Outro ___ Resources The 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 Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley  Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple 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 - Intro 0:54 - Going Into Medicine 5:37 - Specializing in Psychiatry 8:58 - Why Leave Medicine? 13:36 - Disliked Aspects of Clinical Medicine 15:55 - Transitioning From Medicine and Second Thoughts 23:54 - First Job in the Industry 29:52 - Why Go Into Pharma? 31:18 - Career Rundown in Pharma 34:08 - Key Factors in Changing Careers 35:52 - Leadership Lessons Learned by Leading 900 People 42:51 - Advice for People to Navigate the Corporate World 48:54 - Top 3 Important Decisions in Your Life? 51:27 - Considering Other Careers 53:56 - Why Change Into VC Now? 58:35 - Advice to a High School Student 1:00:52 - Common Bad Advice High School Students Receive 1:04:16 - Are MBA’s and Ph.D’s Any Useful? 1:07:57 - Characteristics of Someone Who Would Do Well in Corporations 1:11:26 - 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 Message 1:18:00 - Outro ___ View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast ___ Connect With Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley  Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple 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.

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/BrianTillMD Checkout his book: https://a.co/d/1ZBYYKO Email him: Brian.Till@jefferson.edu ___ 0:00 - Intro 0:32 - Writing and Politics Before Medicine 4:00 - Transitioning Into Medicine 6:11 - What Event/Experience Made You Decide on Medicine? 7:41 - Goals  11:33 - Entering Med School Older Than Most People 12:42 - Being Dyslexic and Dealing With It 15:55 - The Hardest Thing You Have Done? 17:39 - Average Day/Week as a General Surgery Resident 29:08 - Years of General Surgery Residency 33:41 - Things You Wish You Knew Before Going Into GS Residency 35:14 - Maximizing Competitiveness as a Med Student Going Into GS Residency 37:26 - Ending Part 1 37:50 - Part 2 38:24 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do? 42:25 - Med School Debts 44:06 - Best Things About Being a Surgeon 46:04 - Worst Things About Being a Surgeon 47:04 - Characteristics of a Student for Surgery 54:32 - General Life Advice for People 1:00:15 - People That Have Helped/Inspired You in Surgery 1:06:42 - Common Mistakes You See 1:07:13 - What Would You Say to Year 1 Med School Brian Till? 1:18:14 - Getting Interviews With Bill Clinton and Gorbachev 1:26:47 - How Do You Write a Book? 1:29:08 - Book Recommendations 1:32:17 - Closing Message 1:35:50 - Outro ___ Resources: Conversations with Power by Brian Till: https://a.co/d/1ZBYYKO When 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. Till Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianTillMD Checkout his book: https://a.co/d/1ZBYYKO Email him: Brian.Till@jefferson.edu ___ Connect With Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley  Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple 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/AustinChiangMD Follow him on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@austinchiangmd Follow him on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/austinchiangmd Follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AustinChiangMD Checkout his website: http://www.austinchiang.com/home ___ 0:00 - Intro 1:14 - Statistics About Gastroenterology 3:50 - 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 Training 23:04 - What Is It Like Being an Attending? 24:28 - Best Things About Being a GI Doctor 25:14 - Worst Things About Being a GI Doctor 25:49 - Average Schedule as a 100% Clinician 28:14 - Characteristics of a Student for Gastroenterology 28:52 - Further Sub-Specializations After GI 29:57 - Working as Chief of Business at Medtronic 34:56 - Deciding Between Industry and Clinical Medicine 37:36 - Average Schedule Between Medtronic and Clinical Medicine 38:35 - Things Learned in the Past Year in the Field of GI 40:52 - Average Week Working in Medtronic 43:52 - Thoughts on Leaving Medicine and Going With the Industry? 48:18 - Social Media and Getting to the White House 56:16 - Advice for Institutions in Starting a Social Media Presents 58:56 - Advice for Students in Starting a Social Media Presents 1:02:54 - Future of Your Social Media Presents 1:09:38 - Advice for Students Looking Into Things Outside of Clinical Medicine 1:10:25 - Any Mistakes That You Made Throughout Your Career/Life? 1:11:28 - Closing Message 1:14:14 - Outro ___ View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast ___ Connect With Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley  Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple 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.