#25 Colorectal Surgeon Interview - Lifestyle, Difficult Cases, and Career Progression

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 ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: [email protected]___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple 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.

SERGE A. JABBOUR, MD, FACP, FACE is a Professor of Medicine and the Director of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolic Diseases at Jefferson. He is also the Director of the Jefferson Diabetes Center. Dr Jabbour completed his training in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolic Diseases at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.Dr Jabbour has been recognized with many honors and he is holder of many teaching awards. Dr Jabbour was named Top Doc in Philadelphia area every year since 2011 by Philadelphia Magazine and one of the best endocrinologists in the nation by Castle Connolly every year since 2012. Dr Jabbour is a member of numerous professional organizations, including The Endocrine Society, American Diabetes Association and American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.Dr Jabbour has published many articles and chapters on diabetes, metabolic syndrome, various endocrine topics; he serves on the Editorial Board of many journals and he just finished in September 2021 his 5-year tenure as the Chair of the Endocrine Board Review Committee for The Endocrine Society.Dr Jabbour’s main research interest is in the field of diabetes. He is involved in many clinical research trials related to new diabetes drugs. He also gives many lectures all over the world on different endocrine topics, mainly diabetes, either in the setting of grand rounds, symposia or other CME presentations. I am truly honored to have such an inspiring and world-class endocrinologist with me today. Welcome Dr. Jabbour, let’s see how many people we can convince to do endocrinology.Jefferson Endocrinology:https://www.jeffersonhealth.org/clinical-specialties/endocrinology-diabetes-metabolic-diseases?gclid=CjwKCAjwiOCgBhAgEiwAjv5whBW4FTPRCa_lVxnQI577rjIie4qMEkxca7tNsBwTxndwYCamtYfiMBoCknsQAvD_BwEJefferson Diabetes Center:https://www.jeffersonhealth.org/clinical-specialties/diabetes-center___0:00 - Intro1:49 - Statistics About Endocrinology3:10 - What Is Endocrinology?5:22 - Journey Into Medicine and Endocrinology13:07 - Keeping the Team Happy15:42 - An Average Day/Week of an Endocrinologist19:40 - Advice for People Looking Into Leveling up Ranks22:50 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?25:25 - Best Thing About Being an Endocrinologist27:35 - Making a Rare Diagnosis32:16 - Passion for Studying Diabetes34:21 - Things We Should Know About Type 2 & 1 Diabetes53:06 - What Do You Think About Ozempic and Glp-1?59:44 - Dietary Tips1:06:21 - Hemoglobin a1c Levels1:20:10 - SGLT2 Inhibitors1:16:48 - Future of Endocrinology1:19:34 - Changes Over the Years1:20:17 - Myths About Diabetes1:24:29 - High Number of Diabetic Patients in the U.S.1:30:39 - Advice to People Looking Into Endocrinology1:32:36 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Endocrinology1:39:00 - What Makes the Best-Med Students/Residents/Fellows?1:42:28 - Advice to People Entering a Career in Medicine1:45:17 - What Advice Would You Give Your 18-Year-Old Self?1:48:20 - Adapting to the U.S.1:49:43 - Closing Message1:51:57 - Outro__ResourcesWho Moved My Cheese? by Dr Spencer Johnson: https://amzn.eu/d/dZHrYY8 ___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: [email protected]___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple 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.

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 - Intro1:17 - Statistics About Oncology2:24 - What Is Hematology Oncology?7:06 - Journey Into Heme-Oncol.12:39 - Entering Med School Older Than Most People19:16 - What Was Heme-Oncol. Fellowship Like?26:29 - Getting Into Geriatrics30:07 - What Is It Like Being an Attending?37:33 - Dealing With Very Sick People41:23 - Delivering Bad and Good News50:24 - Lessons Learned From Treating Very Ill Patients55:32 - An Average Day/Week of a Hematologist Oncologist1:06:20 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?1:09:09 - Worst Thing About Being a Hematologist Oncologist1:11:50 - Best Thing About Being a Hematologist Oncologist1:13:27 - Advice to People Looking Into Hematology Oncology1:16:36 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Fellowship1:19:09 - Advice to People Entering a Career in Medicine1:25:22 - Super Important Question!!!1:27:24 - Closing Message1:30:22 - Outro__Resources___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: [email protected]___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple 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.

Here are 42 things I learned from my 20s (that I wish I learned earlier).___0:19 - Schedule Everything0:57 - Call Customer Service1:35 - Your Parents Are People Too2:06 - Friends and Family Are Important2:31 - Aim for People to Respect You, Not to Like You3:28 - Free Time Is Great3:55 - Write Emails Like a Human4:33 - Meditate5:07 - Journaling5:32 - Cold Exposure6:14 - Heat Exposure6:46 - You Can Do Anything7:31 - Anger Solves Nothing8:12 - Listening Is a Learned Skill8:55 - Writing Is Important9:53 - Automate and Delegate11:01 - Reading Is a Superpower11:48 - Take All the Blame and Give the Credit12:28 - Try Doing One Thing at a Time13:27 - The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Oil14:06 - Everyone Is Shy; Be the Outgoing Person14:46 - Have a Positive Attitude15:18 - Your 20’s Matter16:23 - Saving Won’t Make You Rich19:37 - It Is Just a Matter of Time19:57 - Find Advisors and Mentors21:12 - Win with the Minimum Necessary Target22:33 - Little Habits Matter More23:05 - The World Isn’t So Scary24:16 - Avoid Underemployment25:23 - Say “No” Most of the Time25:51 - Say “I Do Not Know”27:30 - No One Cares and No One Knows27:44 - Do the Adult Things28:00 - Don’t Complain29:00 - Wake Up and Go to Bed at the Same Time29:04 - You Are the Average of the 5 People You Are With29:13 - Read More29:23 - Just Start!29:43 - Most Things Aren’t Personal31:18 - Cultivate a Healthy Mind and Body31:58 - This Too Shall Pass!__ResourcesThe Defining Decade by Meg Jay: https://amzn.eu/d/1mO3gWe Hell Yeah Or No by Derek Sivers: https://a.co/d/czgdFFn___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for a transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: [email protected]___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple 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.

Dr. Goldberg is from Wilmington, Delaware. She went to UPenn where she majored in the Biological Basis of Behavior, graduated Magna Cum Laude, was judged to have the best honor's thesis in her major and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She went to Albert Einstein College of Medicine for her MD degree and was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. She was a surgery resident here at Jefferson for many years, but changed careers to pathology. She is currently a cytopathologist and gynecologic surgical pathologist. She is also the doting mother to amazing twins and loving wife to her historian husband. Her research focuses on graduate medical education and laboratory quality and safety. In her "spare" time, she loves to ski, row, and watch her kids do karate and play baseball.___0:00 - Intro1:01 - Statistics About Pathology4:02 - What Is Pathology?11:24 - Changing to Pathology From Surgery29:51 - What Was Residency Like?32:58 - Specializing After Pathology Residency38:38 - What Is It Like Being an Attending?39:43 - An Average Day/Week of a Pathologist45:28 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?47:21 - Best Thing About Being a Pathologist49:37 - Worst Thing About Being a Pathologist55:41 - Myths About Pathologists57:10 - Characteristics of a Student for Pathology58:43 - Advice to People Looking Into Pathology1:01:40 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Pathology1:07:42 - Future of Pathology1:14:30 - Advice to People Entering a Career in Medicine1:18:12 - Book Recommendations1:22:23 - What Advice Would You Give Your 18-Year-Old Self?1:25:06 - Positive Qualities & Characteristics1:28:06 - Finding a Good Program1:30:19 - Closing Messages1:32:28 - Outro__ResourcesAnd the Band Played On by Randy Shilts: https://a.co/d/02Hdxqp___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: [email protected]___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple 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.

Dr. Rohin Saroya is a family medicine doctor currently practicing family medicine and sleep medicine. He completed his residency at Drexel University and Moved to Jefferson and completed a one-year fellowship in sleep medicine. He is Board certified in both and practicing 80/20% in family medicine and sleep medicine, respectively. He still lives in Philly but is working in central Delaware at Bayhealth. Dr. Saroya is regularly elected as a top teacher, in fact, when searching for an attending doctor to speak to in regards to family medicine, Dr. Saroya was the name that came up 90% of the time. Welcome Dr. Saroya.___0:00 - Intro0:48 - Statistics About Family Medicine6:16 - What Is Family Medicine?10:18 - Journey Into Family Medicine16:16 - What Was Residency Like?22:07 - Getting Into Sleep Medicine23:58 - What Is Sleep Medicine?25:35 - What Was Sleep Medicine Fellowship Like?27:32 - Melatonin in Kids29:09 - Common Mistakes Made in Sleep Hygiene31:04 - Treating People Struggling With Sleep33:04 - Sleep Trackers and Devices to Improve Sleep36:46 - An Average Day of a Family Medicine Doctor40:12 - Tips for Practicing Medicine in the U.S. From Other Countries42:42 - What Is It Like Being an Attending?44:39 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?45:40 - Best Thing About Family Medicine46:49 - Worst Thing About Family Medicine47:48 - Dealing With Burnout and Keeping a Good Lifestyle50:03 - Things You Wish You Knew Before Going Into Family Medicine51:20 - Myths About Family Medicine53:05 - What Makes the Best-Med Students/Residents?57:40 - Future of Your Career1:02:16 - Advice to People Looking Into Family Medicine1:04:13 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Residency1:06:34 - Advice to People Entering Medicine1:08:21 - Common Mistakes1:09:08 - Positive Qualities & Characteristics You Admire1:10:28 - Closing Message for People Looking Into Family Medicine1:11:31 - Closing Message1:12:04 - Outro__Resources___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for a transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: [email protected]___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple 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.

Gillian is from the larger Philadelphia area and initially studied Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Scranton and worked in social services as a Case Manager after college. She then transitioned to Vaccine Development NIH-funded research as a clinical coordinator at the University of Vermont while taking pre-med classes. She attended medical school at Penn State College of Medicine, where she also earned her Masters in Education and was recognized with the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine award and the Gold Humanism Honor Society. During medical school, she also held multiple statewide and national positions such as Chair for the Committee on Bioethics & Humanities for the American Medical Association-Medical Student Section, Board of Trustee for the Pennsylvania Medical Society, State Director on the Pennsylvania Political Action Committee Board of Directors for the Pennsylvania Medical Society. She was served as an Editorial Fellow with the AMA Journal of Ethics in 2019. She matched at TJUH in Internal Medicine where she was recognized with multiple teaching awards including Hobart Amory Hare Resident Teaching Award, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society and teaching award, and the Darilyn Moyer, MD, FACP Professionalism Award for Trainees in Southeastern PA. She is interested in a career in academic hospital medicine and medical education crafting curriculum that incorporates health system science and humanism topics in medicine.___0:00 - Intro1:29 - Statistics About Internal Medicine3:55 - What Is Internal Medicine?7:25 - Why Internal Medicine?15:18 - What Was IM Residency Like?17:23 - Plans for Designing a Curriculum19:22 - Shooting Incident at the Hospital23:02 - Best Thing About Being an IM Doctor26:09 - Worst Thing About Being an IM Doctor27:14 - Work Intensity and an Average Day as a Resident34:14 - The Best Year of Residency35:19 - An Average Outpatient Day/Week38:32 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?43:56 - Things You Wish You Knew Before Coming Into IM45:33 - Characteristics of a Student Best for IM50:00 - Advice for People Looking Into Internal Medicine51:22 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into IM Residency54:03 - Things Learned From Residency56:53 - Common Mistakes1:00:49 - Positive Qualities & Characteristics You Admire1:03:05 - Closing Message1:04:14 - Outro__Resources___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for a transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: [email protected]___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple 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.

Dr. Isenberg is a professor of surgery at SKMC and the vice chair of surgical education here at Jefferson as well. He is specialized in colorectal surgery. He went to medical school at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, trained in surgery at Lenox hill hospital, and completed is colorectal surgery fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University. He is the editor-in-chief for ACS case reviews in surgery, the immediate past president of the TJUH medical staff, the immediate past chair of Colorectal RC of ACGME and the past VP of ASCRS. He is a widely loved teacher and leader here at Jefferson. I personally had an amazing experience working as a medical student in his team here at Jefferson and because of how amazing an experience I had, I came very close to picking surgery as opposed to internal medicine. He has won multiple teaching awards, including Dean’s career educator award in 2020. ___0:00 - Intro1:07 - Statistics About Colorectal Surgery1:39 - What Is Colorectal Surgery?2:32 - Why Colorectal Surgery?5:53 - Choosing Surgery During Med School7:29 - What Was General Surgery Residency Like?8:26 - Going Into Colorectal Surgery9:49 - What Is It Like Being an Attending?12:08 - An Average Week of a Colorectal Surgeon13:42 - Being In Academia15:20 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?18:25 - Making Curricular Changes in Skmc21:47 - Best Thing About Colorectal Surgery23:47 - Worst Thing About Colorectal Surgery24:45 - What Makes the Best-Med Students/Residents/Fellows?27:12 - Advice to Students Doubting About Surgery28:39 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Surgery30:00 - Changes in Colorectal Surgery Over the Years32:17 - Future of Colorectal Surgery33:19 - Dealing With Burnout and Keeping a Good Lifestyle38:25 - Clinic vs Operating Room39:26 - Advice to New Attendings39:47 - Advice to People Entering a Career in Medicine42:02 - Any Mistakes That You Made Throughout Your Career/Life?44:27 - Book Recommendations48:55 - What Advice Would You Give Your 18-Year-Old Self?49:34 - Closing Message54:39 - Very Important Question!55:00 - Outro__ResourcesAn Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield: https://a.co/d/biHgWmwThe Book of Joy by Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, and Douglas Abrams: https://a.co/d/eSZdL0iWhen Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S. Kushner: https://a.co/d/em0VH6I ___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for a transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: [email protected]___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple 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.

Alex Valiga is the current chief resident physician in the Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology here at Thomas Jefferson University. He grew up outside of Philadelphia in North Wales, Pennsylvania and attended nearby Drexel University where he earned a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering. It was during this time that Dr. Valiga developed his passion for cutaneous oncology by spending several years conducting basic science research at the world-renowned Wistar Institute. Given his achievements in academics and research, Dr. Valiga was elected to national honors societies for engineering (Tau Beta Pi) and biomedical engineering (Alpha Eta Mu Beta). After completing his undergraduate studies, Dr. Valiga then continued on to Drexel University College of Medicine. During this time he was honored to be elected co-president of his medical school class for four consecutive years and received the Joel Roslyn Award, an honor reserved for a single member of the graduating class in recognition of outstanding leadership while demonstrating a notable level of commitment and service to his fellow classmates. After graduation, Dr. Valiga then completed an internship in internal medicine at Lankenau Medical Center and is now halfway through his final year of dermatology residency at Thomas Jefferson where he is also serving as Chief Resident. With his academic interests in cutaneous oncology, Dr. Valiga will continue his training with a fellowship in micrographic surgery and dermatologic oncology after which he hopes to continue his career in academic medicine.___0:00 - Intro1:18 - Statistics About Dermatology4:14 - What Is Dermatology?6:36 - Journey Into Dermatology12:56 - 1st and 2nd Years of Dermatology Residency17:55 - Monkeypox Case22:49 - 3rd Year and Overall Residency Experience32:11 - An Average Week of a Dermatology Resident36:28 - Types of Fellowships37:36 - What Fellowship Did You Pick and Why?42:18 - Future of Your Career43:56 - Dealing With Burnout and Keeping a Good Lifestyle50:52 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Derm Residency59:25 - Best Thing About Being a Dermatologist1:00:20 - Worst Thing About Being a Dermatologist1:03:24 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?1:08:22 - Future of Dermatology1:10:09 - Advice to People Entering Medicine1:12:10 - Book Recommendations1:15:32 - What Advice Would You Give Your 18-Year-Old Self?1:18:53 - Closing Message for People Looking Into Dermatology1:20:03 - What Makes the Best Dermatology Resident?1:21:17 - Closing Message1:24:41 - Outro__ResourcesI Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi: https://a.co/d/1jQA8D8 Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell: https://a.co/d/hOnFtG8 Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl: https://a.co/d/dHP8ebQ ___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for a transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: [email protected]___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple 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.

Dr. David Oxman is a Critical Care Doctor and associate professor of medicine here at Jefferson and the program director for the critical care medicine fellowship. He went to medical school at Temple, where he also completed his residency in IM. HE completed four fellowships in Infectious Diseases at Tufts, Surgical Critical Care at Harvard, Medical critical care at Hahnemann, and Medical ethics at Harvard. He is currently the medical school's ethics and professionalism thread director and runs the hospital ethics consultation service here at Jefferson. I also had the personal luxury of being in a student group led by Dr. Oxman, where we had discussions about being medical students and our hospital experiences.Oct 9th___0:00 - Intro0:51 - Statistics About Critical Care4:36 - What Is Critical Care?5:48 - Journey Into Medicine and Critical Care10:30 - Why Critical Care?19:07 - An Average Week/Day Balancing Academia, ICU, and Ethics Consultation25:32 - Ethics Consultation and Ethical Dilemmas in the Hospital42:47 - Best Thing About Being a Critical Care Doctor43:44 - Worst Thing About Being a Critical Care Doctor45:19 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?48:25 - Interest in Academia51:07 - Thoughts About Med Students on Social Media55:44 - Common Myth About Critical Care Doctors56:27 - Changes Over the Years and the Future of Critical Care 1:07:02 - Advice for People Looking Into Critical Care1:07:59 - Maximizing Competitiveness1:09:35 - Advice to People Entering a Career in Medicine1:11:49 - Book Recommendations1:14:25 - Lessons From COVID, Changes in Practice and Burnout1:23:29 - What Advice Would You Give Your 18-Year-Old Self?1:25:30 - Closing Message for People Looking Into Critical Care1:29:18 - Closing Message 1:31:13 - Outro__ResourcesOf Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham: https://a.co/d/eT0pUtyMy Own Country by Abraham Verghese: https://a.co/d/ffD8lh7 ___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: [email protected]___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple 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.