Physician Wellness Lounge

Dr. Patel was named one of the TOP DOCS in Phoenix Magazine 2009, 2016, Internist of the Year 2011 by the American College of Physicians Arizona Chapter and she received the Women In White Coats Hero Award in 2019.   She spearheaded a community garden in Fountain Hills, AZ and she was awarded the Healthcare Provider of the Year 2017 by the Fountain Hills Chamber of Commerce and Volunteer of the Year Award 2018 by the Town of Fountain Hills. She is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Pediatrics. She is uniquely trained, triple board-certified, and practices Integrative Pediatrics and Internal Medicine in Scottsdale, Arizona. She is certified in Functional Medicine by IFM, is a Qualified MBSR teacher through UCSD and a Chopra Certified Ayurvedic Lifestyle Practitioner. Dr. Patel has a special interest in Corporate Wellness, Ayurvedic Retreats, Integrative Medicine, Functional Medicine, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, and medical cosmetics. She can be reached at https://aimsforwellness.com/

Dr. Hughes returns as we go further in our discussion about PSYCH-K, an accelerated affirmation process, about EFT and their uses in trauma resolution or to get information from the body. And so much more!!!!

Dr Ross McKean qualified as a doctor in the UK in 2013, his career so far seeing him working across 8 different hospitals across the country, as well as a year working as a medical and neurology registrar in New Zealand. In this time as well though, he resigned twice from roles he no longer felt served him well. These apparent failures in his eyes became a major stimulus for rethinking how he could remain a doctor, however. So, rather than leaving the profession completely, he persisted with locums and working abroad, until he fell back in love with medicine, landing on what he feels is his true calling, family medicine.  Now in his second year working as a GP trainee in Cambridge England, Ross has also developed a steady following with his company Medizom, which he founded in 2019. Through Medizom, Ross inspires people to find solutions to becoming so called medic zombies, who shuffle lifelessly through their daily work and careers. The solution, he says, is to be more human, and find your own path. His website, medizom.com provides a wealth of resources then to help doctors and medical students remain compassionate to themselves, colleagues and patients, as well as spark ideas of how to find the next way forward when you feel the walls are closing in. Ross eventually plans to settle in Sweden, where his fiancée is from, and is well on the way to reaching this goal, after he qualifies as a GP in 2023.

Helane Fronek MD, FACP, FASVLM, FAMWA initially practiced internal medicine and entered the field of venous disorders, in 1985. Since then, she has been an integral part of the development of this new medical specialty. Helane is a past president of the American Society of Vein and Lymphatic Medicine, the largest medical organization devoted to vein care. She was the first recipient of its prestigious Leadership Award and was later honored as its Honorary Member. She is also a respected speaker and educator in all aspects of diagnosis and treatment for venous disease and communication in the medical arena. As Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at UC-San Diego School of Medicine, she taught medical students the art of medicine including such topics as communication, ethics, and professionalism and was the course co-director for The Healers Art elective. In 2009, Helane began training as a Co-Active Coach and holds the Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), Physician Development Coach, and Professional Certified Coach certifications from the Coaches Training Institute, the Physician Coaching Institute, and the International Coaching Federation. She writes regular columns on physician coaching for both Vein Magazine and San Diego Physician magazine. Helane is passionate about helping her clients, most of whom are women physicians, find greater enjoyment and balance in their lives. She especially enjoys helping them find authentic ways to communicate for greater influence and impact, and assisting them in uncovering limiting beliefs that have kept them from finding the success and joy they seek, replacing them with more empowering and truer beliefs about themselves. Watching her clients see possibilities they didn’t see before and then step forward into their lives with greater confidence is truly thrilling and inspiring. Her website is https://helanefronekmd.com/

Dr. Wagner is a surgeon and a "money nerd". She is the creator of Money Med School to teach financial wellness to fellow physicians, because financial wellness is key to overall wellness, and healthy physicians make medicine better for everyone (including ourselves!). At Money Med School we put the F-Yeah! in Finance, with a different approach to money: it’s fun, it’s abundant, and it’s totally do-able. In other words, F-Yeah! P.S. If you’re wondering about her other career, she graduated from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, completed General Surgery residency at Temple University Hospital, Plastic Surgery residency at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Hand and Microsurgery fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis. She can be found at https://moneymedschool.com/

She is the expert companies call on to uplift their connections, conversations, and cultures. Dr. Reynolds is known for her expertise in developing leaders to use Reflective Inquiry, Communication Kinesthetics, and Courageous Coaching to inspire engagement and innovation within their organizations. With over 40 years in cultural change and transformational leadership experience, she has spoken in 41 countries on six continents and reached over 100K people worldwide. Dr. Reynolds has extensive expertise in creating behavioral strategies, building high-trust workplaces, and providing leadership coaching and training within both startups and established multi-national firms. AWARDS & CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: CIRCLE OF DISTINCTION Internationally recognized •Transformational Leadership Coach • has spoken in 41 countries on six continents •on the Top Global Coaching Guns, and #1 female coach •International Coach Federation Former President and honored in their Circle of Distinction • One of the first 25 people in the world to earn Master Certified Coach from the ICF

Robyn Symon is the producer and director of the groundbreaking documentary film DO NO HARM about the silent epidemic of physician suicide and burnout. She's a former TV news reporter and two time Emmy winning filmmaker and former PBS producer. She has produced and directed 5 documentary feature films and hundreds of hours of television programming airing on The Travel Channel, Discovery, PBS, CNBC, Amazon and Netflix.

Robyn Tiger, MD, is a physician & trauma-informed self-care coach. She founded StressFreeMD, a wellness practice that provides freedom through self-care education. Dr. Tiger utilizes her unique combination of trainings in medicine, yoga therapy, meditation and life coaching to educate others in stress management, burnout prevention and relief. Her teachings focus on complete physical, mental, and emotional well-being and resilience.  Dr. Tiger's innovative CME accredited program, Rx Inner Peace, was created at the request of several busy physicians seeking an accessible self-paced online self-care program. It contains the most effective evidence-based self care methods compiled from several years of providing physician education. she also created the Self Care Shop which houses additional accredited self-care programs open to everyone.  Dr. Tiger is a Western Carolina Medical Society Healthy Healer Partner, Surge-On App Key Opinion Leader for Self-Care for Surgeons, faculty for Trauma Informed Yoga Therapy, Advisory Council member of Yoga Therapy Today & yoga therapy health, and is an O2X Human Performance Specialist for first responders. She earned her MD, completed an Internal Medicine internship and Diagnostic Radiology residency at the Medical College of Pennsylvania and also completed a fellowship in Body Imaging at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.  Her deep passion to fully help her physician colleagues and patients grew out of her many years in medical practice experiencing and witnessing firsthand the need for self care education. Dr. Tiger's distinctive combination of qualifications makes her best suited to fill the gap in physician education and successfully guides individuals to become the best versions of themselves and live their most fulfilling lives!  www.stressfreemd.net  [email protected]

Anees is a full Professor in the Department of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine. Born and raised in Canada, she completed her BSc in Honors Biochemistry and MD with Honors in Research at the University of Alberta, and her general surgery residency training and MSc at the University of Saskatchewan. She went on to complete the Susan G. Komen Interdisciplinary Breast Fellowship at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, an MPH at Harvard School of Public Health and an MA in Bioethics and Medical Humanities at the University of Louisville. After fellowship, she joined the University of Louisville as Assistant Professor of Surgery, rising rapidly through the ranks to Associate Professor with tenure and Academic Advisory Dean. She built the first nationally accredited Breast Center in Kentucky at the James Graham Brown Cancer Center prior to being recruited to Yale in September 2010 where she led the effort for Yale to become the first NCI designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in the Northeast to have a nationally accredited breast center. But the REAL reason I asked her to be a guest on my podcast is because she conducts negotiation workshops for physicians. Here is the link to the YouTube video that caught my attention. https://youtu.be/KFwl9Ekw5gU AND here is the link to sign up for one of her workshops.https://negotiation-101.square.site/

Can't sleep? Dr. Zia is a sleep specialist who provides practical advice to beat insomnia. Dr. Subaila Zia is a board-certified, fellowship trained Sleep, Pulmonary and Critical Care specialist physician. She is the founder and CEO of Telemedora. She has experience in taking care of patients in urban and rural settings. Dr. Zia has been invited to speak on healthcare related topics in conferences, TV and different media platforms. Her interests include adding value to patient care via telemedicine and healthcare innovation. She enjoys music and reading books.