BOSS Business of Surgery Series

BOSS Business of Surgery Series

Hosted by: Amy Vertrees, MD

Welcome to BOSS Business of Surgery Series! This program was specifically designed to help surgeons learn concepts not taught in residency but necessary for a successful surgery career. We were not told that...

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Episode 28: Health care design for health care equity and burnout prevention with Dr. Heena Santry

The latest BOSS podcast features Dr. Heena Santry, a double-boarded trauma and acute care surgeon and consultant talking about how health care design can help health care equity and prevent moral injury and...
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Episode 27: What is coaching?

Why do we have the same problems but have different outcomes? Why are some people burned out and some people achieving at their highest potential? Coaching involves understanding our thoughts and how they affect our...
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Episode 26: Permission to have the life you want with Dr. Sharon McLaughlin, founder of Female Physician Entrepreneurs group and Mindlull.com

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Episode 25: Preventing burnout by learning more about money with the MoneyfitMD Dr. Latifat Akintade

The latest BOSS Business of Surgery Series podcast features Dr. Latifat Akintade, the MoneyfitMD. She coaches women physicians about money so they can burnout less. We had a great talk about how our thoughts and fears...
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Episode 24: Perspectives from a surgery program director with Dr. Jonathan Dort

The latest podcast episode features Dr. Jonathan Dort, the Director of Surgical Education for the Inova Health System and Program Director of the Surgical Residency for the Department of Surgery at the Inova Fairfax...
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Episode 23: Creating Wealthy Minded Women Physicians with Dr. Bonnie Koo

The latest BOSS podcast features Bonnie Koo, MD!   We talked about the entrepreneur journey, coaching, the importance of personal development, and of course money!   She is founder of Wealthy Mom, MD and the author of...
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Episode 22: Lessons everyone should hear on CVs with Dr. Emily Steinhagen

This week's episode is such a great one- and one that we ALL need. That is, unless your CV is up to date and awesome- and if that is the case, send it to me! I would love to see your example! Dr. Emily Steinhagen and...
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Episode 21: Shame resilience and what patients really want after complications

This week's episode is the edited webinar "It's Complicated" where I talk about some strategies for dealing with complications. I have created a full 3 month program focusing on this (registration now closed), because...
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Episode 20 part 3: Life can change in an instant with Dr. Maura Lipp

Part 3 with Dr. Maura Lipp. Dr. Lipp always wanted to be a physician. Like all physicians, there was a long road to get where she was and being a doctor was her entire identity. Like many mid-career physicians,...
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Episode 20 part 2: Fighting insurance companies and becoming an advocate with a chronic illness diagnosis with Dr. Maura Lipp

Dr. Lipp was diagnosed with with multiple sclerosis in 2015. She developed leg numbness and trigeminal neuralgia, but like most physicians do, she ignored her symptoms and pushed through.   She fought the insurance...
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Episode 20 part 1: Treating COVID and H1N1 with Dr. Maura Lipp

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Episode 19: Write your last chapter with palliative medicine physician Dr. Faryal Michaud

The latest podcast episode is with Dr. Faryal Michaud - a palliative medicine physician who is elevating the practice of palliative care. She encouraged us to start having these conversations early.  "If every life is...
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