Inside The Doctor's Lounge

CMS’ 2027 Physician Compensation Proposal: The Good, Bad, & Ugly, with Dr. Saurin Patel

In this episode, Dr. Nisha Mehta is joined by Dr. Saurin Patel, cardiologist and co-founder/Medical Director of MD365, a multi-specialty primary care and cardiology group

Lessons from a Year of Running a Direct Primary Care (DPC) Practice, with Christine Li Wan Po, D.O.

In this episode, Dr. Nisha Mehta is joined by Dr. Christine Li Wan Po, board-certified family medicine physician and owner of Pinnacle Health, to discuss what it’s like t

How to Start (and Sustain) a Successful Podcast, with Dr. Jay Sridhar

In this episode, Dr. Nisha Mehta is joined by Dr. Jay Sridhar, vitreoretinal surgeon and host of two popular medical podcasts, to discuss what it really takes to build a

From ICU to Kickstarter: Creating a Board Game, with Dr. Lakshman Swamy

In this episode, Dr. Nisha Mehta is joined by Dr. Lakshman Swamy, pulmonary and critical care physician and creator of the tabletop game Critical Care. They discuss: Ho

‘Sham Peer Review’: How The Peer Review Process Can Be Used Against Physicians, with Dr. L.R. Huntoon

In this episode, Dr. Nisha Mehta is joined by Dr. L. R. Huntoon, neurologist, past president of the American Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, and one of t

Breaking into Pharma Careers As a Physician, with Dr. Michelle Mudge-Riley

In this episode, Dr. Nisha Mehta is joined by Dr. Michelle Mudge-Riley, Medical Director in Global Clinical Development, to pull back the curtain on pharmaceutical indust

How Physicians Can Break Into Health Innovation & Tech, with Dr. Aaron Reinke & Jody Tropeano Greene

In this episode, Dr. Nisha Mehta is joined by Dr. Aaron Reinke, family physician, health tech advisor, and physician innovator, and Jody Tropeano Greene, Head of Content

Are We Using AI to Build the Healthcare System We Actually Want?, with Dr. Ami Bhatt

In this episode, Dr. Nisha Mehta is joined by Dr. Ami Bhatt, Chief Innovation Officer at the American College of Cardiology and the inaugural Chair of the FDA Digital Hea

How this Orthopedic Surgeon Found Freedom through Photography and Private Practice, with Dr. Mark Ayzenberg

In this episode, Dr. Nisha Mehta is joined by Dr. Mark Ayzenberg, an orthopedic surgeon who turned to photography as a respite from residency training. Today, he talks ab

How This Physician Makes Over 1 Million a Year Doing Locums, with Susan Trocciola, MD

In this episode, Dr. Nisha Mehta is joined by Dr. Susan Trocciola, a cardiothoracic surgeon who trained at Cornell, NYU, and Texas Heart. She now earns over $1 million an

Taking a Medical Device from Idea to Reality, with Dr. Kevin Spencer, Co-founder and CEO of Ring Rescue

In this episode, Dr. Nisha Mehta is joined by Dr. Kevin Spencer, emergency physician and Co-Founder and CEO of Ring Rescue, a medical device designed to safely remove stu

When a Physician Side Gig Goes Horribly Wrong, with Benjamin Toh, MD and Stephen Chahn Lee, Esq.

In this episode, Dr. Nisha Mehta is joined by Benjamin Toh, MD, and Stephen Chahn Lee, Esq. Dr. Toh is a physician who was prosecuted by the federal government for a side

Expanding Your Professional Impact Through Advocacy, Innovation, & Storytelling, with Dr. Chethan Sathya

In this episode, Dr. Nisha Mehta is joined by Dr. Chethan Sathya, pediatric surgeon, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Northwell Health, and Founding Director, C

The Past, Present, and Future of Physicians on Social Media, with Kevin Pho, MD

In this episode, Dr. Nisha Mehta is joined by Dr. Kevin Pho, MD, founder of KevinMD.  They discuss: His decisions to start blogging in 2004 and to eventually start ampl

From Social Media to the Med Device Industry, with Austin Chiang, MD, CMO, Endoscopy, Medtronic

In this episode, Dr. Nisha Mehta is joined by Dr. Austin Chiang. Dr. Chiang is the Chief Medical Officer of Endoscopy at Medtronic as well as well known physician on soci

Running for Congress as a Physician, with Tina Shah, MD, MPH

In this episode, Dr. Nisha Mehta is joined by Dr. Tina Shah. Dr. Shah is a triple boarded critical care physician, former Chief Clinical Officer of Abridge, policy leader

The Evolving Primary Care Landscape (and Where to Begin Fixing It), with Kameron Matthews, MD, JD

In this episode, Dr. Nisha Mehta is joined by Dr. Kameron Matthews, MD, JD, and Chief Health Officer of IMPaCT Care and former Chief Health Officer at CityBlock Health an

Unlocking the Potential of the Clinical Conversation To Address Healthcare’s Biggest Problems, with Shiv Rao, CEO and Co-Founder of Abridge

In this episode, Dr. Nisha Mehta is joined by Dr. Shiv Rao, MD, CEO and Co-Founder of Abridge. They discuss: Shiv’s journey from clinician to investor to builder, and h

How and Why We Fail Patients, and What’s Required For Change, with Dr. Yele Aluko, MD, MBA

In this episode, Dr. Nisha Mehta is joined by Dr. Yele Aluko, MD, MBA. Dr. Aluko has been a health system executive, Chief Medical Officer at Ernst and Young Americas, an

The AI Governance Era, with Kedar Mate, CMO and Co-Founder of Qualified Health

In this episode, Dr. Nisha Mehta is joined by Dr. Kedar Mate, CMO and Co-Founder of Qualified Health, a digital health company deploying the critical infrastructure neede