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1 month ago | 
kevinmd.com | Timothy Hoff |Sara Pastoor |Arthur Lazarus |Andy Bonner
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes!Family physician Dan Muntean discusses the article, “The heart of family medicine: a doctor’s journey of compassion and care.” In this episode, Dan shares his personal journey through 30 years of practice in family medicine, reflecting on the lessons learned from his upbringing in Romania, his diverse training experiences, and the deep connections formed with his patients.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
lenpenzo.com | Timothy Hoff |Len Penzo
When I was little, I loved to watch cartoons. You know, the big ones: Quick Draw McGraw, Ruff & Reddy, Mighty Mouse. OK, so I’m an old guy. Anyway, in my youth, I did not have any interest in finance, personal or otherwise. That changed in my early 20s when a bankruptcy shocked me into reality. I decided I needed to pay attention to my own finances. However, I found personal finance is often presented in an overly complicated manner. I just want it to be simple (like me).
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Troy Jackson |Timothy Hoff |Ketan Desai |Sara Pastoor
It is not every day that a children’s movie can touch and challenge the soul of an adult. This is how I felt recently during one part of Pixar’s movie Soul. Whether you’ve seen this movie or not, I want to write about one particular scene that has really affected how I approach life. The setup (no spoilers!): the main character Joe has received the job opportunity of a lifetime only for it to be snatched away at the last second.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Debbie Moore-Black |Martin Lustick |Mitchell Berger |Timothy Hoff
It was that bewitching hour. 0300. Behavioral health unit/behavioral health intensive care unit. She was a small young woman. Her eyes appeared black as coal, as if her soul had been sucked out repeatedly. There were bruises around her eyes, black and blue punch marks up and down her arms. Several superficial cuts on her forearm—self-destruction. She was quiet, almost invisible. She wanted to sit in the corner of her bed, curled up in a fetal position. He was so charming.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
hbr.org | Timothy Hoff
It was only a year ago that retail health clinics in the United States — the kinds run by CVS Health, Walmart, and Walgreens — were all the rage. Additional investments in and expansion of clinics nationally, supported by assumptions about what consumers would want in terms of primary care in the near future that fit what retail clinics purported to offer, filtered into an enthusiasm for the future of this model of care delivery.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Debra Shute |Timothy Hoff |Ketan Desai |Dawn Baker
The nickname bestowed on us residents by our internal medicine residency program director was “city savages.” There was a tremendous amount of pride amongst the residency programs in Boston back in the late 1980s, and it was no different in my program. I recall exploring residencies in Boston. While interviewing at another highly regarded Boston Hospital, I asåked the chief resident many questions, including a quiet question about the residency program at Boston City Hospital (BCH).
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Arthur Lazarus |Michael McGuire |Leonard Wang |Timothy Hoff
This is a highly encapsulated but accurate portrayal of the emotional weight of the conversation and the tension between a physician’s personal challenges and the desire to heal, both for themselves and their patients. Patient/Physician (P): I’m an old blues man, and I think you understand I’ve been singing the blues ever since the world began. Psychiatrist (Me): I hear you. That timeless blues spirit runs deep, carrying the weight of lived experience and heartache.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Kristina Fiore |Timothy Hoff |Homer Moutran |Caline El-Khoury
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes!Join us on this episode as we talk with Tod Stillson, a family physician and entrepreneur, who has successfully transitioned from traditional employment to becoming a high-earning independent contractor. Tod shares his journey, revealing the limitations of traditional employment models in primary care and how he broke free to thrive in a “third space” within the system.
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Jul 14, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Tod Stillson |Kristina Fiore |Timothy Hoff |Homer Moutran
According to the 2024 Doximity survey, the average annual compensation for a family physician is around $300,813. For 90 percent of family doctors, this is their reality—stuck in the matrix of traditional employment. They feel unloved, undervalued, and used by the system to feed the corporate cash register. I know because that is what I did for the first 15 years of my career. However, I discovered a better option within the system and have thrived at it over the past decade.
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Kristina Fiore |Timothy Hoff |Stephen Foley |Timothy Dillinger
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes!We welcome Christine J. Ko, a dermatopathologist, to discuss the evolving landscape of women in medicine. Inspired by America Ferrera’s powerful monologue in Barbie and Jennifer Lycette’s insightful essay on the challenges faced by women in the field, Christine shares her personal experiences and the choices she made while navigating the tension between medicine and her children. Christine J. Ko is a dermatopathologist.
