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Your medical training failed you. In episode 72 of The Nico Misleh Podcast, host Nico Misleh is joined by physicians Kelly and Tanner Buerger for a raw confession about the flaws in our medical system. They share their personal journey of being prescribed Zoloft for anxiety when the real issue was a progesterone deficiency, revealing the massive blindspot our education has around Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). This conversation uncovers why doctors often dismiss hormones, the moral injury pushing clinicians out of the "sick care" model, and the difficult but rewarding path from being a hospital employee to a purpose-driven clinic owner.
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For practitioners who want to confidently grow their practice with guidance in TRT, HRT, and business strategy, find us below:
- Nico's Daily Newsletter: https://nicomislenp.kit.com/8050eeea5f (yes, it's daily... and yes, people stay subscribed)
- Join HRT University: https://hrtuniversity.com/
- Join the HRT University Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1179376819949373/?ref=share&_rdr
Chapters:
0:00 - Why Your Doctor Dismisses Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
0:53 - Meet the Physician Couple Challenging the "Sick Care" Model
2:44 - The Brutal Reality of Physician Burnout in Corporate Medicine
4:45 - How Household Chemicals & Plastics Secretly Impact Infertility
6:25 - Prescribed Zoloft For Anxiety, But Was It A Progesterone Deficiency?
8:18 - The "Lightbulb Moment" Connecting Progesterone, PCOS & Anxiety
9:23 - What Medical School Fails to Teach Doctors About Hormones
12:20 - Is Physician Ego The Biggest Barrier to Modern Patient Care?
14:29 - Why Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) Belongs in Primary Care
17:21 - Do Doctors Know What They Don't Know? A Personal Journey
19:26 - Navigating Hospital Politics When You Practice Functional Medicine
20:42 - A Doctor's Story: When TRT is Wrongly Blamed for a Stroke
23:24 - Is The Culture of Medical Ego and "Knowing It All" Finally Changing?
26:12 - Why Two Successful Doctors Decided to Risk It All and Start a Business
29:27 - The #1 Reason Physicians Are Leaving Corporate Medicine for Autonomy
33:37 - Introducing Kindle Health: A New Clinic by Drs. Kelly & Tanner Buerger
35:36 - GLP-1s & HRT: A Powerful Combination for Metabolic Health?
37:34 - How We Balance Running a Clinic, Hospital Work, and Family Life
39:43 - What is the Future for Our Clinic? (And Will We Leave the Hospital?)
43:50 - The Future of Medicine: Will Cardiologists Soon Prescribe TRT?
47:24 - Why Younger Generations Are Rejecting Old-School Medical Advice
50:19 - A Patient's Question: How to find Kindle Health Online?
51:17 - Final Thoughts & What's Next for The Nico Misleh Podcast