Send us a text In this episode of the SurgeonMasters Podcast, Jeffrey M. Smith, MD, FACS, PCC, and general surgeon and SurgeonMasters physician coach, Mindy Ho, MD, discuss their time at the 2025 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress in Chicago, where SurgeonMasters had an exhibit booth. Many physicians, residents, and medical students have questions about the coaching model that show their curiosity and desire to grow. What is the real difference between coaching and mentoring?Doe...
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Send us a text In this episode of the SurgeonMasters Podcast, Jeffrey M. Smith, MD, FACS, PCC, and general surgeon and SurgeonMasters physician coach, Mindy Ho, MD, discuss their time at the 2025 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress in Chicago, where SurgeonMasters had an exhibit booth. Many physicians, residents, and medical students have questions about the coaching model that show their curiosity and desire to grow. What is the real difference between coaching and mentoring?Doe...
Send us a text In this episode of the SurgeonMasters Podcast, Jeffrey M. Smith, MD, FACS, PCC, and general surgeon and SurgeonMasters physician coach, Mindy Ho, MD, discuss their time at the 2025 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress in Chicago, where SurgeonMasters had an exhibit booth. Many physicians, residents, and medical students have questions about the coaching model that show their curiosity and desire to grow. What is the real difference between coaching and mentoring?Doe...
Send us a text Pump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better… Jeff welcomes to the podcast board-certified psychiatrist and performance coach, Ryan Davis, MD. Ryan works with elite athletes and high-level professionals, including professional golfers on the LPGA tour. Routine is important. Through the lens of a golfer, it's important to have a pre-shot routine and a post-shot routine. This means that every single time a golfer...
Send us a text Pump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better… Jeff welcomes to the podcast retired orthopedic surgeon and leader, Dr. Richard Barry. We should all strive to achieve a lightness of being in our everyday relationships. Lightness is a transferable personality and management skill. The term “lightness of being” refers to the deeper concept of a life lived with openness, humor, and humility. In other words, it’s about liv...
Send us a text Pump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better… Jeff welcomes to the podcast pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist, Nicholette Kasman, MD, MAPP. Just as there’s a big difference between the absence of illness and health, there’s a difference between flourishing and simply not suffering. Applied positive psychology is the study of what contributes to flourishing. It’s a human tendency to have a negativity bias. Although we’re co...
Send us a text Pump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better… Jeff welcomes to the podcast Professional Certified Coach, Lynn Bagdasian. Practicing gratitude can make life so much better. There’s so much chaos and stress in the world around us as physicians. Implementing a gratitude practice into our daily lives releases dopamine and can reduce stress. When we express gratitude as a habit, we transform everyday routines into rituals. Thin...
Send us a text Pump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better… Jeff welcomes to the podcast board-certified psychiatrist and performance coach, Ryan Davis, MD. Ryan works with elite athletes and high-level professionals - most of whom are type A go-getters. While it’s a personality type that can take you far, it doesn’t always lead to a balanced life. Life balance is a bit of a cliche - it’s something we talk about a lot, but not attainabl...
Send us a text Pump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better… Jeff welcomes ENT surgeon and professional coach Dr. Mel Thacker to the podcast. There’s a fallacy among physicians that we have to show up in the clinic as the all-knowing ego in the white coat who has all the answers. But when we approach treatment this way, it actually disconnects us from our patients. We need to learn how to step out of the hero identity because when ...
Send us a text Pump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better… Jeff welcomes to the podcast, Quality Improvement Executive Leadership Consultant, Margie Nelson, MS, MT, EMT, CPXP. Margie has spent the past 20 years as a hospital quality and safety specialist handling risk, quality improvement, and communication enhancement. Physicians are generally recognized as healers, but when they’re first thrown into a leadership position, physi...
Send us a text Pump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better… Jeff welcomes to the podcast, Quality Improvement Executive Leadership Consultant, Margie Nelson, MS, MT, EMT, CPXP. Margie has spent the past 20 years as a hospital quality and safety specialist handling risk, quality improvement, and communication enhancement. Margie has recognized that quality of care is directly related to how well a patient understands what the physi...
Send us a text Pump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better… Jeff welcomes ENT surgeon and professional coach Dr. Mel Thacker to the podcast. Each of us carries two inner selves — the essential self and the social self. When these two are in harmony, we’re capable of extraordinary things. But when they’re out of alignment, it can lead to dissatisfaction, stress, or burnout. The essential self is our true nature — who we are at our core, ...
Send us a text Pump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better… Jeff welcomes to the podcast pediatrician, startup founder, and people connector, Dr. Zhen Chan. In addition to earning his medical degree, Zhen earned an MBA during the middle of his residency, which offered a unique perspective. Zhen is most passionate about solving large pain points for the healthcare industry. One of the main ways he pursues this goal is through networking ...
Send us a text Pump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better… Jeff welcomes to the podcast board-certified orthopaedic surgeon and Chief Medical Officer at Connecticut Orthopaedics, Dr. Alan Reznik. There’s an old saying - “hire slow, fire fast” - which essentially means to take your time hiring the right candidate for the job and, if you have a bad employee, get rid of them quickly so that a single bad apple doesn’t spoil the bunch. Some...
Send us a text Jeff welcomes to the podcast anesthesiologist and physician coach, Scott Markowitz, MD. There’s always the potential for things to spiral out of control in the OR. When that happens, it can be helpful to be pulled back from the situation by a trusted colleague who can help you view the situation objectively and bump you back into being your best self. Sometimes it’s not feasible to do that in the OR itself. If that’s the case, there will likely be opportunities throughout the r...
Send us a textPump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better…Jeff welcomes to the podcast physician and physician coach, Scott Markowitz, MD.When working in the OR, situations sometimes arise that activate the people in the room (whether it be surgeons, nurses, anesthesiologists, or others). That activation can be caused by a variety of issues from inefficiencies, to scheduling conflicts. Once activated, people often carry that with them i...
Send us a textPump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better…Jeff welcomes to the podcast board-certified orthopedic surgeon and chief medical officer at Connecticut Orthopedics, Dr. Alan Reznik.In the field of surgery, introverts and extroverts behave differently in situations where communication is important. Introverts tend to need more time to formulate answers and might agree with an extrovert who has taken the lead in a situation. Ex...
Send us a textJeff welcomes to the podcast cardiothoracic anesthesiologist, executive coach, and advocate for those affected by Long Covid, Dr. Zeest Khan.In 2020, Dr. Khan contracted Covid and her health deteriorated to such an extent that she was no longer able to work. Eventually, she was diagnosed with Long Covid and on the long road to recovery. As a result of this experience, Dr. Khan has pivoted her career to helping others with complex illnesses safely navigate the healthcare system.A...
Send us a textPump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better…Jeff welcomes to the podcast orthopaedic surgeon and educator, Alan Reznik, MD.It’s a simple fact in the medical industry that everything works better when goals are aligned. Aligning your goals with the goals of your team members is a great way to better optimize your practice. Goals can vary widely between different employees - from improving patient outcomes, to simply going h...
Send us a textPump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better…Jeff welcomes to the podcast Chief Medical Officer of the Lorna Breen Foundation, Emergency Medicine Physician, and physician coach, Stefanie Simmons.On this episode, Jeff and Stefanie discuss the need for better support for physician mental health in the healthcare system. In training, residents and fellows are often in vulnerable situations, as they do everything they can to su...
Send us a textPump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better…Jeff welcomes to the podcast CEO of Vital WorkLife, Mitch Best.Burnout in the healthcare industry is prevalent among physicians and healthcare executives, driven by an inefficient system where critical decisions are made daily. These decisions often carry an immense emotional toll, including grief.For the system to function at its best, everyone involved must experience wellness....
Send us a textPump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better…Jeff welcomes to the podcast, hip & knee arthroplasty surgeon, Dr. Peter Gold.Out of all surgical subspecialties, orthopedic surgeons have the highest rate of suicide. Rates of burnout and depression are similarly bad among orthopedic surgeons. Too often, we get caught up in these numbers and can’t see the forest for the trees.The qualities required to become a great surgeon ...
Send us a text In this episode of the SurgeonMasters Podcast, Jeffrey M. Smith, MD, FACS, PCC, and general surgeon and SurgeonMasters physician coach, Mindy Ho, MD, discuss their time at the 2025 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress in Chicago, where SurgeonMasters had an exhibit booth. Many physicians, residents, and medical students have questions about the coaching model that show their curiosity and desire to grow. What is the real difference between coaching and mentoring?Doe...
