Before The White Coat

Hosted by SHM CEO Larry Wellikson, Before The White Coat explores the early lives and personal inspirations of some of the most influential people in the hospital medicine movement.

Eric Howell, MD, SFHM: Solving the Puzzles of Hospital Medicine 02/16/2016

Eric Howell, MD, SFHM: Solving the Puzzles of Hospital Medicine Growing up in Annapolis, MD, Dr. Eric Howell was fascinated by solving puzzles and finding out how things worked. He often took things apart so he could try to put them back together – from hair dryers to the transmission in his father's car. /episode/index/show/beforethewhitecoat/id/4141871

Jeffrey J. Glasheen, MD, SFHM: Dedicated to Quality Improvement & Patient Safety 02/02/2016

Jeffrey J. Glasheen, MD, SFHM: Dedicated to Quality Improvement & Patient Safety After witnessing firsthand the impact of a severe medical error on a family member, Dr. Jeffrey Glasheen learned that these situations were not caused solely by knowledge deficiencies, but rather by faults in systems and processes. This realization led him to a career as a hospitalist, rooted in quality improvement and patient safety. /episode/index/show/beforethewhitecoat/id/4118155

Gregory Maynard, MD, MSc, SFHM: From Small-Town Boy to Chief Quality Officer 01/19/2016

Gregory Maynard, MD, MSc, SFHM: From Small-Town Boy to Chief Quality Officer From playing the lead in his high school class play to becoming the Chief Quality Officer at the University of California Davis, Dr. Gregory Maynard explains his storied journey to a career in academic hospital medicine. /episode/index/show/beforethewhitecoat/id/4080764

Dr. Patrick Cawley on Medicine, Leadership and Business 12/08/2015

Dr. Patrick Cawley on Medicine, Leadership and Business “How do I create a career combining medicine and business?" /episode/index/show/beforethewhitecoat/id/4002511

Danielle Scheurer, MD, MSCR, SFHM 11/17/2015

Danielle Scheurer, MD, MSCR, SFHM Watch out, Sanjay Gupta! SHM board member and physician editor of The Hospitalist Danielle Scheurer may be coming for your job. /episode/index/show/beforethewhitecoat/id/3957795

Tracy Cardin, ACNP 11/03/2015

Tracy Cardin, ACNP Hospital medicine is a team sport. And nurse practitioners and physician assistants are an important part of the hospitalist team. /episode/index/show/beforethewhitecoat/id/3918614

Mary Jo Gorman, MD, MBA, MHM 10/20/2015

Mary Jo Gorman, MD, MBA, MHM When Dr. Mary Jo Gorman’s hospitalist practice was acquired by IPC in 1999, she became responsible for the rapid growth of the hospitalist model in the Midwest, growing from 50 physicians to hundreds in multiple cities in just a few years. /episode/index/show/beforethewhitecoat/id/3873024

John Nelson, MD, MHM 10/06/2015

John Nelson, MD, MHM Before he was one of the original architects of the hospitalist movement, John Nelson, MD, MHM, was a magician, worked in a gas station and even cleaned out an abandoned hotel with a convicted felon. /episode/index/show/beforethewhitecoat/id/3837626

Mark V. Williams, MD, MHM 09/22/2015

Mark V. Williams, MD, MHM As a young boy, Dr. Mark Williams broke his arm. What happened next inspired him to become a doctor. /episode/index/show/beforethewhitecoat/id/3812713

Brian Harte, MD, SFHM 09/08/2015

Brian Harte, MD, SFHM “I never really knew what I wanted to be. […] What I really liked doing was working, building or being part of a team that worked really well together on problems, or issues, or challenges or opportunities that we saw as compelling.” /episode/index/show/beforethewhitecoat/id/3779299

Nasim Afsar, MD, SFHM 08/25/2015

Nasim Afsar, MD, SFHM “I was sold. I knew at that moment. I was like ‘This is the right field for me.’” /episode/index/show/beforethewhitecoat/id/3751045

Patrick Conway, MD, MHM 08/11/2015

Patrick Conway, MD, MHM Before he became a pediatric hospitalist and CMO at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Dr. Patrick Conway thought he would either go into the Peace Corps, Teach For America or consulting. /episode/index/show/beforethewhitecoat/id/3726785

Robert Harrington, Jr., MD, SFHM 07/28/2015

Robert Harrington, Jr., MD, SFHM "I can't remember a time in my life when I didn't want to be a doctor," says SHM President Dr. Robert Harrington on this episode of Before The White Coat. /episode/index/show/beforethewhitecoat/id/3694321

Jeffrey G. Wiese, MD, MHM 07/14/2015

Jeffrey G. Wiese, MD, MHM "The world's calling. You'd best go see what they want." /episode/index/show/beforethewhitecoat/id/3672135

Ron Greeno, MD, MHM 06/30/2015

Ron Greeno, MD, MHM "I just cannot resist trying to help..." That has been the guiding principle behind Dr. Ron Greeno's career, which has taken him from a farm in South Dakota as a boy to New York City and, today, Los Angeles, as Chief Strategy Officer for IPC Healthcare. /episode/index/show/beforethewhitecoat/id/3638017

Bob Wachter, MD, MHM 06/16/2015

Bob Wachter, MD, MHM Before Robert Wachter sparked the hospital medicine movement by coining the word "hospitalist" in 1996, he was the answer to a trivia question: "Who was the school mascot for the last Ivy League team to go to the Final Four?" /episode/index/show/beforethewhitecoat/id/3616458

Sneak Preview: Bob Wachter 05/29/2015

Sneak Preview: Bob Wachter Welcome to the sneak preview of Before The White Coat, a new podcast from the Society of Hospital Medicine! /episode/index/show/beforethewhitecoat/id/3581213

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