Ep 1: Eric Topol | The Success Secrets of a Cardiology Icon
The Medmastery Show - with Franz Wiesbauer MD
Release Date: 11/19/2014
Ep 14: Samuel Shem |Failure, creativity and life as a clinician
The Medmastery Show - with Franz Wiesbauer MD
Have you read the novel “The House of God” by psychiatrist Samuel Shem? I read it when I was in medical school and it deeply influenced me. The book tells a captivating story of what it’s like to be a Harvard resident with lots of humor, drama and wisdom. I’ve had the great pleasure to interview Samuel Shem for you. In this conversation we cover lots of ground like: The best advice he ever got What his creative process looks like How he came up with the idea for The House of God How failure has set him up for success The quote he lives by And much, much more
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Ep 13: Dan Siegel |Mindsight
The Medmastery Show - with Franz Wiesbauer MD
Welcome to Episode 13 of the Medmastery Show. I hope you had a great summer and go with energy and inspiration into the new academic year. Inspiration and energy is what you’ll get from today’s interview. I promise you that. There are lots of nuggets of wisdom that you can apply and use in your own life. Today’s guest is Dr. Dan Siegel. He’s an internationally acclaimed psychiatrist and New York Times bestselling author. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and then trained in pediatrics and psychiatry at UCLA. Dr. Siegel is an internationally acclaimed...
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Ep 12: Judson Brewer | Mindfulness in Medicine
The Medmastery Show - with Franz Wiesbauer MD
Welcome to Episode 12 of the Medmastery Show. I’m super excited about today’s episode. First off - let me tell you, we’ve been super busy these last couple of weeks creating brand-new courses and workshops that will help you become the best clinician you can possibly be. Some of these courses are already online some will be published in the upcoming months. So stay tune. But back to this episode: Today’s guest is Judson Brewer MD an internationally acclaimed psychiatrist and mindfulness expert. His talks at TED and TEDMED on the use of mindfulness techniques in...
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Ep 11: John Harper | Literature and Medicine
The Medmastery Show - with Franz Wiesbauer MD
Dr. Harper is the Chair of Cardiology, at the Presbyterian Dallas Hospital . He was voted “Best Doctor in Dallas” by D Magazine and according to the Guide to top Doctors is among the best doctors in America. His clinical interests include bedside cardiology, he used to be an intervent. cardiologist but is now focussing more on being a consultant and on intensive care, he’s a passionate teacher and spends roughly 1/3 of his time teaching residents and medical students at the University of Texas Soutwestern Medicalschool. In 2009 he launched a unique conference entitled “Literature and...
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Ep 10: David Albert | Entrepreneurship in Medicine
The Medmastery Show - with Franz Wiesbauer MD
Today’s guest is cardiologist inventor Dr. David Albert. Dr. Dave as he’s also called on Twitter is the founder of AliveCor a great company with a great product. In this interview you'll learn how to become an entrepreneur and inventor in medicine. Dr Albert shares great advice including: which team members you need to get your medical startup on track, what character traits he is looking for when hiring, and several more highly useful tips. About David Albert Dr Albert had a quite unusual career for a doctor. At med school he took a break to earn a degree in engineering and since...
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Ep 9: Joseph Martin | A Life of Achievements in Medicine and Administration
The Medmastery Show - with Franz Wiesbauer MD
Today Franz is interviewing Dr. Joseph Martin. He's a neurologist and the former dean of Harvard Medical School. In this conversation, he shares several key insights from his roles as physician, educator, scientist and "politician". There are so many nuggets of wisdom in this coversation. We are super-excited to share this inspirational interview with you and would love to hear your thoughts in the comments section of our blog! About Joseph Martin Born in Alberta, Canada in 1938, he went to the University of Alberta Medical School. Trained as a neurologist, he was appointed Chair...
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Ep 8: Pamela Douglas | Inspirational Advice from a Successful Female Cardiologist
The Medmastery Show - with Franz Wiesbauer MD
We are really excited to present the first female guest in our show: Today's guest is Pamela Douglas, MD. She is the Ursula Geller Professor for Research in Cardiovascular Diseases at Duke University and Director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute’s Imaging Program. Dr. Douglas is internationally known for her scientific work in noninvasive imaging especially echocardiography. She’s the author of over 320 papers and over 30 national guidelines, she has previously served on the faculties of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University and the University of Wisconsin. She was...
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Ep 7: Bernhard J. Gersh | From failing first year at med school to Rhodes Scholarship
The Medmastery Show - with Franz Wiesbauer MD
Today's guest is Dr. Bernhard J. Gersh. He is the Professor of Medicine and past Chair of Cardiovascular Education at Mayo Medical School, as well as Consultant of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Born in Zambia, he went to highschool and medical school in South Africa. After medschool he received a Rhodes scholarship and went to Oxford where he did his PHD in anesthesiology. When he came back to SA, he started his training and learned the nuts and bolts of hands-on clinical cardiology. In 1978 he joined the Mayo Clinic to continue...
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Ep 6: Jonathan Sackner-Bernstein (Part II) | The Art Of Medical Mastery Continues
The Medmastery Show - with Franz Wiesbauer MD
This is part II of my interview with cardiologist and TED speaker, Dr. Jonathan Sackner-Bernstein. In this interview, he reveals several insights on how to be successful within clinical medicine but also outside. In case you’ve missed part I - where you can also access the show notes. ----------- Here's a little bit of background on Jonathan: Today’s guest is Dr. Jonathan Sackner-Bernstein, a cardiologist by training with a background in electrical engineering. He has had an amazing career so far… After doing his internal medicine residency and cardiology fellowship...
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Ep 5: Jonathan Sackner-Bernstein | How To Become An Expert - The Art of Medical Mastery Revealed
The Medmastery Show - with Franz Wiesbauer MD
Today’s guest is Dr. Jonathan Sackner-Bernstein, a cardiologist by training with a background in electrical engineering. He has had an amazing career so far… After doing his internal medicine residency and cardiology fellowship at Mount Sinai in New York, he discovered his love for product development, which took him along a new and very interesting career path. Among other positions, he served as an advisor to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and was invited by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to serve as a consultant to their new Biological Tactics Office. In a...
info_outlineToday’s guest is none other than cardiology superstar Eric Topol MD. He’s the Chief Academic Officer of Scripps Health, Director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, Editor in Chief of Medscape and theheart.org, he’s the The Gary and Mary West Chair of Innovative Medicine, and co-founder of the West Wireless Health Institute to name just a few.
At the young age of 36, Eric Topol was named Chairman of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic where he helped to catapult the institution into the leading ranks of the field. Eric has received so many honors that it’s beyond the scope of this post to list them all. This is just a short excerpt: He was named Doctor of the Decade by the Institute for Scientific Information. In 2012 the journal „Modern Healthcare“ ranked him as the most influential physician executive in the US. In 2009 GQ magazine elected Eric to be one of 12 physcician rockstars. He was elected into the Institute of Medicine by the National Academy of Science and the list goes on and on.
In 2012 he published the seminal Book "The crative desctruction of medicine“ that has been all over the media. It has become hugely popular especially among tech-savvy physicians. His book and his initiatives at Scripps have made him the figurehead of all things on the intersection of medicine and technology. So he’s been featured and interviewed on popular TV show like Colbert Nation and his TED talk has been viewed over 600.000 times. He’s been featured on the Economist, CSpan and Techcrunch.
And even though he’s such an acclaimed physician, he has remained approachable and ready to share his wisdom with the world.
In this episode you will learn:
- What skills are most valuable for a young doctor
- What character traits will keep you from being successful
- What was the best advice he ever got from a mentor
- What he would recommend to his 20 year old self
- How to approach someone who could potentially become your mentor.
- What books Eric recommends
- How Eric spends his mornings
- How he keeps up with all the information overflow
- How Eric uses Twitter to stay productive and up-to-date
- What to do if you find yourself in a position that won’t let you maximize your full potential
- How to stay motivated
- How Eric structures his mornings so he’s energized and up-to-date
- How to choose the right projects to work on
- And much, much more