The Shift Report

Dr. LouAnne Giangreco has progressed from bedside clinical practice into broader healthcare leadership. She shares with the Shift Report lessons from her journey. She now provides professional coaching to physician leaders and organizations based on these experiences. Find out more at louannemd.com. Thank you to our sponsor Lotus Clinician Wellbeing

In this installment, The Shift Report welcomes Dr. Phil DiGiacomo. Like many of his generation he was drawn to medicine by “ER” with Anthony Edwards and George Clooney, followed by a transformative experience in a college classroom. After that start, Phil realized burnout was coming early in his career, tried multiple strategies to fix it, and eventually moved out of clinical medicine. He now uses that experience to help other physicians who are trying to navigate the world outside medicine – career counseling that sometimes veers toward therapy. You can find him on LinkedIn and at his website, The Non-Clinical Guy,  as the Non-Clinical Guy.

The Shift Report welcomes Dr. Jason Hine of SimKit, a medical education company that trains Emergency Medicine clinicians to boost their confidence in their procedural skills. Dr. Hine is an Emergency Medicine physician with an interest in the role of academia/education in improving recruitment, retention, and satisfaction amongst community providers. He's also deeply passionate about digital education (blogs and podcasts) and procedural skill set decay. Check out SimKit on these social platforms: IG: https://www.instagram.com/simkit.co/ LI: https://www.linkedin.com/company/simkitllc/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/simkitco/ X: https://x.com/simkitco YT: https://www.youtube.com/@simkit5649/videos Email: info@simkit.com

The Shift Report welcomes Dr. Larissa May who tells of her typically atypical path to emergency medicine. She concentrated on emerging infectious diseases (that came in handy) and now helps companies, small and large, as they try to innovate in the medical space. Along the way she maintains an academic clinical focus in order to continue to mentor the next generation.

In this episode, The Shift Report welcomes Dr. Liz Edelstein who is the medical director of one of the most unique places on Earth - Yellowstone National Park. She tells us how she went from training in the urban jungle to becoming one of the true leaders in wilderness medicine. And she'll make you want to put Yellowstone on your family's travel plans. Any opinions expressed on this podcast are solely those of Dr. Edelstein and do not reflect those of her professional affiliations, The National Park Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service or place of employment.

AI, big data, EHRs – where are we now and where are we headed? In this installment of the Shift Report Jon Handler looks back at his experience in emergency medicine from his work as an informaticist, before that term was really even known. He helps us focus on how to use rapidly changing technology to improve patient care and to even help ourselves.

In this edition of The Shift Report, we welcome Dr. Adam Goodcoff, a leading voice in healthcare provider influencer marketing. With over 2 million followers on social media (@seethemedlife) Dr. Goodcoff has mastered the use of social media as a tool for education. You can also find him as CEO of MedFluencers (medfluencers.com) where his growing team provides clients with Medical Influencer Marketing that works. As you will learn, social media is a learned skill you can use to expand your reach, or just navigate the modern world a bit better.

Are you interested in: A fascinating story of a high-stakes resuscitation after the sudden presentation of a rare diseaseA patient’s perspective on a near-death experience and on the stresses faced by the medical team charged with saving herLearning about and following someone who has turned this medical journey into very public advocacy for good If so, catch this episode of The Shift Report. Taylor Coffman speaks with EMcentric about her prolonged course (sepsis, renal failure, pneumonia, in and out of ICU) after what should have been an uncomplicated childbirth. Follow Taylor at @taylorcoffmanmade on Instagram and substack (Rare Disease Girl) and Tiktok (@taylorcoffmanmade)

In this episode of EMcentric Shift Report we get to spend some time with Dr. James Phillips of Washington, DC.  While pursuing a career in academic emergency medicine, he has carved out an important niche in disaster management. He is a well-known authority on disasters large and small, and has been a frequent presence on CNN. He shares with us lessons learned from COVID-19, what he sees next on the disaster horizon, what keeps him up at night, and how you and your family can prepare for hurricanes, floods, or other disasters that may come your way.

EMcentric welcomes Dr. Patrick O’Malley for this episode of The Shift Report. He shares his insights on his work focused on laceration and related education, along with providing a very open and honest recounting of his journey to find personal and professional wellness. You can find and connect with Patrick O’Malley on LinkedIn.  He also encourages you to reach out to Rob Orman, whose guidance has helped many of our colleagues.

In this installment of The Shift Report we speak with Elsa Arend. As do many women in our profession, she experienced burnout in hers after working in high-stress marketing for Fortune 500 companies.  Through hard work and coaching assistance she brought her life back into balance. Now she coaches professional women going through their own burnout, including more than a few successful women in medicine. You can find Elsa on social media and at her Paradigm 2A website.

In this special edition of The Shift Report our guest is Dr. Ally Bloom.  She speaks with us about an important issue now in the news – ketamine for treatment of depression. She and two other female emergency physician entrepreneurs have opened Capitol Ketamine and Wellness in Washington, DC. She shares lessons from starting a new business, as well as important reminders about safe and effective use of ketamine for this new indication.

Dr. Liz Clayborne speaks with Shift Report about solving a common clinical problem – nosebleeds – by inventing a unique device – Nasaclip. With early support, hard work, and smarts, she has taken Nasaclip from a good idea to a growing company with a strong future. She shares with us her lessons learned, including the unique challenges women of color face in starting and funding a new business.  She also has advice for emergency physicians who may be starting or advising startup companies.  You can find out more about this innovative device at http://NasaClip.com .

Dr. Eric Ossmann joins us on Shift Report to discuss a problem many of us and many of our patients face. How do we plan for medical needs when traveling, and what do we do if we get sick or injured during international travel? Beyond his extensive experience in emergency medicine, he and his colleagues have a unique business – Vigilint – that provides services to corporate and government clients worldwide. He share his expertise about picking a travel insurance plan, how to find medical care in a foreign country, and what happens when you need to be repatriated.

In this important segment of the EMcentric Shift Report, we have the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Riva Kamat. While practicing as a pediatric hospitalist in Northern Virginia, she has also found an important niche – wellness and physician coaching. As CEO of Lotus Clinical Well-Being, she provides important services to individuals and groups aimed at developing resilience, building confidence, and dealing with the growing problem of physician burnout. She also shares advice for physicians and the public on how to manage professional stresses in any profession. You can find her at lotusclinicianwellbeing.com.

Our guest for this installment of the EMcentric Shift Report is Dr. John Jones of Virginia. Having practiced for years in a busy suburban environment, he has most recently been President of the democratic group VEMA – Virginia Emergency Medicine Associates. He speaks with us about what he has learned managing an emergency medicine group in an increasingly challenging environment, and provides advice for emergency medicine residents who may be looking for their first job. He also shares some insights for physicians and for the public on manage the current stresses of the specialty, including what boarding and financial stresses are doing to hospitals.

In this installment of the EMcentric Shift Report, we speak with Dr. Gita Pensa of Rhode Island. Besides being a talented emergency physician, she has now turned her negative experiences with a malpractice case into a positive story and now a thriving business focused on helping physicians who have been sued deal with the uncertainty and emotional turmoil that accompany litigation. You can find her online at doctorsandlitigation.com and in her podcast Doctors and Litigation: The L Word wherever you get your podcasts