Dr Adam Gazzaley is Director of the Gazzaley Lab and Professor of Neuroscience, Physiology and Psychiatry at UCSF. His work as a cognitive researcher has reached international acclaim with publications in Nature, The New York Times, TIME, Discover, WIRED and has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors. He wrote and hosted the PBS documentary 'The Distracted Mind" and continues to do cutting edge research in the area of cognitive neuroscience with a particular interest in how gaming influences cognitive processes.
Having completed his MD PhD at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, research fellowships at UC Berkeley and now sits on the frontier of neuroscience cognitive gaming research, he has walked an incredibly unique path in medicine. This is an exciting conversation I have wanted to have for a long time and we touch on issues related to the gamification of medicine, meditation neuroscience and if there is a scientific basis to enlightenment.
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Selected Show Notes:
Dr Adam Gazzaley - The Gazzaley Lab
Come Wander - Adam Gazzaley Photography
PBS Special - "The Distracted Mind" with Dr Adam Gazzaley
TEDxASB: Mumbai India "Closing The Loop Between The Brain and Education"
Ted Sonoma - Promise of Tech and the Brain
Dr Brene Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work and is a world renowned expert in shame, guilt and vulnerability research. She is the author of 3 New York Times best sellers and her TEDx talk has been viewed almost 25 million times. She is also the Founder and CEO of The Daring Way and COURAGEworks.
This was a conversation I was looking forward to having for quite some time and I believe the issues we discuss are at the very core of physician unhappiness and how we navigate the challenges of being a physician today.
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Dr Paul Teirstein is Chief of Cardiology at the Scripps Green Hospital, La Jolla, California. He is a world renowned Interventional Cardiologist and was a pioneer in the early development of coronary stent technologies. He is the holder of 23 patents, all of which have been licensed. Last year, he was awarded one of the most prestigious awards in cardiology, being recipient of the Geoffrey Hartzler, Master Clinical Operator award. Beyond the world of medicine he is an immensely accomplished pilot and an avid salsa dancer.
This conversation is one of the most enlightening and heart felt conversations I have had and Dr Teirstein is one of those rare minds in medicine. His perspectives and insights are truly brilliant and I know that I will be listening to this conversation again and again.
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Selected Show Notes:
Dr Paul Teirstein - Chief of Cardiology, Scripps Green Hospital, CA
Dr Geoffrey Hartzler - Pioneering Cardiologist
Dr Geoffrey Hartzler - Master Clinical Operator Award - TCT 2015
National Board of Physicians and Surgeons (NBPAS)
NEJM Boarded To Death - Why Maintenance Of Certification Is Bad For Doctors and Patients
Dr Dike Drummond is a Mayo trained Family Practice Physician who now specializes in physician burnout. The founder of TheHappyMD.com and author 'Stop Physician Burnout' he has come face to face with the realities of burnout as a physician on two separate occasions himself. He understands the complexities of physician burnout and how the one suffering burnout is often the last to know. Dr Drummond has coached thousands of physicians through the challenging times of burnout and speaks regularly across the globe to healthcare institutions in need of guidance on addressing this ever growing problem.
This is Part 2 of a two part series on burnout. Episode 1 focused on the causes and symptoms of burnout and this episode focuses on the strategies to address burnout at an individual and group level. This is truly an eye opening episode jam packed with strategies to beat burnout.
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Selected Show Notes:
Stop Physician Burnout by Dike Drummond