Taking a Gap Year: Between Residency and Fellowship
Sara Schaefer discusses taking a gap year (or years!) between residency and fellowship with movement disorders fellow Christian Amlang and ICU EEG fellow Paul Sanmartin. Both of these neurologists took gap years between residency and fellowship as neurohospitalists, and took advantage of that time to explore travel, family time, hobbies, and more.
5 Des 202218min
Types of Careers: Joining the Military
In this episode, Sara Schaefer discusses joining the military with neurologists Jennifer Crum Bailey and Rachel Rosenbaum, who were both involved in the Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) through the US armed forces. Learn about how and when you can join, perks, logistics, things to consider, and what they enjoy most about their careers.
16 Nov 202234min
Types of Careers: Locums
Sagari Betté discusses the ins and outs of locums tenens with pediatric neurologist Dr. Lindsay Dudeck.
2 Nov 202232min
Types of Careers: US Department of Defense
Sara Schaefer discusses working at the US Department of Defense and other career paths within the US government with neuroinfectious disease physician Dr. Ana-Claire Meyer.
22 Okt 202222min
Finances of Practice: Outpatient Billing
Sara Schaefer gets into the details of outpatient billing and coding including time vs. medical decision-making based billing, current procedural terminology (CPT) codes, modifiers, diagnostic codes, what happens on the insurance company end, and strategies to bill correctly but maximally for your practice. Guests Marc Nuwer, Neurophysiology Department Head at UCLA and member of the CPT and Relative Value Update Committee (RUC) Advisory Panels, and Rohit Marawar, Assistant Professor of Neurol...
10 Sep 202239min
Navigating the Visa System: J1
Dr. Proleta Datta discusses the complexities of work visas for international medical graduate physicians with Jan Pederson, Attorney in Washington, DC and physician immigration expert and Dr. Aparna Prabhu Sandeep who is the Neurology Residency Program Director at Einstein Healthcare in Philadelphia. In this episode they focus on J1 visas and intricacies of J1 waivers.
29 Aug 202234min
Types of Careers: Telemedicine
Sara Schaefer discusses the ins and outs of telemedicine, including day-to-day practice, credentialing and reimbursement, quality of life, and more, with telestroke physician Theresa Sevilis and outpatient teleneurologist Maria Ramirez Hubbard.
28 Jul 202234min
Finances of Practice: Personal Finance
Sara Schaefer discusses many facets of personal finance- including loan repayment, budgeting and cash flow, disability and life insurance, saving for retirement, employer matching, how to educate yourself about personal finances, and how to find a financial advisor who you can trust- with physician financial advisor Tyler Olson.
5 Jul 202241min
