The Direct Care Derm
Stephen Lewellis, MD, PhD
You want the freedom, time, and autonomy to care for your patients the right way and live the wealthy life you’ve worked so hard for, but you don’t know to get there. The Direct Care Derm is part blueprint and part inspiration for aspiring direct specialty care practice owners from the lens of a dermatologist. Each week, you’ll hear from board-certified dermatologist, Stephen Lewellis, MD, PhD, as he shares his story and interviews other doctors and experts in areas you need to know about such as marketing, law, technology, entrepreneurship, finance, and more. Whether you’re direct care-curious or are already thriving in direct care, The Direct Care Derm is your roadmap to unlocking the value and transformation you and your patients deserve.
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A Promising Public Health Leadership Journey from Dhulikhel to Baltimore | Niroj Bhandari, MBBS
The Direct Care Derm
10/24/24 • 45 min
Episode 034 | I had the good fortune of meeting and befriending the delightful and remarkable Niroj Bhandari, MBBS when he was a Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences medical student doing his clinical training at Dhulikhel Hospital in Dhulikhel, Nepal. Jai Nepal!🇳🇵
That was back in 2018 while I was a dermatology resident at Stanford, but I caught up with him shortly after he received the prestigious Sommer Scholars Program award for his outstanding contributions in public health leadership. When we recorded this interview on August 6, 2024, this scholarship was supporting his pursuit of a Master of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and providing him with enrichment activities to hone his leadership skills, develop his professional network, and engage with today's leaders.A bit more about my pal Niroj... Dr. Bhandari is the Founder of Drishya Health Care and holds roles as Research Associate and Executive Officer at the Institute for Implementation Science and Health. He also advises Federal Parliament of Nepal Member Biraj Bhakta Shrestha, serves as an executive member of the Authentic Leadership Institute Nepal, and is a consultant to the Ever Forward Club in Hayward, California.
Dr. Bhandari's diverse activities and passions underscore his unwavering commitment to healthcare, research, leadership, and community service. Additionally, he has published over two dozen research papers and is now enthusiastic about studying the transformative impact of politico-economic systems, international relations, technology, academia, business, and organizational structures on global healthcare, particularly in developing regions.Connect with and learn more about Dr. Bhandari
👥 Dr. Bhandari on LinkedIn More from Dr. Lewellis
Need a dermatologist? Fill out this short interest form, text or call me at 715-391-9774, or email me at [email protected] if you'd like to have a no obligation discovery call. I can do in office and virtual care in WI and virtual care in MN, IL, NE, AL, and CO.
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That was back in 2018 while I was a dermatology resident at Stanford, but I caught up with him shortly after he received the prestigious Sommer Scholars Program award for his outstanding contributions in public health leadership. When we recorded this interview on August 6, 2024, this scholarship was supporting his pursuit of a Master of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and providing him with enrichment activities to hone his leadership skills, develop his professional network, and engage with today's leaders.A bit more about my pal Niroj... Dr. Bhandari is the Founder of Drishya Health Care and holds roles as Research Associate and Executive Officer at the Institute for Implementation Science and Health. He also advises Federal Parliament of Nepal Member Biraj Bhakta Shrestha, serves as an executive member of the Authentic Leadership Institute Nepal, and is a consultant to the Ever Forward Club in Hayward, California.
Dr. Bhandari's diverse activities and passions underscore his unwavering commitment to healthcare, research, leadership, and community service. Additionally, he has published over two dozen research papers and is now enthusiastic about studying the transformative impact of politico-economic systems, international relations, technology, academia, business, and organizational structures on global healthcare, particularly in developing regions.Connect with and learn more about Dr. Bhandari
👥 Dr. Bhandari on LinkedIn More from Dr. Lewellis
Need a dermatologist? Fill out this short interest form, text or call me at 715-391-9774, or email me at [email protected] if you'd like to have a no obligation discovery call. I can do in office and virtual care in WI and virtual care in MN, IL, NE, AL, and CO.
Have an idea for a guest or want to be on the show yourself? Send me a text or email, and we'll see if it's a good fit.
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He May Not Be Your First Call for Disability Insurance, But He'll Likely Be Your Last | Larry Keller, CFP
The Direct Care Derm
10/10/24 • 66 min
Episode 033 | Larry Keller, CFP®, CLU®, ChFC®, RHU®, LUTCF (oh my!) of Physician Financial Services is a great person to know if you're in the market for disability insurance. If you're a physician and have never even thought about or heard of disability insurance, he's an even better person to know.
There is no shortage of insurance agents and/or financial advisors who work with or want to work with physicians. However, the one thing that cannot be replicated is experience.
Working with an Insurance Agent familiar with the underwriting of both disability and life insurance policies can potentially minimize any surprises during the process.
Larry spoke at the 2022 Physician Wellness and Financial Literacy Conference (WCICON22) and is a frequent contributor to White Coat Investor.
While he might not be a doctor's first phone call regarding their insurance needs, he is often their last.Tune in to hear Larry's story and learn about the vital role disability insurance plays in a physician's overall financial health.Connect with and learn more about Larry Keller, CFP, and Physician Financial Services
💰 Physician Financial Services More from Dr. Lewellis
Need a dermatologist? Fill out this short interest form, text or call me at 715-391-9774, or email me at [email protected] if you'd like to have a no obligation discovery call. I can do in office and virtual care in WI and virtual care in MN, IL, NE, AL, and CO.
Have an idea for a guest or want to be on the show yourself? Send me a text or email, and we'll see if it's a good fit.
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Please note: This podcast is intended for general public use and is for informational purposes only. The Direct Care Derm is not affiliated with or endorsed by Park Avenue Securities, Guardian, or Physician Financial Services and opinions stated are their own. Lawrence B. Keller is a Registered Representative and Financial Advisor of Park Avenue Securities LLC (PAS). OSJ: 355 LEXINGTON AVE, 9TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10017, 212-2611850. Securities products and advisory services offered through PAS, member FINRA, SIPC. Financial Representative of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America® (Guardian), New York, NY. PAS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Guardian. Physician Financial Services is not an affiliate or subsidiary of PAS or Guardian. CA Insurance License #0C37340, AR Insurance License #1057229. 2024-179969 Expires 8/2026
There is no shortage of insurance agents and/or financial advisors who work with or want to work with physicians. However, the one thing that cannot be replicated is experience.
Working with an Insurance Agent familiar with the underwriting of both disability and life insurance policies can potentially minimize any surprises during the process.
Larry spoke at the 2022 Physician Wellness and Financial Literacy Conference (WCICON22) and is a frequent contributor to White Coat Investor.
While he might not be a doctor's first phone call regarding their insurance needs, he is often their last.Tune in to hear Larry's story and learn about the vital role disability insurance plays in a physician's overall financial health.Connect with and learn more about Larry Keller, CFP, and Physician Financial Services
💰 Physician Financial Services More from Dr. Lewellis
Need a dermatologist? Fill out this short interest form, text or call me at 715-391-9774, or email me at [email protected] if you'd like to have a no obligation discovery call. I can do in office and virtual care in WI and virtual care in MN, IL, NE, AL, and CO.
Have an idea for a guest or want to be on the show yourself? Send me a text or email, and we'll see if it's a good fit.
🩺 Above & Beyond Dermatology
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🎙️ The Direct Care Derm Podcast
🐕 Pippa!
Please note: This podcast is intended for general public use and is for informational purposes only. The Direct Care Derm is not affiliated with or endorsed by Park Avenue Securities, Guardian, or Physician Financial Services and opinions stated are their own. Lawrence B. Keller is a Registered Representative and Financial Advisor of Park Avenue Securities LLC (PAS). OSJ: 355 LEXINGTON AVE, 9TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10017, 212-2611850. Securities products and advisory services offered through PAS, member FINRA, SIPC. Financial Representative of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America® (Guardian), New York, NY. PAS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Guardian. Physician Financial Services is not an affiliate or subsidiary of PAS or Guardian. CA Insurance License #0C37340, AR Insurance License #1057229. 2024-179969 Expires 8/2026
Creating a Dermatology Oasis for Your Team, Your Patients, and YOU! | Joshua Weitz, MD
The Direct Care Derm
11/07/24 • 45 min
Episode 035 | Joshua Weitz, MD is the CEO and Clinical Director at Dermatology Associates of Rochester. Dr. Weitz specializes in immunology and is passionate about nonsurgical procedures such as CoolSculpting® and miraDry® that use the body’s natural immune response to produce results that benefit the patient. He’s triple board-certified in internal medicine, allergy/immunology, and anti-aging and regenerative medicine.
Born and raised in northern Michigan, Dr. Weitz graduated with Latin honors from Colby College in Maine. He earned his medical degree from SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences followed by an internal medicine residency at the University of Buffalo. He returned to Rochester where he completed a prestigious dual fellowship in allergy/immunology and rheumatology at the University of Rochester.
Dr. Weitz also completed a naturopathic, functional, and regenerative medicine fellowship through the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine and Metabolic Medicine Institute. He has published in peer review journals and presented to groups of physicians as well as the public, both locally and nationally. He enjoys clinical research and the goal of advancing our understanding of health and wellness.
Dr. Weitz worked closely with Dr. Robert Loss, Jr. and helped establish an electronic database for Skin Search, the clinical research partner of Dermatology Associates of Rochester.
When he’s away from work, Dr. Weitz enjoys spending time with his family, reading, and exploring nature through hiking, skiing, and rock climbing.Connect with and learn more about Dr. Weitz
👨⚕️ Dermatology Associates of Rochester
🧬 Skin Search
👥 Dr. Weitz on LinkedIn More from Dr. Lewellis
Need a dermatologist? Fill out this short interest form, text or call me at 715-391-9774, or email me at [email protected] if you'd like to have a no obligation discovery call. I can do in office and virtual care in WI and virtual care in MN, IL, NE, AL, and CO.
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Born and raised in northern Michigan, Dr. Weitz graduated with Latin honors from Colby College in Maine. He earned his medical degree from SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences followed by an internal medicine residency at the University of Buffalo. He returned to Rochester where he completed a prestigious dual fellowship in allergy/immunology and rheumatology at the University of Rochester.
Dr. Weitz also completed a naturopathic, functional, and regenerative medicine fellowship through the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine and Metabolic Medicine Institute. He has published in peer review journals and presented to groups of physicians as well as the public, both locally and nationally. He enjoys clinical research and the goal of advancing our understanding of health and wellness.
Dr. Weitz worked closely with Dr. Robert Loss, Jr. and helped establish an electronic database for Skin Search, the clinical research partner of Dermatology Associates of Rochester.
When he’s away from work, Dr. Weitz enjoys spending time with his family, reading, and exploring nature through hiking, skiing, and rock climbing.Connect with and learn more about Dr. Weitz
👨⚕️ Dermatology Associates of Rochester
🧬 Skin Search
👥 Dr. Weitz on LinkedIn More from Dr. Lewellis
Need a dermatologist? Fill out this short interest form, text or call me at 715-391-9774, or email me at [email protected] if you'd like to have a no obligation discovery call. I can do in office and virtual care in WI and virtual care in MN, IL, NE, AL, and CO.
Have an idea for a guest or want to be on the show yourself? Send me a text or email, and we'll see if it's a good fit.
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If We Don't Help Our Healers, We Won't Have Any Left | Amanda Hill, JD
The Direct Care Derm
04/11/24 • 60 min
Episode 016 | Have you ever felt tangled in the web of healthcare law? You're not alone, and help is just a click away.
Amanda B. Hill, JD, healthcare lawyer and CEO of Guard My Practice, hears this all the time from doctors like us. She's here to help us cut through the confusion and fear. Think of her as your friendly expert, turning legal complexities into something you can not only understand but use.We're great at medicine, and she's here to make sure legal hurdles don't slow us down. No more losing sleep over contracts or employee issues. Her courses are straightforward – no fluff, just the essential legal know-how you need without the mounting legal bills when they aren't necessary.
In her courses, she dives into contract details, regulatory compliance, and more, all tailored for a doctor's busy schedule.
She's also a true advocate for doctor's, a humorous speaker and writer, and a lovely person. Enjoy the show!In this episode:🔥 Learning about healthcare law as preventive medicine
🔥 Becoming better at issue spotting (think before you sign!)
🔥 Why modern day docs are uniquely vulnerable to scams
🔥 You don't need a complicated skincare routine
🔥 The realization that you're just part of the machine (but don't have to be)
🔥 "I finally feel like I can breathe again."
🔥 The value of physician coaches who still practice medicine
🔥 Leveraging your expertise
🔥 Love it, learn it, or outsource it
🔥 Putting all the parts of your brain into your job
🔥 Learning and growing from trauma
🔥 Some parts of self care are hard and uncomfortable
🔥 Your life isn't over when you get fired.
🔥 Why so many of us are coming to each other's rescue
🔥 Male vulnerability
🔥 Supercommunicators and neural entrainment
🔥 If you feel lost and confused, join the club!🔗 Connect with and learn form Amanda Hill
👩🏫 Guard My Practice
📚 Hill Health Law
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🎙️ The Direct Care Derm Podcast
🐕 Pippa!
Amanda B. Hill, JD, healthcare lawyer and CEO of Guard My Practice, hears this all the time from doctors like us. She's here to help us cut through the confusion and fear. Think of her as your friendly expert, turning legal complexities into something you can not only understand but use.We're great at medicine, and she's here to make sure legal hurdles don't slow us down. No more losing sleep over contracts or employee issues. Her courses are straightforward – no fluff, just the essential legal know-how you need without the mounting legal bills when they aren't necessary.
In her courses, she dives into contract details, regulatory compliance, and more, all tailored for a doctor's busy schedule.
She's also a true advocate for doctor's, a humorous speaker and writer, and a lovely person. Enjoy the show!In this episode:🔥 Learning about healthcare law as preventive medicine
🔥 Becoming better at issue spotting (think before you sign!)
🔥 Why modern day docs are uniquely vulnerable to scams
🔥 You don't need a complicated skincare routine
🔥 The realization that you're just part of the machine (but don't have to be)
🔥 "I finally feel like I can breathe again."
🔥 The value of physician coaches who still practice medicine
🔥 Leveraging your expertise
🔥 Love it, learn it, or outsource it
🔥 Putting all the parts of your brain into your job
🔥 Learning and growing from trauma
🔥 Some parts of self care are hard and uncomfortable
🔥 Your life isn't over when you get fired.
🔥 Why so many of us are coming to each other's rescue
🔥 Male vulnerability
🔥 Supercommunicators and neural entrainment
🔥 If you feel lost and confused, join the club!🔗 Connect with and learn form Amanda Hill
👩🏫 Guard My Practice
📚 Hill Health Law
👥 LinkedIn🔗 More from Dr. Lewellis
☀️ Sun Powder
👨⚕️ Subscribe to my newsletter and get a free gift! Your skin will thank you.
🎬 YouTube
🎶 TikTok
🐦 Twitter/X
🧠 Change Your Mind, Change Your Life
🥼 SoMeDocs (Doctors on Social Media)
🎙️ The Direct Care Derm Podcast
🐕 Pippa!
A Renaissance Medicine Woman & Entrepreneurial Physician Advocate | Susan Baumgaertel, MD
The Direct Care Derm
04/18/24 • 55 min
Episode 017 | Dr. Susan Baumgaertel is an internal medicine physician with over 30 years of clinical experience.
In 2020, she launched MenopauseMenu, a free informational website providing nourishing support for menopause and beyond.Soon after that, she stepped away from direct patient care and founded a novel telemedicine business model, myMDadvocate.
She uses her extensive medical experience and expertise to serve patients by providing medical consultation and advocacy support.
Common topics include aging with intent, preventive care, menopause, chronic diseases, autoimmune conditions, weight management, behavioral health, cancer and survivorship support, caregiver stress, coping with chronic pain, and referral advocacy.In 2023, she published her first book "The Menopause Menu"—an all-in-one giftbook, medical guide, and recipe book for navigating menopause.In this episode:🔥 A large company that got larger
🔥 The danger of leaving the "business" of medicine to someone else
🔥 A glimpse inside a doc's abrupt termination
🔥 Using your moral and ethical code as a decision making filter
🔥 The double edged sword of anger
🔥 Leveraging yourself
🔥 The value of giving freely
🔥 Into the legal weeds
🔥 Expressing your creative side
🔥 We have done a disservice to women who are going through menopause
🔥 The Menopause Menu
🔥 Choosing to spend money on things that have meaning to us
🔥 Self-publishing
🔥 Making a difficult topic educational, relatable, and fun
🔥 Transparency, honesty, and aligned incentives
🔥 The freedom to be flexible and do what is right
🔥 Living in the gain🔗 Connect with and learn from Dr. Baumgaertel
👩⚕️ myMDadvocate
📖 The Menopause Menu (book)
⛬ MenopauseMenu (website)
📃 MenopauseMenu (FB page)
👥 LinkedIn
🎬 YouTube
🥼 SoMeDocs (Doctors on Social Media)
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In 2020, she launched MenopauseMenu, a free informational website providing nourishing support for menopause and beyond.Soon after that, she stepped away from direct patient care and founded a novel telemedicine business model, myMDadvocate.
She uses her extensive medical experience and expertise to serve patients by providing medical consultation and advocacy support.
Common topics include aging with intent, preventive care, menopause, chronic diseases, autoimmune conditions, weight management, behavioral health, cancer and survivorship support, caregiver stress, coping with chronic pain, and referral advocacy.In 2023, she published her first book "The Menopause Menu"—an all-in-one giftbook, medical guide, and recipe book for navigating menopause.In this episode:🔥 A large company that got larger
🔥 The danger of leaving the "business" of medicine to someone else
🔥 A glimpse inside a doc's abrupt termination
🔥 Using your moral and ethical code as a decision making filter
🔥 The double edged sword of anger
🔥 Leveraging yourself
🔥 The value of giving freely
🔥 Into the legal weeds
🔥 Expressing your creative side
🔥 We have done a disservice to women who are going through menopause
🔥 The Menopause Menu
🔥 Choosing to spend money on things that have meaning to us
🔥 Self-publishing
🔥 Making a difficult topic educational, relatable, and fun
🔥 Transparency, honesty, and aligned incentives
🔥 The freedom to be flexible and do what is right
🔥 Living in the gain🔗 Connect with and learn from Dr. Baumgaertel
👩⚕️ myMDadvocate
📖 The Menopause Menu (book)
⛬ MenopauseMenu (website)
📃 MenopauseMenu (FB page)
🎬 YouTube
🥼 SoMeDocs (Doctors on Social Media)
From Dr. Lewellis:☀️ Sun Powder
👨⚕️ Subscribe to my newsletter
Everything is Figureoutable (shout out Marie Forleo!) | Dr. Sarah Asch (Part 1 of 2)
The Direct Care Derm
02/22/24 • 52 min
Episode 010 | Sarah Asch, MD, FAAP, FAAD is a trailblazer in direct care pediatric dermatology. She's on a mission to expand high-quality pediatric dermatology care throughout underserved areas of the Upper Midwest and beyond. She LOVES her work in pediatric dermatology, and she wanted to love her job again. She decided to solve that problem by founding Hometown Pediatric Dermatology. Join us for the Part 1 of a wide ranging, provocative, educational, and fun conversation with a wildly talented doctor and delightful person. Part 2 will be out next Thursday.
(This episode is marked as explicit. It's just one tiny BS. :)
In this episode:🔥 Hard things and simple things
🔥 Thinking about and doing things a bit differently
🔥 Things are great, and then things change
🔥 "I was no longer ethically and morally aligned with my leadership team."
🔥 Everything is figureoutable (shout out Marie Forleo!)
🔥 The riskiest thing you can tell yourself as an entrepreneur
🔥 Work-life integration
🔥 The importance of a stable financial foundation
🔥 What would this look like if it were easy?
Sarah Asch, MD, FAAP, FAAD, is a triple board-certified pediatric dermatologist (Temple University School of Medicine, MD; Residencies: Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh; Dermatology, UCSF; Fellowship: Pediatric Dermatology, Mayo Clinic - Rochester). She founded and is building Hometown Pediatric Dermatology, her pediatric teledermatology practice that operates via a direct care model, which she simply calls "practicing medicine".
She serves (r)evolving volunteer roles in her profession with leadership roles in the Minnesota Dermatologic Society, FIRST (Foundation for Ichthyosis and Related Skin Types), and the Teledermatology Committee of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Pediatric Dermatology.
Dr. Asch is the founder and organizer of the Middle Country Mentorship group, a case-sharing, self-mentorship group of mostly solo pediatric dermatologists primarily in the Central and Mountain time zones. She is also the Project ECHO lead for Pediatric Dermatology for the Upper Midwest (HRSA grant supported via UMMC), first session scheduled for March 2024. She fills her soul by volunteering at the American Academy of Dermatology's Camp Discovery.
She is currently Adjunct Faculty in Dermatology at the University of Minnesota and Clinical Assistant Professor at Michigan State University School of Human Medicine in Pediatrics.To learn more about Dr. Asch, check out these links👇
🔗 Connect with Dr. Asch
👩⚕️ Hometown Pediatric Dermatology
👥 LinkedIn🔗 Connect with Dr. Lewellis and Learn More
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👥 LinkedIn
📷 Instagram
🎬 YouTube
🎶 TikTok
🐦 Twitter/X
🧠 Change Your Mind, Change Your Life
🥼 SoMeDocs (Doctors on Social Media)
🎙️ The Direct Care Derm Podcast
🐕 Pippa!
(This episode is marked as explicit. It's just one tiny BS. :)
In this episode:🔥 Hard things and simple things
🔥 Thinking about and doing things a bit differently
🔥 Things are great, and then things change
🔥 "I was no longer ethically and morally aligned with my leadership team."
🔥 Everything is figureoutable (shout out Marie Forleo!)
🔥 The riskiest thing you can tell yourself as an entrepreneur
🔥 Work-life integration
🔥 The importance of a stable financial foundation
🔥 What would this look like if it were easy?
Sarah Asch, MD, FAAP, FAAD, is a triple board-certified pediatric dermatologist (Temple University School of Medicine, MD; Residencies: Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh; Dermatology, UCSF; Fellowship: Pediatric Dermatology, Mayo Clinic - Rochester). She founded and is building Hometown Pediatric Dermatology, her pediatric teledermatology practice that operates via a direct care model, which she simply calls "practicing medicine".
She serves (r)evolving volunteer roles in her profession with leadership roles in the Minnesota Dermatologic Society, FIRST (Foundation for Ichthyosis and Related Skin Types), and the Teledermatology Committee of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Pediatric Dermatology.
Dr. Asch is the founder and organizer of the Middle Country Mentorship group, a case-sharing, self-mentorship group of mostly solo pediatric dermatologists primarily in the Central and Mountain time zones. She is also the Project ECHO lead for Pediatric Dermatology for the Upper Midwest (HRSA grant supported via UMMC), first session scheduled for March 2024. She fills her soul by volunteering at the American Academy of Dermatology's Camp Discovery.
She is currently Adjunct Faculty in Dermatology at the University of Minnesota and Clinical Assistant Professor at Michigan State University School of Human Medicine in Pediatrics.To learn more about Dr. Asch, check out these links👇
🔗 Connect with Dr. Asch
👩⚕️ Hometown Pediatric Dermatology
👥 LinkedIn🔗 Connect with Dr. Lewellis and Learn More
👨⚕️ Subscribe to my newsletter and get a free gift! Your skin will thank you.
🎬 YouTube
🎶 TikTok
🐦 Twitter/X
🧠 Change Your Mind, Change Your Life
🥼 SoMeDocs (Doctors on Social Media)
🎙️ The Direct Care Derm Podcast
🐕 Pippa!
Warts, CYA Medicine, and the Value of Authenticity | Dr. Sarah Asch (Part 2 of 2)
The Direct Care Derm
02/29/24 • 40 min
Episode 011 | Sarah Asch, MD, FAAP, FAAD is a trailblazer in direct care pediatric dermatology. She's on a mission to expand high-quality pediatric dermatology care throughout underserved areas of the Upper Midwest and beyond. She LOVES her work in pediatric dermatology, and she wanted to love her job again. She decided to solve that problem by founding Hometown Pediatric Dermatology. Join us for the Part 2 of a wide ranging, provocative, educational, and fun conversation with a wildly talented doctor and delightful person. Part 1 aired last week as episode 010.
(This episode is marked as explicit. It's just one little a$$ :)
In this episode:🔥 Talk to people who are doing what you want to do
🔥 Under the hood of Dr. Asch's direct care practice
🔥 Thinking outside the box about how we get paid
🔥 Get good lawyers
🔥 The importance of texting in the physician-patient relationship
🔥 Maintaining integrity while integrating new tech
🔥 Making it not so dang hard to help people
🔥 Wart treatment without in office procedures
🔥 Expectation setting and management
🔥 Project ECHO
🔥 The scourge of CYA medicine
🔥 "Your brand is authenticity"
See the episode 010 description for more about today's guest, Sarah Asch, MD, FAAP, FAAD, a triple board-certified pediatric dermatologist who founded and is building Hometown Pediatric Dermatology, her pediatric teledermatology practice that operates via a direct care model, which she simply calls "practicing medicine". To learn more about Dr. Asch, check out these links👇
🔗 Connect with Dr. Asch
👩⚕️ Hometown Pediatric Dermatology
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🐦 Twitter/X
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🎙️ The Direct Care Derm Podcast
🐕 Pippa!
(This episode is marked as explicit. It's just one little a$$ :)
In this episode:🔥 Talk to people who are doing what you want to do
🔥 Under the hood of Dr. Asch's direct care practice
🔥 Thinking outside the box about how we get paid
🔥 Get good lawyers
🔥 The importance of texting in the physician-patient relationship
🔥 Maintaining integrity while integrating new tech
🔥 Making it not so dang hard to help people
🔥 Wart treatment without in office procedures
🔥 Expectation setting and management
🔥 Project ECHO
🔥 The scourge of CYA medicine
🔥 "Your brand is authenticity"
See the episode 010 description for more about today's guest, Sarah Asch, MD, FAAP, FAAD, a triple board-certified pediatric dermatologist who founded and is building Hometown Pediatric Dermatology, her pediatric teledermatology practice that operates via a direct care model, which she simply calls "practicing medicine". To learn more about Dr. Asch, check out these links👇
🔗 Connect with Dr. Asch
👩⚕️ Hometown Pediatric Dermatology
👥 LinkedIn🔗 Connect with Dr. Lewellis and Learn More
👨⚕️ Subscribe to my newsletter and get a free gift! Your skin will thank you.
🎬 YouTube
🎶 TikTok
🐦 Twitter/X
🧠 Change Your Mind, Change Your Life
🥼 SoMeDocs (Doctors on Social Media)
🎙️ The Direct Care Derm Podcast
🐕 Pippa!
Starting a Digital Marketing Agency at Age 14... "I just had to figure it out." | Bryson Bernarde
The Direct Care Derm
03/08/24 • 63 min
Episode 012 | Bryson Bernarde is the founder and owner of United Social Media Marketing, a digital marketing agency based in Wausau, WI.
He founded his company at age 14, making him a veteran of small business ownership and digital marketing at only 22 years old.
He's an active leader and participant in local and international Toastmasters meetings and numerous other local groups.
He recently moved back to Wausau, WI after playing college baseball in Michigan and is taking the town by storm. I'm grateful to know him.
In this episode:🔥 Buying Instagram accounts at age 14 (not recommended)
🔥 Willingness to take the L and learn valuable lessons
🔥 The courage to build a business from scratch as a teenager
🔥 Starting national, going local
🔥 Facebook ads and the value of becoming an expert
🔥 The importance of a good website
🔥 My tuition house
🔥 A flaw in our education system
🔥 Embracing your natural strengths early in life
🔥 Toastmasters International
🔥 Everything is energy
🔥 Self-awareness -- what go you here won't get you there
🔥 Getting out of your comfort zone
🔥 A place where mistakes are encouraged
🔥 Bryson's experience of Big Box Dermatology
🔥 How a recovering Big Box Dermatologist is trying to save lives🔗 Work with and learn from Bryson
📈 United Social Media Marketing
🧠 Free Knowledge🔗 More from Dr. Lewellis
☀️ Sun Powder
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👥 LinkedIn
📷 Instagram
🎬 YouTube
🎶 TikTok
🐦 Twitter/X
🧠 Change Your Mind, Change Your Life
🥼 SoMeDocs (Doctors on Social Media)
🎙️ The Direct Care Derm Podcast
🐕 Pippa!
He founded his company at age 14, making him a veteran of small business ownership and digital marketing at only 22 years old.
He's an active leader and participant in local and international Toastmasters meetings and numerous other local groups.
He recently moved back to Wausau, WI after playing college baseball in Michigan and is taking the town by storm. I'm grateful to know him.
In this episode:🔥 Buying Instagram accounts at age 14 (not recommended)
🔥 Willingness to take the L and learn valuable lessons
🔥 The courage to build a business from scratch as a teenager
🔥 Starting national, going local
🔥 Facebook ads and the value of becoming an expert
🔥 The importance of a good website
🔥 My tuition house
🔥 A flaw in our education system
🔥 Embracing your natural strengths early in life
🔥 Toastmasters International
🔥 Everything is energy
🔥 Self-awareness -- what go you here won't get you there
🔥 Getting out of your comfort zone
🔥 A place where mistakes are encouraged
🔥 Bryson's experience of Big Box Dermatology
🔥 How a recovering Big Box Dermatologist is trying to save lives🔗 Work with and learn from Bryson
📈 United Social Media Marketing
🧠 Free Knowledge🔗 More from Dr. Lewellis
☀️ Sun Powder
👨⚕️ Subscribe to my newsletter and get a free gift! Your skin will thank you.
🎬 YouTube
🎶 TikTok
🐦 Twitter/X
🧠 Change Your Mind, Change Your Life
🥼 SoMeDocs (Doctors on Social Media)
🎙️ The Direct Care Derm Podcast
🐕 Pippa!
When Derms Stop Being Polite... and Start Getting Real | Dr. Mary Alice Mina
The Direct Care Derm
03/14/24 • 59 min
Episode 013 | Dr. Mary Alice Mina is a Harvard-trained dermatologist, dermatologic surgeon, wife, mom, and skin enthusiast. She's on a mission to help educate people with real skincare, beauty, and cosmetic guidance and advice curated by true skin experts. She loves taking care of her patients at her practice, Baucom and Mina Derm Surgery, in Atlanta, GA.
Dr. Mina has been practicing dermatology with a focus on dermatologic surgery for over a decade and truly loves what she does. She's also the creator and host of The Skin Real, a podcast that allows her to bring skincare education to a broader population because healthy skin begins from the inside out and requires real skincare education and guidance.
And, don't be fooled by the title, there's nothing impolite about her :)
In this episode:🔥 Holistic care for us and our patients
🔥 How our skin health impacts how we feel
🔥 Insurance -- it gets harder every year, but you can still do it
🔥 You don't need a complicated skincare routine
🔥 The value of physician entrepreneur communities
🔥 Neuroaesthetics and how creative pursuits can help doctors restore their sense of autonomy
🔥 Leveraging our expertise
🔥 You can be mad or you can change
🔥 Bathrooms full of lotions, potions, and procedures
🔥 Shout out Dove bar soap and Amarte Skin Care!
🔥 In fashion and skincare, find the core pieces that serve you
🔥 Combatting bad information with good🔗 Connect with and learn form Dr. Mina
👩⚕️ Baucom and Mina Derm Surgery, LLC
📚 Level Up Your Skin Care Habits!
🎙️ The Skin Real podcast
📷 Instagram
🎶 TikTok🔗 More from Dr. Lewellis
☀️ Sun Powder
👨⚕️ Subscribe to my newsletter and get a free gift! Your skin will thank you.
👥 LinkedIn
📷 Instagram
🎬 YouTube
🎶 TikTok
🐦 Twitter/X
🧠 Change Your Mind, Change Your Life
🥼 SoMeDocs (Doctors on Social Media)
🎙️ The Direct Care Derm Podcast
🐕 Pippa!
Dr. Mina has been practicing dermatology with a focus on dermatologic surgery for over a decade and truly loves what she does. She's also the creator and host of The Skin Real, a podcast that allows her to bring skincare education to a broader population because healthy skin begins from the inside out and requires real skincare education and guidance.
And, don't be fooled by the title, there's nothing impolite about her :)
In this episode:🔥 Holistic care for us and our patients
🔥 How our skin health impacts how we feel
🔥 Insurance -- it gets harder every year, but you can still do it
🔥 You don't need a complicated skincare routine
🔥 The value of physician entrepreneur communities
🔥 Neuroaesthetics and how creative pursuits can help doctors restore their sense of autonomy
🔥 Leveraging our expertise
🔥 You can be mad or you can change
🔥 Bathrooms full of lotions, potions, and procedures
🔥 Shout out Dove bar soap and Amarte Skin Care!
🔥 In fashion and skincare, find the core pieces that serve you
🔥 Combatting bad information with good🔗 Connect with and learn form Dr. Mina
👩⚕️ Baucom and Mina Derm Surgery, LLC
📚 Level Up Your Skin Care Habits!
🎙️ The Skin Real podcast
🎶 TikTok🔗 More from Dr. Lewellis
☀️ Sun Powder
👨⚕️ Subscribe to my newsletter and get a free gift! Your skin will thank you.
🎬 YouTube
🎶 TikTok
🐦 Twitter/X
🧠 Change Your Mind, Change Your Life
🥼 SoMeDocs (Doctors on Social Media)
🎙️ The Direct Care Derm Podcast
🐕 Pippa!
"Direct care is value-based care." | Dr. Farhaad Riyaz
The Direct Care Derm
12/29/23 • 74 min
Episode 002 | Farhaad Riyaz, MD on Medicine, Business, and the Value of Storytelling
Dr. Farhaad Riyaz, MD, FAAD, is a distinguished dermatologist and Mohs micrographic & reconstructive surgeon. He excelled in his medical studies at the Medical College of Virginia, securing first place in his class and serving as President of the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. Dr. Riyaz's expertise includes skin cancer, Mohs surgery, complex facial reconstruction, cosmetics, hair disorders, and clinical trials. His training included internships and residencies in Michigan, a fellowship at Northwestern University, and business school at the University of Chicago. In 2023, Dr. Riyaz founded a direct care dermatology practice in Michigan, focused on commitment to patient care and medical excellence.
🔗 Connect with Dr. Riyaz
🐦 Twitter/X (162K+ followers! — @DermDC)
👨⚕️ DrFarhaadRiyazMD.com
🔗 Connect with Dr. Lewellis and Learn More
Need a dermatologist? Text or call me at 715-391-9774 or email me at [email protected] if you'd like to have a no obligation discovery call. I can do in office and virtual care in WI and virtual care in MN, IL, NE, AL, and CO.
🩺 Above & Beyond Dermatology
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👥 LinkedIn
📷 Instagram
🎬 YouTube
🎶 TikTok
🐦 Twitter/X
🧠 Change Your Mind, Change Your Life
🥼 SoMeDocs (Doctors on Social Media)
🎙️ The Direct Care Derm Podcast
🐕 Pippa!In this episode, my friend and fellow direct care dermatologist, Dr. Riyaz, shares his journey from medical school to the innovative direct care practice that he launched in 2023.
He sheds light on the pivotal influences in his life, the intersection of medicine, business, and journalism in his professional pursuits, and the transformative power of storytelling.
He reflects on the rewards of his service-based approach that allows him to build deeper relationships with patients and how he seeks out value in his practice while maintaining uncompromised patient care standards.
Reflecting on what direct care means to him, he provides us with an engaging and thought provoking reframe of direct care as value-based care. This contrasts starkly with the web of bureaucracy and alphabet soup that I imagine many of you think of when you hear the phrase "value-based care".
If you enjoy this, the best way to support the continued production of more content like it is to subscribe/follow and leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast platform. Thank you!
Dr. Farhaad Riyaz, MD, FAAD, is a distinguished dermatologist and Mohs micrographic & reconstructive surgeon. He excelled in his medical studies at the Medical College of Virginia, securing first place in his class and serving as President of the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. Dr. Riyaz's expertise includes skin cancer, Mohs surgery, complex facial reconstruction, cosmetics, hair disorders, and clinical trials. His training included internships and residencies in Michigan, a fellowship at Northwestern University, and business school at the University of Chicago. In 2023, Dr. Riyaz founded a direct care dermatology practice in Michigan, focused on commitment to patient care and medical excellence.
🔗 Connect with Dr. Riyaz
🐦 Twitter/X (162K+ followers! — @DermDC)
👨⚕️ DrFarhaadRiyazMD.com
🔗 Connect with Dr. Lewellis and Learn More
Need a dermatologist? Text or call me at 715-391-9774 or email me at [email protected] if you'd like to have a no obligation discovery call. I can do in office and virtual care in WI and virtual care in MN, IL, NE, AL, and CO.
🩺 Above & Beyond Dermatology
👨⚕️ Subscribe to my newsletter and get a free gift!
🔗 Biolinky: All the links in once place
🎬 YouTube
🎶 TikTok
🐦 Twitter/X
🧠 Change Your Mind, Change Your Life
🥼 SoMeDocs (Doctors on Social Media)
🎙️ The Direct Care Derm Podcast
🐕 Pippa!In this episode, my friend and fellow direct care dermatologist, Dr. Riyaz, shares his journey from medical school to the innovative direct care practice that he launched in 2023.
He sheds light on the pivotal influences in his life, the intersection of medicine, business, and journalism in his professional pursuits, and the transformative power of storytelling.
He reflects on the rewards of his service-based approach that allows him to build deeper relationships with patients and how he seeks out value in his practice while maintaining uncompromised patient care standards.
Reflecting on what direct care means to him, he provides us with an engaging and thought provoking reframe of direct care as value-based care. This contrasts starkly with the web of bureaucracy and alphabet soup that I imagine many of you think of when you hear the phrase "value-based care".
If you enjoy this, the best way to support the continued production of more content like it is to subscribe/follow and leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast platform. Thank you!
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FAQ
How many episodes does The Direct Care Derm have?
The Direct Care Derm currently has 35 episodes available.
What topics does The Direct Care Derm cover?
The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Functional Medicine, Alternative Health, Entrepreneurship, Podcasts, Business and Dermatology.
What is the most popular episode on The Direct Care Derm?
The episode title 'What, Why, and a Quick Win' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Direct Care Derm?
The average episode length on The Direct Care Derm is 51 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Direct Care Derm released?
Episodes of The Direct Care Derm are typically released every 7 days, 5 hours.
When was the first episode of The Direct Care Derm?
The first episode of The Direct Care Derm was released on Dec 29, 2023.
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