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The Direct Care Derm - A Renaissance Medicine Woman & Entrepreneurial Physician Advocate | Susan Baumgaertel, MD

A Renaissance Medicine Woman & Entrepreneurial Physician Advocate | Susan Baumgaertel, MD

The Direct Care Derm

04/18/24 • 55 min

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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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04/18/24 • 55 min

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