Ep 1: Eric Topol | The Success Secrets of a Cardiology Icon

11/19/14 • 32 min

The Medmastery Show - with Franz Wiesbauer MD

Today’s guest is none other than cardiology superstar Eric Topol MD. He’s the Chief Academic Officer of Scripps Health, Director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, Editor in Chief of Medscape and theheart.org, he’s the The Gary and Mary West Chair of Innovative Medicine, and co-founder of the West Wireless Health Institute to name just a few.

At the young age of 36, Eric Topol was named Chairman of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic where he helped to catapult the institution into the leading ranks of the field. Eric has received so many honors that it’s beyond the scope of this post to list them all. This is just a short excerpt: He was named Doctor of the Decade by the Institute for Scientific Information. In 2012 the journal „Modern Healthcare“ ranked him as the most influential physician executive in the US. In 2009 GQ magazine elected Eric to be one of 12 physcician rockstars. He was elected into the Institute of Medicine by the National Academy of Science and the list goes on and on.

In 2012 he published the seminal Book "The crative desctruction of medicine“ that has been all over the media. It has become hugely popular especially among tech-savvy physicians. His book and his initiatives at Scripps have made him the figurehead of all things on the intersection of medicine and technology. So he’s been featured and interviewed on popular TV show like Colbert Nation and his TED talk has been viewed over 600.000 times. He’s been featured on the Economist, CSpan and Techcrunch.

And even though he’s such an acclaimed physician, he has remained approachable and ready to share his wisdom with the world.

In this episode you will learn:

What skills are most valuable for a young doctor
What character traits will keep you from being successful
What was the best advice he ever got from a mentor
What he would recommend to his 20 year old self
How to approach someone who could potentially become your mentor.
What books Eric recommends
How Eric spends his mornings
How he keeps up with all the information overflow
How Eric uses Twitter to stay productive and up-to-date
What to do if you find yourself in a position that won’t let you maximize your full potential
How to stay motivated
How Eric structures his mornings so he’s energized and up-to-date
How to choose the right projects to work on
And much, much more

And even though he’s such an acclaimed physician, he has remained approachable and ready to share his wisdom with the world.

In this episode you will learn:

What skills are most valuable for a young doctor
What character traits will keep you from being successful
What was the best advice he ever got from a mentor
What he would recommend to his 20 year old self
How to approach someone who could potentially become your mentor.
What books Eric recommends
How Eric spends his mornings
How he keeps up with all the information overflow
How Eric uses Twitter to stay productive and up-to-date
What to do if you find yourself in a position that won’t let you maximize your full potential
How to stay motivated
How Eric structures his mornings so he’s energized and up-to-date
How to choose the right projects to work on
And much, much more

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Ep 2: Bryan Vartabedian | How to excel as a doctor in the digital age

If you want to learn how to be successful as a clinician in the digital age, then you don't want to miss this 30 minute interview with my good friend Dr. Bryan Vartabedian.

Here are a couple of facts about him:

He's probably THE most influential physician blogger on the web
His blog 33charts.com has been cited as an example of 21st century thought leadership and was recently chosen to be archived in its entirety in the National Library of Medicine
He's a pediatrician gastroenterologist from Baylor College of Medicine
He has over 21,000 followers on twitter (follow him at @Doctor_V)
He's an advisor to Mayo Clinic's Center for Social Media
He currently serves as a Visiting Professor at Rice University where he has co-taught Medicine in the Age of Networked Intelligence
And the list of accomplishments goes on and on

In this interview we'll uncover several nuggets of wisdom like:

How medical students can build a brand for themselves
What are some key mindsets that will help you to be successful and happy as a doctor
The best social media tools for doctors
and much, much more

I hope you enjoy this episode. Let me know what you think of it by sending an @-reply on Twitter to @franzwiesbauer or connect with me on Linkedin (https://at.linkedin.com/in/franzwiesbauer). Till next time!

Franz