Ep 6: Jonathan Sackner-Bernstein (Part II) | The Art Of Medical Mastery Continues

01/20/15 • 36 min

The Medmastery Show - with Franz Wiesbauer MD

This is part II of my interview with cardiologist and TED speaker, Dr. Jonathan Sackner-Bernstein. In this interview, he reveals several insights on how to be successful within clinical medicine but also outside. In case you’ve missed part I - click this link where you can also access the show notes.

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Here's a little bit of background on Jonathan:

Today’s guest is Dr. Jonathan Sackner-Bernstein, a cardiologist by training with a background in electrical engineering. He has had an amazing career so far... After doing his internal medicine residency and cardiology fellowship at Mount Sinai in New York, he discovered his love for product development, which took him along a new and very interesting career path.

Among other positions, he served as an advisor to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and was invited by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to serve as a consultant to their new Biological Tactics Office.

In a very inspiring TED talk at TEDx Brussels he discussed the fact that it’s never too late to leave your dent in the universe. I highly recommend you watch the talk! A large portion of our interview is centering around the things he discussed in that talk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tSCdNmd4BM

Make sure to go to our blog where you can access the show notes with links to all books and resources that were discussed during the interview.

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Here's a little bit of background on Jonathan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tSCdNmd4BM

Make sure to go to our blog where you can access the show notes with links to all books and resources that were discussed during the interview.

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Ep 5: Jonathan Sackner-Bernstein | How To Become An Expert - The Art of Medical Mastery Revealed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tSCdNmd4BM

Make sure to go to our blog where you can access the show notes with links to all books and resources that were discussed during the interview.

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Ep 7: Bernhard J. Gersh | From failing first year at med school to Rhodes Scholarship

Today's guest is Dr. Bernhard J. Gersh. He is the Professor of Medicine and past Chair of Cardiovascular Education at Mayo Medical School, as well as Consultant of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Born in Zambia, he went to highschool and medical school in South Africa. After medschool he received a Rhodes scholarship and went to Oxford where he did his PHD in anesthesiology. When he came back to SA, he started his training and learned the nuts and bolts of hands-on clinical cardiology. In 1978 he joined the Mayo Clinic to continue his training. He has remained in their faculty up until the present moment with a short break of 5 years that he spent in Georgetown University in Washington DC. He has been awarded many clinical honors and it’s no exaggeration to say that he’s one of the most renowned cardiologists in the world.

In this interview we're talking about Dr. Gersh's track record, how he evolved from having to repeat first year at medical school to having straight A's and receiving the Rhodes scholarship. Furthermore he gives advice to younger doctors on how to show effort and establish work relationships with senior colleagues.