Ep 9: Joseph Martin | A Life of Achievements in Medicine and Administration
05/11/15 • 44 min
Today Franz is interviewing Dr. Joseph Martin. He's a neurologist and the former dean of Harvard Medical School. In this conversation, he shares several key insights from his roles as physician, educator, scientist and "politician".
There are so many nuggets of wisdom in this coversation. We are super-excited to share this inspirational interview with you and would love to hear your thoughts in the comments section of our blog!
About Joseph MartinBorn in Alberta, Canada in 1938, he went to the University of Alberta Medical School. Trained as a neurologist, he was appointed Chair of Neurology at McGill University in 1977 at the young age of 39. After that he became chief of the neurology service at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1978. At Harvard he established the Huntington’s Disease Center that eventually lead to the discovery of the gene for Huntington’s disease. In 1989 he became dean at UCSF School of Medicine and would later serve as the dean of Harvard Medical School between 1997 and 2007. Dr Martin is a member of the Institute of Medicine and National Academy of Sciences.
For more show-notes, please visit our blog at www.medmastery.com/blog
Today Franz is interviewing Dr. Joseph Martin. He's a neurologist and the former dean of Harvard Medical School. In this conversation, he shares several key insights from his roles as physician, educator, scientist and "politician".
There are so many nuggets of wisdom in this coversation. We are super-excited to share this inspirational interview with you and would love to hear your thoughts in the comments section of our blog!
About Joseph MartinBorn in Alberta, Canada in 1938, he went to the University of Alberta Medical School. Trained as a neurologist, he was appointed Chair of Neurology at McGill University in 1977 at the young age of 39. After that he became chief of the neurology service at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1978. At Harvard he established the Huntington’s Disease Center that eventually lead to the discovery of the gene for Huntington’s disease. In 1989 he became dean at UCSF School of Medicine and would later serve as the dean of Harvard Medical School between 1997 and 2007. Dr Martin is a member of the Institute of Medicine and National Academy of Sciences.
For more show-notes, please visit our blog at www.medmastery.com/blog
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Ep 8: Pamela Douglas | Inspirational Advice from a Successful Female Cardiologist
We are really excited to present the first female guest in our show:
Today's guest is Pamela Douglas, MD. She is the Ursula Geller Professor for Research in Cardiovascular Diseases at Duke University and Director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute’s Imaging Program. Dr. Douglas is internationally known for her scientific work in noninvasive imaging especially echocardiography. She’s the author of over 320 papers and over 30 national guidelines, she has previously served on the faculties of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University and the University of Wisconsin. She was chief of cardiovascular medicine at Duke University and the University of Wisconsin as well as President of the American College of Cardiology and the American Society of Echocardiography.
In this interview we talk about what makes a good researcher and clinician and she gives advice to all female doctors and scientists on how to be successful.
In this short interview (around 30 minutes) we talk about how to be happy and successful as a cardiologist, what makes a great clinician, researcher and overall human being. If you are working in cardiology, you don't want to miss these valuable nuggets of wisdom!
For more show-notes, please visit our blog at www.medmastery.com/blog
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Ep 10: David Albert | Entrepreneurship in Medicine
Today’s guest is cardiologist inventor Dr. David Albert. Dr. Dave as he’s also called on Twitter is the founder of AliveCor a great company with a great product.
In this interview you'll learn how to become an entrepreneur and inventor in medicine. Dr Albert shares great advice including:
- which team members you need to get your medical startup on track,
- what character traits he is looking for when hiring,
- and several more highly useful tips.
Dr Albert had a quite unusual career for a doctor. At med school he took a break to earn a degree in engineering and since then founded several companies like AliveCor, InnovAlarm and Lifetone Technology. His previous startups include Corazonix Corp and Data Critical that he both sold. Data Critical was actually sold to GE where he then worked between 2001 and 2004. At the end of his tenure there he was the Chief Clinical Scientist in Cardiology. Dr. Albert has 32 issued US patents, a large number pending patents and several new "secret inventions" in development. He has authored or co-authored over 50 scientific abstracts and publications mainly in the field of Cardiology. He has lectured at the Entrepreneurship programs at the MIT Sloan School and the University of Oklahoma. He graduated with Honors from Harvard College and from Duke University Medical School.
For more show-notes, please visit our blog at www.medmastery.com/blog
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