Your First 100 for Medical Practices & Entrepreneurs

You understand the science. But do you understand the stock?
As a healthcare professional, you already have an edge most investors can never buy — you can read clinical literature, evaluate treatment efficacy, and spot genuine medical breakthroughs. The missing piece? The financial framework to turn that expertise into smarter investing decisions.
In this episode, I sit down with Bryant Burciaga — former buy-side equity research analyst turned consultant — to help healthcare providers bridge the gap between scientific fluency and financial literacy.
We cover:
How to build and interpret financial models for biotech and healthcare equities
The key catalysts that drive stock movement in this sector
Red flags that signal a biotech company is in financial distress
Where to find analyst reports — and how to understand what's already priced into the market
For anyone that wanted to translate their scientific knowledge into healthcare/biotech investing, this is a can't miss episode!
Your knowledge of medicine is your moat. This episode helps you use it!

Dr. Therese Canares is an assistant professor of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at John Hopkins. She is also the founder and CEO of CureDX, a vision-based AI solution that uses your cell phone to diagnose strep throat and other diseases. 
In this episode we discuss her story pitching to Shark Tank, how she got a $750,000 non-dilitutive grant for CurieDx, and how to develop a piece of medical technology if you don't have a strong technical background. 
#telehealth #telemedicine #medtec #digitalhealth #primarycare #independentmedicalpractice #independentheqlthcareprovider
Medical Speciality Tags (so other physicians will find this content. In no particular order, and not comprehensive): #familymedicine #internalmedicine #emergencymedicine #obgyn #neurology #dermatology #heent #endocrinology #psychiatry #orthopedicsurgery #pulmonology #cardiology #gastroenterology #sportsmedicine 

Dr. Therese Canares is an assistant professor of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at John Hopkins. She is also the founder and CEO of CureDX, a vision-based AI solution that uses your cell phone to diagnose strep throat and other diseases. 
In this episode we discuss the CurieDX origin story, and how she used grants such as the I-Corps to help fund her startup without giving up ownership/equity. 
#telehealth #telemedicine #medtec #digitalhealth #primarycare #independentmedicalpractice #independentheqlthcareprovider
Medical Speciality Tags (so other physicians will find this content. In no particular order, and not comprehensive): #familymedicine #internalmedicine #emergencymedicine #obgyn #neurology #dermatology #heent #endocrinology #psychiatry #orthopedicsurgery #pulmonology #cardiology #gastroenterology #sportsmedicine 
 

Dr. Shalini Prasad, PhD is a professor of bioengineering at the University of Texas at Dallas. She is the co-founder of EnLiSense, a wearable patch to monitor biomarkers crucial for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), and other disease states. She also has worked on countless other devices, ranging from sensors to detect aflatoxin in corn to breath-based tests for lung cancer. 
In this episode we discussed how she went about developing the EnLiSense patch from a biomechanical engineering perspective, how she got grant funding, and how she is going about getting this sensor insurance reimbursable. We also discuss strategies on how physicians and other healthcare providers can go about working with engineers to create devices like this is they don't have an engineering background. A lot of pearls of wisdom in this episode for someone that is interested in brining a medical device into existence! 

Dr. Jeffrey Michaelis is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician. Together with his colleagues, he was able to start and sell a private practice. He then started a podcast Justice in Scrubs. In this podcast we discuss his incredible career trajectory, lessons learned from running a private practice, and the value of a personal touch with patient career (ie what many would call "the basics" like checking in with phone calls). It was an absolute pleasure to talk with him!
 

Karim Wabib is a Physician Assistant, and MBA candidate. He has experience on both the front and back end of healthcare, both having provided direct patient care as a physician assistant and then also serving as a practice manager. He's also the founder of FixCare Direct, a platform that combines direct primary care (DPC) and medical cost-sharing to provide an alternative to health insurance. In this episode, in addition to discussing the origin story of HealthCare Direct, we dive into how Karim is using surprising ways to grow his patient base, like Chamber of Commerce participation. 

This is actually a best-of episode. I went through and clipped high-value lessons from each of my podcast guests so far. Here is a table of contents on what you can find in this episode:
 
1.) Christine Bishara, MD of Within Medical on how gained 26,000 Instagram followers.
2.) Mario Amaro, MD of Ease on how to build a digital community.
3.) Dr. Joseph Pazona of Pazona MD on how he got over 1,000 positive Google reviews.
4.) Courtney Younglove, M.D., FOMA, FACOG, DABOM of Heartland Weight Loss on how she got comfortable with public speaking.
5.) Dr. Uri Goldberg on how he built a referral network for his pallative care practice.
6.) Palak Majmudar, MD of LV8 Health on how she is growing Elevate Health's referral network from non-traditional sources like diagnostic centers and gyms.
7.) Hilary Gallin, MD, MBA of ARX and Fastline on how her team got 100K of grant funding and you can too.
8.) Kirk Parsley, M.D. of Doc Parsley on how to take a supplement from idea to reality.
9.) Dr. Gil Carvalho of Nutrition Made Simple, over 1 Million downloads, on how to get started on YouTube.
10.) Dr. Jawad Ali, MD 🔪 of MedTech Connect on how to build a medical meetup with over 100 medical thought leaders.
11.) Ade Bakare DMSc, PA-C with 1,488 positive reviews on Sesame on how many state licenses you need to successful on Sesame & Zocdoc.
12.) Christina Hamm, DO on how affliate marketing partners helped her get initial sales for Percent Apparel.
 
Thank you all to all of these amazing guests for their time and wisdom!
 
#telehealth #telemedicine #medtec #digitalhealth #primarycare #independentmedicalpractice #independentheqlthcareprovider
 
Medical Speciality Tags (so other physicians will find this content. In no particular order, and not comprehensive): #familymedicine #internalmedicine #emergencymedicine #obgyn #neurology #dermatology #heent #endocrinology #psychiatry #orthopedicsurgery #pulmonology #cardiology #gastroenterology #sportsmedicine 
 

Dr. Christina Hamm is a family medicine and urgent care physician. She is also the founder of Percent Apparel, a GOTS-certified 100% organic cotton scrub company. In this episode we explore how she used affiliate marketing to reach her customer base. We also dive into how she went from idea to actually getting her scrubs into production by manufacturers, as well as the overall origin story behind Percent Apparel. 

Adewumi Bakare, PA-C has thousands of positive 5-star reviews on the major telehealth platforms. Of note, he has 1,488 stellar patient reviews on Sesame. He also provides patient care on Zocdoc and WebMD. He is the CEO of Fastdocnow.com, his own telemedicine platform and practice. In this episode we discuss how he accomplished these amazing feats, and how you can go about doing the same!
#telemedicine #telehealth #primarycareprovider #primarycare #medtech #medicalpodcast #healthpodcast #independentmedicalpractice #independentmedicalprovider 

Jawad Ali is the co-founder and president of Austin Medtech Connect. Austin Medtect Connect brings together founders, funding, and stakeholders in the medtech/biotech industry. In its five years since inception, Dr. Jawad has grown AMC to regularly having 100+ thought-leaders attend each of these events. Dr. Jawad is also an affiliate professor at the University of Texas @Austin, as well as the Associate Director of Surgical and Specialty Care at Central Health.
In this episode, we discuss how he got started getting a critical mass of attendees for these events, how he went about getting event sponsors, and so much more! This is a must-listen to for anyone who is interested in organizing high-impact events in healthcare.