How I Doctor with Dr. Graham Walker
Dr. Graham Walker, creator of MDCalc and founder of Offcall, hosts a podcast about innovative physicians who are redefining the medical profession. Each episode features conversations with creative and influential doctors who are breaking away from traditional roles. The show aims to bring joy back to medicine by showcasing diverse career paths and promoting salary and workload transparency. It offers inspiration for doctors seeking fulfillment in their careers.
Episodes
40+ Authors, 9 Specialties, and a Book Written by the Next Generation of Doctors: Emily Leventhal and Rishma Jivan on The Physician's Guide to AI From Offcall and MD+
Emily Leventhal is a third-year MD-PhD student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Rishma Jivan is a fourth-year at Rush Medical College who spent years inside San Francisco health tech startups before going back to medical school. Together they co-led The Physician's Guide to AI, a nine-specialty e-book built with more than 40 physician authors, published in partnership with MD+.In th
Your Patient Trusts ChatGPT More Than You Now: The New Yorker's Dr. Dhruv Khullar on Medical Authority in the Age of AI
Dhruv Khullar is a hospitalist at New York Presbyterian, a health policy researcher at Weill Cornell, and a contributing writer to The New Yorker. That combination is rarer than it should be. Most physicians writing about medicine observe it from a remove. Dhruv rounds on patients in the morning, then sits down to report on what medicine is becoming for one of the most widely read publications in
How Stanford Health Care Is Rethinking What AI Should Actually Do for Clinicians with CIO Dr. Michael Pfeffer
Dr. Michael Pfeffer is Stanford Healthcare's Chief Information Officer and a practicing hospitalist, which means he builds AI tools in the morning and uses them on patients that afternoon. That combination is rarer than it should be, and it shapes everything about how he thinks.Stanford is one of the most AI-forward health systems in the country. It runs 1,500 software applications, has put genera
Meet the Doctor Who Went Anonymous to Say What the Rest of Us Can't: The Story of Dr. Orange
Dr. Orange is a primary care physician, one year out of residency, practicing somewhere in the United States at a health system she can't name. She posts on TikTok as a talking orange, with her face obscured and her voice altered, because showing up as herself would cost her too much. Her employer might find out. Her patients might lose confidence in her. And after years of training and too much d
Moral Injury Is Why The Best Doctors Are Disappearing with Dr. Wendy Dean
Dr. Wendy Dean is a psychiatrist, author, and the co-founder of Moral Injury of Healthcare, a nonprofit dedicated to understanding and alleviating clinician distress. In 2018, she co-wrote a 500-word op-ed in STAT News that did something rare: it handed an entire profession the language for something most physicians had been carrying alone. The argument was simple and devastating.Physicians aren't
Now Is Not the Time for Silence. Dr. John Whyte on the AMA, AI, and the Stakes for Physicians Right Now
Dr. John Whyte is a board-certified internist who has spent his career at the intersection of medicine, policy, media, and technology. He served at the FDA, built a reputation as one of medicine's most trusted public communicators at WebMD, and 10 months ago became CEO and Executive Vice President of the American Medical Association, the oldest and largest physician organization in the United Stat
Dr. Rana Awdish Almost Died as a Fellow. Now She's Teaching Doctors How to Heal.
Dr. Rana Awdish is a pulmonologist, critical care physician, and Medical Director of Care Experience at Henry Ford Health in Detroit. She is also the author of In Shock, a book that has changed the way countless physicians walk into a patient's room, and her new book After Shock, which picks up where that story left off.Rana nearly died as a fellow from a catastrophic illness that left her hospita
Physician VC Dr. John Dayton on What It Takes to Actually Build a Winning Healthcare Startup
Dr. John Dayton is an emergency physician, Stanford innovation fellow, and co-founder of Wildfire Partners, a new healthcare seed fund built around a simple but data-backed conviction: physicians make better health tech founders than the industry has ever given them credit for.The data is hard to ignore: more than a quarter of billion-dollar healthcare companies built in the last decade had at lea
Going Independent Doesn't Mean Going It Alone. Dr. Basil Kahwash on Fixing Referrals and Building Physician Networks
Most physicians have had a referral disappear. Many have spent days tracking down a colleague just to coordinate care for a single patient.In this episode of How I Doctor, Offcall co-founder Dr. Graham Walker sits down with Dr. Basil Kahwash, an allergist and immunologist in Columbus, Ohio, to talk about one of the most universal and underappreciated problems in medicine: the referral system is br
Restoring Physician Mental Health and Honoring the Legacy of Dr. Lorna Breen, With Dr. Stefanie Simmons
Most physicians know a colleague who has struggled. Many know one who didn't make it.In this episode of How I Doctor, Offcall co-founder Dr. Graham Walker sits down with Dr. Stefanie Simmons, Chief Medical Officer of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation and practicing emergency physician in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for one of the most important conversations in medicine right now.Physician mental he
Why The Pitt Is the Show Every Doctor Needs Right Now, with Dr. Jeremy Faust
The Pitt just wrapped its most talked-about season yet - and two ER doctors who lived the real version have thoughts.In this episode of How I Doctor, Dr. Graham Walker sits down with Dr. Jeremy Faust, emergency physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Editor-in-Chief of MedPage Today, to have an honest, insider conversation about what The Pitt actually gets right, what it's doing to the cultu
Using AI to Accurately Code and Measure Physician Outcomes, With Solventum’s Dr. Travis Bias
Most physicians understand that documentation is important. Very few understand the systems that determine what that documentation actually means for how they're paid, measured, and judged.Dr. Travis Bias does because he's spent years operating on both sides of that divide.In this episode of How I Doctor, Offcall co-founder Dr. Graham Walker sits down with Dr. Travis Bias, Deputy Chief Medical Off
The AI Conversations Every Physician Should Hear: Highlights from Yann LeCun, Dr. Bob Wachter, and Dr. David Rhew
AI is everywhere right now. In your inbox, your EHR, your hospital's strategic plan, and probably your last three CME credits. But most of what physicians hear about AI is either hype or fear. We think you deserve something better.In this special Best of AI episode, Dr. Graham Walker revisits three conversations that generated the most messages, DMs, and forwarded links from How I Doctor listeners
The Pay Gap in Medicine Is Real. Dr. Pamela Buchanan Is Done Being Quiet About It
Dr. Pamela Buchanan is an emergency physician, author, founder of Melanated Medicine, and one of the most candid voices in medicine on the things doctors aren't supposed to talk about. In this episode of How I Doctor, Dr. Graham Walker sits down with Pamela to have the conversation most physicians have been trained their entire careers to avoid.What does it actually cost to stay silent about pay?
Virtual Neurology at Scale: Raj Narula and Melanie Winningham on How Sevaro Is Transforming Rural Stroke Care
Dr. Raj Narula is a vascular neurologist who walked away from a neurointerventional radiology fellowship to build something that could reach thousands of patients instead of one at a time. Dr. Melanie Winningham is a vascular neurologist, medical director of a comprehensive stroke center in Virginia, and VP of Clinical Strategy at Sevaro- someone who has lived the neurology access gap from both si
How Medical Misinformation Took Over — and What Doctors Can Do to Take It Back w/ Dr. Geeta Nayyar
Medical misinformation isn't a new problem. But somewhere along the way, it stopped being background noise and became the loudest voice in the room.In this episode of How I Doctor, Offcall co-founder Dr. Graham Walker sits down with Dr. Geeta Nayyar a rheumatologist, former Chief Medical Officer at both Salesforce and AT&T, and bestselling author of Dead Wrong. Together they diagnose how medic
Inside the First Autonomous AI Prescription Program in America w/ Doctronic CMO Dr. Byron Crowe
Most physicians see AI as something happening to medicine. Dr. Byron Crowe is one of the few who decided to make it happen himself.In this episode of How I Doctor, Offcall co-founder Dr. Graham Walker sits down with Dr. Byron Crowe — internal medicine physician, former Harvard Medical School faculty, and Chief Medical Officer of Doctronic — to discuss the most provocative development in healthcare
99 Ways to Avoid Death: Lessons from Author and ER Physician Dr. Ashely Alker
Most people spend their entire lives trying not to think about death. Emergency physicians don't have that option.In this episode of How I Doctor, Offcall co-founder Dr. Graham Walker sits down with Dr. Ashely Alker an emergency physician, founder of Meaningful Media, and author of 99 Ways to Die and How to Avoid Them.This episode goes somewhere most medical conversations don't. And that's the poi
What Will It Take to Actually Build a Quality Healthcare System? NCQA's New CEO Dr. Vivek Garg Has a Plan
Every quality metric shaping your career, your bonus, and your reputation traces back to one nonprofit most physicians have never thought twice about.In this episode of How I Doctor, Offcall co-founder Dr. Graham Walker sits down with Dr. Vivek Garg, the new President and CEO of NCQA - the National Committee for Quality Assurance - and only the second leader in the organization's 36-year history.
OB-GYN Influencer: How Doctors Can Find Their Social Media Voice and Fight Wellness Misinformation w/ Dr. Fran
Physicians are making more correcting medical misinformation online than delivering babies.In this episode of How I Doctor, Offcall co-founder Dr. Graham Walker sits down with Dr. Fran Haydanek, better known to millions as Paging Dr. Fran, for an unfiltered conversation about medicine in the algorithm era.Fran is a board-certified OB-GYN, residency faculty member, hospital medical director and a p
Move Over LLMS! AI Legends Yann LeCun and Alex LeBrun Debut AMI Labs' Bold Ambitions for World Models in Healthcare
Yann LeCun is one of the most influential figures in artificial intelligence. Alex LeBrun is the founder of Nabla and newly announced CEO of AMI Labs, a new AI research company he and Yann are building around a bold idea: large language models aren’t enough for medicine.In this special episode of How I Doctor, Dr. Graham Walker sits down in-person with Alex and Yann to explore the next frontier of
The Crisis in Primary Care No One Wants to Own with NEJM’s Lisa Rosenbaum, MD
Primary care sits at the center of medicine and yet no one seems willing to truly own it.In this episode of How I Doctor, Offcall co-founder Dr. Graham Walker sits down with Lisa Rosenbaum, cardiologist and national correspondent for the New England Journal of Medicine, for a wide-ranging conversation about why primary care remains both indispensable and persistently undervalued.🎧 Before you go an
What Doctors Get Wrong About AI with Robert Wachter, MD
AI has arrived in medicine faster than anyone expected, but speed doesn’t guarantee wisdom.In this episode of How I Doctor, Dr. Graham Walker sits down with Dr. Robert Wachter, chair of medicine at UCSF and one of healthcare’s most trusted voices on technology, to unpack what physicians are getting wrong about AI.Drawing from his new book A Giant Leap, Bob offers a rare, grounded perspective: neit
Fix the System, Not the Women: Shikha Jain on Why Medicine Is Failing Female Physicians
Medicine is full of people doing the right thing inside systems that reward the wrong work.In this episode of How I Doctor, Offcall co-founder Dr. Graham Walker sits down with Dr. Shikha Jain, a hematologist-oncologist, professor, and founder of Women in Medicine, to discuss why some of the most essential work in medicine happens after hours, off the clock, and without recognition - especially for
ER Doctor Running for Congress Diagnoses How to Fix the U.S. Healthcare System, with Dr. Tim Peck
Tim Peck has spent his career practicing medicine where the system is most fragile. A Harvard-trained emergency physician, healthcare entrepreneur, and frontline clinician in rural America, Tim has worked inside nursing homes, healthcare deserts, and communities shaped by the opioid crisis—places where delays, payment failures, and policy decisions have immediate consequences.In this episode of Ho
Reimagining the Future of Chronic Disease Care, With Cadence CMO Eve Cunningham, MD
Eve Cunningham has spent her career navigating the hard edges of modern medicine from delivering babies and performing gynecologic surgery to leading large health system initiatives and now serving as Chief Medical Officer at Cadence. Along the way, she’s seen firsthand why chronic disease care continues to fail patients despite more data, more technology, and more dashboards than ever before.In t
Where AI in Medicine Is Actually Headed, with Microsoft’s CMO David Rhew
David Rhew has spent his career at the intersection of frontline medicine and cutting-edge technology. An infectious disease physician by training and now Global Chief Medical Officer at Microsoft, David brings a rare perspective shaped by decades of clinical work, health system leadership, and early research on AI in healthcare.In this episode of How I Doctor, Graham Walker sits down with David t
Mark Cuban: How I’d Reform Healthcare If I Were in Charge (Re-Release)
Merry Christmas! Today we are re-releasing one of our favorite episode of the year. We'll be back next week with a brand new interview to kickoff 2026. Mark Cuban is a business mogul, the “Shark” every entrepreneur wants to make a deal with, the former owner of the Dallas Mavericks, and, most recently, an online pharmacy CEO. In 2022, Mark co-founded Cost Plus Drugs with the goal of lowering presc
Eric Topol on Why Doctors Shouldn’t Fear AI — And How It Could Finally Fix Our Broken System
Dr. Eric Topol is one of the most influential voices in modern medicine. Founder of the Scripps Research Translational Institute and author of Deep Medicine and Super Agers, Eric has spent decades interrogating medical dogma, calling out hype, and pushing the profession toward evidence, prevention, and humanity.Dr. Graham Walker sits down with Eric for a candid conversation about why physicians sh
What Doctors Really Think About AI: Here Are the Surprising Findings From Offcall’s 2025 Physicians AI Report
AI is already shaping how physicians practice. And for the release of The 2025 Physicians AI Report, Graham is taking a different kind of episode: a deep-dive mailbag where he answers the questions doctors are actually asking about AI, grounded in one of the largest physician surveys of its kind.More than 1,000 physicians were polled in this project, and their answers paint a far more nuanced pict
The Future of Primary Care Is Independent: How Aledade Helps Doctors Break Free From Employed Medicine with Dr. Umar Bowers and Dan Bowles
Independent primary care isn’t a relic of the past — it’s becoming the future of American medicine. In this episode of How I Doctor, Dr. Graham Walker talks with two leaders helping drive that shift: Dr. Umar Bowers, an internist who left a major health system to build the practice he always envisioned, and Dan Bowles, General Manager of Practice Health at Aledade , the physician-led company enabl
Thank You, Doctors! A Thanksgiving Highlight Reel from Mark Cuban, Shiv Rao, Danielle Ofri and More
This Thanksgiving, we’re pressing pause on the chaos of clinical life to honor the physicians, nurses, and healthcare workers who keep showing up tired, hopeful, frustrated,and inspired. In this special “Best Of” episode, Dr. Graham Walker revisits five conversations that have sparked the most messages, DMs, forwarded links, and late-night reflection from our listeners. These clips come from
Building Decision Support AI That Doctors Truly Love and Trust, with Evidently's Dr. Kalie Dove-Maguire
Dr. Kalie Dove-Maguire is an emergency physician, health-tech leader, and the President and Chief Product Officer at Evidently — a physician-founded company building clinical decision support tools designed to earn trust, not replace judgment. After years on the frontlines, Kalie saw firsthand how critical information gets lost in the noise, how clinicians compensate for broken workflows, and how
The Physician AI Conversation: How Doctors Can Drive the AI Era in Medicine Forward with Abridge CEO Dr. Shiv Rao
Dr. Shiv Rao is a cardiologist, entrepreneur, and the CEO and co-founder of Abridge, the physician-founded AI company transforming how clinical conversations become care. Built on the belief that healthcare is about people, not paperwork, Abridge is now embedded in more than 200 major health systems, processing millions of encounters each week and helping doctors reconnect with the meaning of thei
A Rare Look Inside Epic's Vision for Physicians' Future With CMO Dr. Jackie Gerhart
Dr. Jackie Gerhart is a family physician, clinical informaticist, and Chief Medical Officer at Epic — the company whose software powers much of American healthcare. From ambient documentation and AI scribes to patient-facing AI assistants like Emmy, Epic is now redefining how data, technology, and the human touch coexist in clinical care. Few physicians have seen this evolution from the insid
Should Doctors Unionize? The Story of Why Physicians at Salem Hospital Joined a Union to Take Back Power with Dr. Sean Codier
We're releasing a Physicians AI Whitepaper and need your help!Calling all MDs: Help us shape the future of what AI looks like in medicine. Participate Here! Dr. Sean Codier is an emergency physician at Salem Hospital within Mass General Brigham and one of the leaders behind the first successful physician unionization effort in the system’s history. What started as frustration over understaffing, o
Why Women Physicians Still Earn Less — and What We Can Do About It With Dr. Vineet Arora
Dr. Vineet Arora is the Dean for Medical Education at the University of Chicago and one of the nation’s leading voices on equity, leadership, and physician well-being. Her groundbreaking research has exposed how gender bias and pay inequity continue to shape medicine—from how residents are evaluated to how faculty are promoted and paid. But more importantly, she’s focused on what can be done about
Breaking Free from W-2 Medicine: The Physician’s Guide to Locum Tenens with Dr. Ali Chaudhary
Dr. Ali Chaudhary is an emergency physician, entrepreneur, and one of the leading voices helping doctors reclaim control over their careers. After leaving a traditional W-2 job, he built Locums United and LocumOS - two platforms designed to bring transparency, fairness, and autonomy to how physicians are staffed and compensated. Having lived both sides of medicine, Ali shares how locum tenens work
The Future of Emergency Medicine: Dr. Alison Haddock on Physician Empowerment, Unionization, and Survival in the ED
Dr. Alison Haddock is an emergency physician, educator, and past president of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). She’s spent her career fighting for physician autonomy and building a sustainable future for emergency medicine. One where doctors aren’t just surviving shift to shift, but leading the systems that shape their work. A national voice on policy and workforce reform, Dr.
Escaping Physician Exploitation: Private Practice, Pay Transparency, and Entrepreneurship with Dr. Brian Dixon
Dr. Brian Dixon is a psychiatrist, entrepreneur, and one of the boldest physician voices pushing for salary transparency and fairness in medicine. He’s the founder of Simply Psych and Mindful, and he’s built his career by pulling back the curtain on contracts, compensation, and the hidden math of how health systems profit off physicians. With radical honesty, he shares not just his wins but also h
How Two ER Doctors Created the Top Clinical Tool for Physicians: The Origins of MDCalc with Dr. Joe Habboushe
This episode is sponsored by Abridge - the leading AI platform that drafts structured, clinically useful notes at the point of conversation.MDCalc turns 20 this year. What began as a scrappy side project in med school grew - without outside funding - into one of the most-used, most-trusted clinical references in the world. In this episode of How I Doctor, host Dr. Graham Walker sits down with his
From Hospital Insider to Physician Advocate: How Ethan Nkana Switched Sides to Champion Doctors’ Voices
Ethan Nkana spent over a decade as a hospital executive negotiating contracts on behalf of health systems. He knew the inside playbook: how administrators calculated physician value, what mantras they used behind closed doors, and the quiet ways hospitals exploited physician professionalism. Then he switched sides. In this episode of How I Doctor, Dr. Graham Walker sits down with Ethan to exp
Medicine’s Broken Promises: Dr. Danielle Ofri on Greed, Trust, and Why the System Survives on Exploiting Clinicians
Dr. Danielle Ofri is an internist at Bellevue Hospital, clinical professor at NYU, and one of the most widely read physician-writers of our time. Through her books, essays, and New York Times op-eds, she has given voice to the emotional realities of medical work and exposed the ways the business of healthcare exploits the professionalism of doctors and nurses. Her clarity and candor have made her
Longevity Doctor Reveals The Truth About Supplements, Multivitamins, Biohacking, And More with Dr. Hillary Lin
Dr. Hillary Lin is a Stanford-trained internist and longevity entrepreneur who is cutting through the hype to bring evidence-based clarity to one of medicine’s buzziest frontiers. As co-founder and CEO of Carecore and host of The Longevity Show, she’s built her career at the intersection of clinical skepticism and innovation, challenging what’s real and what physicians need to know about this fast
Surviving Medicine’s Hidden Trauma: How Dr. Gita Pensa’s Malpractice Lawsuit Became a Blueprint for Helping Other Doctors
Dr. Gita Pensa is an emergency physician and nationally recognized advocate who knows firsthand the toll malpractice takes on doctors. After enduring a 12-year legal battle that included two jury trials, she emerged determined to break the silence around litigation and its hidden impact on physicians’ identity, mental health, and careers. Today, she uses her story to teach colleagues how to surviv
No Insurance Needed! Same Day Appointments! Unlimited Visits! Pay Whatever You Can! How Dr. Paulius Mui Is Reinventing Primary Care to Put Patients First
Dr. Paulius Mui is a family physician, technologist, and community builder who refuses to fit into a single box. Instead of choosing between clinic shifts and tech projects, he’s built a portfolio career that blends patient care, experimentation, and creativity. Most recently, Paulius is reimagining what primary care looks like by launching a direct primary care practice that lets patients pay wha
What Happens When a Pediatrician Takes On Congress - Dr. Annie Andrews on Turning Clinical Advocacy into Political Action
Dr. Annie Andrews is a pediatric hospitalist, public health advocate, and U.S. Senate candidate in South Carolina taking on incumbent Lindsey Graham. Known for her unapologetic advocacy for children’s health, Annie has spent over 15 years caring for sick and injured kids, only to realize that many of their challenges stemmed from broken policies far upstream of the hospital. From gun violence prev
Doctors Can’t Stay Silent Anymore: Why Shoshana Ungerleider Is Calling on Clinicians to Speak Out
Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider is an internal medicine physician, a public health advocate, and one of the most trusted voices translating science for the real world. Whether she’s hosting th TED Health podcast, advising Netflix on end-of-life storytelling, or calling out hype and misinformation in the media, her work is reshaping how clinicians show up at the bedside and in the public square.In this ep
From Rural ER Doc to the Governor’s Mansion: How Hawaii Gov. Josh Green Is Rewriting the Rules of Public Health
Dr. Josh Green is an emergency physician who’s done what many doctors only talk about. He’s taken a seat at the table and turned it into a platform for real change. After two decades practicing rural medicine in Hawaii and witnessing firsthand the systemic failures that lead to poor outcomes, he ran for office in his scrubs - and won. Today, as Governor of Hawaii, he’s applying the triage mindset
Why Health Tech Needs More Clinicians at the Table, And on the Cap Table! With Scrub Capital's Rebecca Mitchell
Rebecca Mitchell is a physician, product strategist, and founding partner at Scrub Capital - a new kind of venture fund built from first principles to fix what’s broken in health tech investing. Alongside her co-founders, Rebecca is working to make sure that healthcare startups aren’t just built for clinicians, they’re built with them.In this episode of How I Doctor, Dr. Graham Walker talks with R
The RVU Trap: How Hospitals Use Productivity Metrics to Keep Physicians in the Dark, with Contract Attorney Dennis Hursh
Attorney Dennis Hursh has reviewed more than 3,500 physician contracts and has seen the same patterns again and again - doctors being underpaid, overworked, and legally trapped by language they didn’t know to question. In this episode, Dr. Graham Walker talks with Dennis about how RVUs and non-competes are often used against physicians, and how to push back. They dive into the structural imba
Innovation and AI-Driven Healthcare, with MD Entrepreneur Dr. Jay Parkinson
Dr. Jay Parkinson is a pediatrician and founder who’s been reinventing healthcare from the outside in for nearly two decades. From launching one of the first tech-enabled house call services in Brooklyn to pioneering virtual primary care with Sherpaa, Jay has always believed that doctors can design better systems. Now he’s back with Automate Clinic, a new venture training physicians to fine-tune c
FTEs, RVUs, PSLF...WTF? Everything You Were Never Taught to Become a Successful Doctor with Dr. Ami DeWaters
Dr. Ami DeWaters is a hospitalist, medical educator, and one of the leading voices reimagining how we prepare residents for the realities of modern medicine. She’s an associate professor at Penn State College of Medicine that’s known for her sharp insights and deep commitment to building physicians who are not just clinically excellent, but also financially, professionally, and systemically fluent
Young Doctors Need to Be Willing to Make the Ultimate Sacrifice with Congressman Greg Murphy
Dr. Greg Murphy is a practicing urologist and four-term Republican Congressman representing North Carolina’s third district—and the only physician in Congress who still actively sees patients, entirely pro bono. Before entering politics, he served as an affiliate professor, urology group president, and chief of staff at a Level 1 trauma center in Greenville, NC. These days, he’s sounding the alarm
Why Medical Education Is Broken, And How We Can Fix It with Dr. Paul Tran
Dr. Paul Tran is a pediatric gastroenterologist, award-winning medical educator, and the creator behind Alimentary School — an online platform using storytelling, mentorship, and dad jokes to make medicine more human. He’s on a mission to break down outdated hierarchies and rebuild medical education around trust, real-time feedback, and genuine connection.In this episode of How I Doctor, Dr. Graha
We're Sharing AI Secrets for Clinicians
The world of medicine is entering a new era. One where AI isn’t just a buzzword, but a daily presence in the lives of physicians. That’s why Offcall recently hosted a live webinar We're Sharing AI Secrets for Clinicians, featuring Dr. Graham Walker, ER physician and co-founder of Offcall, and Dr. Sarah Gebauer, anesthesiologist and founder of Valara Health. Longtime friends and Stanford med classm
Nurses Know How to Fix Healthcare, So Why Are They Left Out of the Room? with Shawna Butler, RN
Shawna Butler is a nurse, economist, and creator of the EntrepreNURSE movement — but above all, she’s a force for rethinking how healthcare systems are built and who gets a say.In this episode of How I Doctor, Dr. Graham Walker talks with Shawna about what we lose when we treat nurses like costs instead of collaborators. They unpack the deep roots of burnout and moral injury, explore why innovatio
This 2x Founder Did Something Radical: He Listened to Doctors Before Building Anything With Aniq Rahman
Aniq Rahman is a two-time tech founder, but when he turned his attention to healthcare he did something most disruptors don’t - he shut up and listened. Aniq embedded himself in hospitals, shadowed physicians, and absorbed the daily frustrations that don’t show up in EMR logs or admin dashboards.In this episode of How I Doctor, Dr. Graham Walker talks with Aniq about what he learned by watching be
Confessions from a Mid-Career Physician: Why It’s Okay to Want More Than Medicine with Dr. Kaveh Hoda
Dr. Kaveh Hoda is a practicing gastroenterologist and longtime podcaster. He’s part of a cohort of doctors who trained on paper charts, watched the rise of EHRs, and now find themselves navigating mid-career questions that older generations rarely asked. Questions about purpose, burnout, and identity beyond the white coat.In this episode of How I Doctor, Dr. Graham Walker talks with Kaveh about wh
The Future of Primary Care Is Independence And It’s More Lucrative Than You Think with Dr. Farzad Mostashari
Dr. Farzad Mostashari is the former National Coordinator for Health IT, the CEO and co-founder of Aledade, and a longtime champion for independent primary care. He’s spent his career trying to answer one question: how do we fix American healthcare by paying doctors to prevent illness—not just treat it? In this episode of How I Doctor, Dr. Graham Walker sits down with Farzad to unpack the financial
How Medicine Is Failing Women Doctors, And What We Can Do to Fight Back with Dr. Tiffany Moon
Dr. Tiffany Moon is a board-certified anesthesiologist, entrepreneur, mother of twins, and former cast member on The Real Housewives of Dallas. She is a deeply thoughtful physician who is working to reclaim joy in a system that often seems designed to extinguish it.In this episode of How I Doctor, Dr. Graham Walker talks with Tiffany about her journey through burnout, perfectionism, and the pressu
Harvard Cardiologist Reveals What Doctors Never Learn in Training About Careers, Contracts, and Building a Life Outside Medicine with Dr. Sanjay Divakaran
Dr. Sanjay Divakaran is a cardiologist, educator, and Associate Chief at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He’s also one of the most thoughtful voices when it comes to guiding the next generation of physicians. Not just in clinical medicine, but in career strategy, mentorship, and personal growth.In this episode of How I Doctor, Dr. Graham Walker sits down with Sanjay to explore the hidden curriculum
Former Epic Doctor Says the System Is Designed to Fail Physicians
Dr. Craig Joseph is a pediatrician, informaticist, and the Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Global. He’s also the author of Designing for Health and a former Epic employee, with decades of experience at the intersection of clinical care and health IT.On this episode of How I Doctor, Dr. Graham Walker talks with Craig about what’s actually broken in American healthcare — and why blaming the EHR is o
Physician Contract Lawyer: No Other Profession Has It As Bad As Doctors! Here Are the Most Insane Clauses In Doctors’ Contracts and Why Every Physician Needs to Renegotiate Them!
Michael Johnson is an attorney and the founder of Michael Johnson Legal, a firm that works exclusively with physicians and physician groups to review contracts, negotiate fair compensation, and protect career freedom.In this episode of How I Doctor, Dr. Graham Walker sits down with Michael to unpack one of the most overlooked yet high-stakes parts of practicing medicine: the employment contract. T
Most Shared Episodes: These 4 Physicians Are Fighting to Save Medicine and Give Doctors Their Power Back! -- Dr. Glaucomflecken, Dr. Eric Bricker, Dr. Elisabeth Potter, Dr. Jim Dahle
Last week’s interview with Mark Cuban generated a huge response — thank you to everyone who listened, commented on, or shared the episode. New guests will debut next week, but this week, we’ve rounded up some of the show’s most inspiring and thought-provoking moments to date to help all the new listeners get acquainted with How I Doctor and Offcall’s mission. The four physicians featured in t
Mark Cuban: How I’d Reform Healthcare If I Were in Charge
Mark Cuban is a business mogul, the “Shark” every entrepreneur wants to make a deal with, the former owner of the Dallas Mavericks, and, most recently, an online pharmacy CEO. In 2022, Mark co-founded Cost Plus Drugs with the goal of lowering prescription drug prices. The direct-to-consumer company makes generic drugs affordable by cutting pharmacy benefit managers out of the distribution chain. B
It’s Time for Physicians To Fight Back Against Insurance Companies To Save Our Practice With Dr. Elisabeth Potter
Dr. Elisabeth Potter is a plastic surgeon and practice owner in Austin, Texas, who specializes in post-mastectomy breast reconstruction. In January, Elisabeth made waves on social media when she posted a video about UnitedHealthcare calling her during surgery, pulling her out of the OR to explain why her patient — who was already under anesthesia — needed to stay in the hospital overnight. In
Banks Rejected Me in Residency - So I Started My Own Bank for Doctors with Dr. Michael Jerkins
Dr. Michael Jerkins is a meds-peds physician and the co-founder of Panacea Financial, a financial services company for doctors. After being rejected for multiple loans during residency, Michael realized that traditional banks were failing doctors as customers. So, he created a bank that understands the unique financial struggles and goals of the medical community. In this episode of How I Doc
Physician CEO: PBMs Are Ruining Healthcare! I Quit Full-Time Medicine to Start a Company ... So I Could Fight the Drug Industry Head-On!
Dr. Simon Chang is a hospitalist and the CEO and co-founder of eNavvi, an online pharmacy platform. Since finishing his residency in 2022, Simon has been a part-time physician, splitting his time between clinical care and entrepreneurship. On this episode of How I Doctor, Offcall co-founder Dr. Graham Walker talks with Simon about building a career in medicine and a pharma-tech company at the
I Made Myself Sick Working Back-to-Back 20-Hour Shifts in Residency. How Burned-Out Doctors Can Find Our Creativity Again with The Nocsturnist’s Dr. Emily Silverman
Dr. Emily Silverman is a practicing internist and the founder of The Nocturnists, a groundbreaking podcast that amplifies the raw, deeply human stories of healthcare workers. In this episode of How I Doctor, Dr. Graham Walker sits down with Dr. Silverman to discuss her personal experience with burnout, the systemic flaws in medicine that drive physician exhaustion, and how storytelling can se
AI Tools for Doctors: Fact vs. Fiction with Dr. Spencer Dorn
Dr. Spencer Dorn, a gastroenterologist, informatics physician, and professor at UNC, is passionate about the intersection of technology and healthcare. Spencer, who frequently writes about AI for Forbes, is helping to shape the conversation around real-world applications of AI in medicine, and how AI can complement (rather than replace) physicians.In this episode of How I Doctor, Offcall co-founde
Why I Chose Direct Primary Care with Dr. Kenneth Qiu
Dr. Kenneth Qiu is a family medicine physician and the founder of EuDoc, a direct primary care practice in Virginia. Kenneth brings a fresh perspective, having taken the bold step of starting his own practice right out of residency. On this episode of How I Doctor, Offcall co-founder Dr. Graham Walker talks with Kenneth about the state of primary care and why he believes a direct care model h
Finding Your Physician Voice With Dr. Darien Sutton
Dr. Darien Sutton is an emergency physician, correspondent for ABC News, and doctor-influencer with over 2 million followers on TikTok. Darien uses his platforms to educate the public, combat misinformation, and advocate for a more equitable healthcare system.On this episode of How I Doctor, Offcall co-founder Dr. Graham Walker talks with Darien about the value of teaching patients health literacy
Finding Your Calling with Dr. Kai Romero
Dr. Kai Romero is an emergency and palliative care physician who recently became the head of clinical success at Evidently, a cognitive AI platform powered by clinical data. Previously, Kai worked at By the Bay Health, where she began as a hospice physician before moving into a leadership role as chief medical officer. In this episode of How I Doctor, Offcall co-founder Dr. Graham Walker talk
Dodge Financial Predators With White Coat Investor Founder Jim Dahle
Jim Dahle is an emergency medicine doctor in Utah — but you probably know him as the founder of The White Coast Investor, a trusted destination for personal finance guidance for physicians. Jim provides clear, actionable advice about dealing with debt, building wealth, and other aspects of money management. Since launching his blog in 2011, Jim has expanded the White Coat Investor brand to include
Stop Calling It Physician “Burnout” With Oncologist Hardeep Phull
Dr. Hardeep Phull is an oncologist at the Palomar Health Medical Group and an alumni specialty director at the Cleveland Clinic. Known for his outspoken views on physician burnout, particularly in oncology, Hardeep is a forceful advocate for doctors getting what they’re worth. He’s a leading physician voice on LinkedIn, where his honest insights about the good and bad of practicing medicine reliab
Landing Your First Non-Clinical Job with Dr. Phil DiGiacomo
Dr. Phil DiGiacomo is an emergency physician who made the tough choice to leave clinical practice a few years ago. Today, he’s the National Medicare Medical Director at the health insurance company Humana, as well as an advocate for physicians in search of non-clinical roles. He created an online course to help doctors make career transitions, which is available on his website.In this episode of H
Charting Your Own Career Path in Academic Medicine with Dr. Resa Lewiss
Dr. Resa Lewiss is an emergency physician, academic leader, and pioneer in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), with an impressive career spanning traditional academic roles and innovative ventures. In this episode of How I Doctor, Resa joins Offcall co-founder Dr. Graham Walker to discuss how she’s managed to enjoy a fulfilling and non-traditional career in academic medicine and her advice to other
Advance Your Career with Dr. Glenn Loomis - Part 3 Interviews
Dr. Glenn Loomis is a seasoned healthcare leader with decades of experience as a physician, residency director, medical group president, and health system executive.In this special three-part series of How I Doctor, Offcall co-founder Dr. Graham Walker and Glenn discuss the ways physicians can maximize their earnings and start getting paid fairly. This third and final episode provides a four-step
Negotiation Tips with Dr. Glenn Loomis - Part 2 Contracts
Dr. Glenn Loomis is a seasoned healthcare leader with decades of experience as a physician, residency director, medical group president, and health system executive.In this special three-part series of How I Doctor, Offcall co-founder Dr. Graham Walker and Glenn discuss the ways physicians can maximize their earnings and start getting paid fairly. This second episode digs deeper into employment co
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