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25: Physician Dads
Manage episode 247896928 series 1447529
Today’s guests, Drs. Steve Silvestro and George “Chaucer” Hwang discuss a variety of shifts and systems within the medical profession that are affecting the lives of physician parents. Both guests embody an array of roles - Dr. Steve is a pediatrician, bone marrow harvesting physician, mindfulness educator and host of the award-winning podcast, The Child Repair Guide, while George is an anesthesiologist, runs an entertainment company in China, and works with a clinic focused on treating depression.
Yet above all else, both guests are dads doing their best to juggle their passion for helping others, nurturing creative outlets, and being a parent.
Join Tom Spiggle and co-host Lori Mihalich-Levin in this conversation to learn more about how juggling medical residency with parenthood children, the vitality of a support group, how the internet is impacting the medical field, and so much more.
Show Highlights:
- Steve’s personal parent working story and how he prepared
- How residency can affect having children
- George’s personal working story and how he balanced other passions
- What it’s like to be a dad in medicine and the shift in wellness occurring in the field
- Beneficial workplace supports that Steve and George experienced
- The impact of environment and having close friends within the work place
- Systems the medical field could improve to support working parents
- How telemedicine is affecting physician parents – and all parents
- Optimizing time spent with your kids
- Learning to manage finances in a way that supports priorities
- Finding a balance between striving for more and accepting what is
Links:
Contact Lori:
Contact Tom:
https://www.spigglelaw.com/podcasts/parents-at-work/
For a copy of “You’re pregnant, You’re fired”- amiller@spigglelaw.com
58 episodes
Manage episode 247896928 series 1447529
Today’s guests, Drs. Steve Silvestro and George “Chaucer” Hwang discuss a variety of shifts and systems within the medical profession that are affecting the lives of physician parents. Both guests embody an array of roles - Dr. Steve is a pediatrician, bone marrow harvesting physician, mindfulness educator and host of the award-winning podcast, The Child Repair Guide, while George is an anesthesiologist, runs an entertainment company in China, and works with a clinic focused on treating depression.
Yet above all else, both guests are dads doing their best to juggle their passion for helping others, nurturing creative outlets, and being a parent.
Join Tom Spiggle and co-host Lori Mihalich-Levin in this conversation to learn more about how juggling medical residency with parenthood children, the vitality of a support group, how the internet is impacting the medical field, and so much more.
Show Highlights:
- Steve’s personal parent working story and how he prepared
- How residency can affect having children
- George’s personal working story and how he balanced other passions
- What it’s like to be a dad in medicine and the shift in wellness occurring in the field
- Beneficial workplace supports that Steve and George experienced
- The impact of environment and having close friends within the work place
- Systems the medical field could improve to support working parents
- How telemedicine is affecting physician parents – and all parents
- Optimizing time spent with your kids
- Learning to manage finances in a way that supports priorities
- Finding a balance between striving for more and accepting what is
Links:
Contact Lori:
Contact Tom:
https://www.spigglelaw.com/podcasts/parents-at-work/
For a copy of “You’re pregnant, You’re fired”- amiller@spigglelaw.com
58 episodes
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