25: Physician Dads

Parents At Work

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:

https://www.mindfulreturn.com

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Contact Tom:

https://www.spigglelaw.com/podcasts/parents-at-work/

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