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by Kevin Pho, MD
Social media's leading physician voice, Kevin Pho, MD, shares the stories of the many who intersect with our health care system but are rarely heard from.
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- Today20 min
You don't have to feel called to medicine to be a good doctor
Is medicine a calling or just a job? Christie Mulholland thinks that question is the wrong one, and answering it keeps physicians stuck in burnout. Christie, a palliative care physician and certified physician development coach, returns to the show to introduce a four-quadrant matrix that maps how called you feel to medicine against how satisfied you actually are practicing it. This episode is based on her article "Moving beyond the false binary of medicine as a calling," published on KevinMD. She walks through each quadrant (the calling, the craft, the wound, and the wall) and the specific coaching question that unlocks a next step for physicians living in each one. Christie also talks about how profit-driven systems benefit when "calling" stays the only acceptable answer, why work-life balance keeps getting squeezed out of clinical careers, and when a career pause becomes the move that smaller adjustments cannot replace. Listen for the question that names where you actually are. Partner with me on the KevinMD platform. With over three million monthly readers and half a million social media followers, I give you direct access to the doctors and patients who matter most. Whether you need a sponsored article, email campaign, video interview, or a spot right here on the podcast, I offer the trusted space your brand deserves to be heard. Let's work together to tell your story. PARTNER WITH KEVINMD → https://kevinmd.com/influencer SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST → https://www.kevinmd.com/podcast RECOMMENDED BY KEVINMD → https://www.kevinmd.com/recommended
- Yesterday22 min
Why AI has outpaced medical malpractice law, and what to do about it
Medical AI is evolving faster than the legal system can regulate it. Richard E. Anderson, CEO of The Doctors Company, the nation's largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer, argues that the gap between what AI can do clinically and what courts are ready to judge has created a difficult position for physicians, and that it will take a long time for the system to catch up. This episode is based on his article "The future of U.S. medicine: 10 health care trends in 2026," published on KevinMD. You will hear why following an AI recommendation that diverges from the current standard of care can put a physician in legal jeopardy, why Anderson has seen almost no AI-related lawsuits so far despite widespread clinical use, what physicians should document every time they choose not to follow an AI recommendation, and what the 17-year lag between scientific discovery and standard-of-care adoption means for anyone practicing with AI today. Listen for a grounded read on medical AI heading into 2026. Partner with me on the KevinMD platform. With over three million monthly readers and half a million social media followers, I give you direct access to the doctors and patients who matter most. Whether you need a sponsored article, email campaign, video interview, or a spot right here on the podcast, I offer the trusted space your brand deserves to be heard. Let's work together to tell your story. PARTNER WITH KEVINMD → https://kevinmd.com/influencer SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST → https://www.kevinmd.com/podcast RECOMMENDED BY KEVINMD → https://www.kevinmd.com/recommended
- 2 days ago20 min
What happens when physicians cede AI to direct-to-consumer startups
Rural doctors hit a ceiling around 35 patients a day, and hiring more clinicians will not move it. Tod Stillson, a family physician, medical device inventor, and health care entrepreneur, argues that the physician shortage is not a headcount problem but a knowledge-scaling problem, and that AI with a doctor in the loop is the only realistic way to extend a physician's judgment to more patients without replacing the human relationship. This episode is based on his article "How artificial intelligence scales physician extension," published on KevinMD. You will hear why he spent two years codifying his own clinical judgment into software, why his text-based triage system outperformed general-purpose AI in a recent study, and what physicians risk if direct-to-consumer companies keep capturing demand while doctors stay on the sidelines. You will also learn why governance of the medical knowledge base has to come from physicians, not from startups in San Francisco or Boston. Listen for a grounded case for AI as capacity multiplier, not replacement. Partner with me on the KevinMD platform. With over three million monthly readers and half a million social media followers, I give you direct access to the doctors and patients who matter most. Whether you need a sponsored article, email campaign, video interview, or a spot right here on the podcast, I offer the trusted space your brand deserves to be heard. Let's work together to tell your story. PARTNER WITH KEVINMD → https://kevinmd.com/influencer SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST → https://www.kevinmd.com/podcast RECOMMENDED BY KEVINMD → https://www.kevinmd.com/recommended
- 3 days ago19 min
Why every new health care tool keeps making the job harder
Most physicians spend more time fighting their software than seeing patients, and piling on new tools has not fixed it. Grace E. Terrell, a physician executive, argues that decades of layering electronic health records, population health tools, remote patient monitoring, and now AI onto sixty-year-old billing infrastructure has produced a Frankenstein stack that burns out clinicians and harms patients. This episode is based on her article "Connected health care workflows: From chore to core patient care," published on KevinMD. You will hear why layering new tools on old infrastructure keeps failing, how prior authorization became an arms race, and what a genuinely connected workflow would feel like for a clinician evaluating a patient with suspected spinal abscess. You will also learn the one question to ask any vendor pitching a new tool, and why her company's CIO believes EHRs themselves may not survive the next five years. Listen for a concrete path from chore to core patient care. Partner with me on the KevinMD platform. With over three million monthly readers and half a million social media followers, I give you direct access to the doctors and patients who matter most. Whether you need a sponsored article, email campaign, video interview, or a spot right here on the podcast, I offer the trusted space your brand deserves to be heard. Let's work together to tell your story. PARTNER WITH KEVINMD → https://kevinmd.com/influencer SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST → https://www.kevinmd.com/podcast RECOMMENDED BY KEVINMD → https://www.kevinmd.com/recommended
- 4 days ago14 min
MAHA has the right diagnosis and the wrong treatment plan
The same Robert Kennedy Jr. who sued Monsanto over glyphosate in 2017 is now defending an order to expand its production. What does a functional medicine physician do with that? Shiv K. Goel, an internal medicine and functional medicine physician, argues that the Make America Healthy Again movement correctly names the chronic disease crisis, ultra-processed food, and a broken food system, then prescribes the wrong treatment. This episode is based on his article "Make America Healthy Again fails true functional medicine," published on KevinMD. You will hear why MAHA's root-cause language overlaps with functional medicine, why undermining vaccines during a measles outbreak is the contradiction the guest cannot ignore, how silence on Medicaid and SNAP cuts hurts the patients most harmed by chronic disease, and why clinicians must reclaim root-cause language from populist politics. If you have felt torn between agreeing with parts of MAHA and rejecting the rest, this conversation draws the line the guest thinks physicians have to hold. Partner with me on the KevinMD platform. With over three million monthly readers and half a million social media followers, I give you direct access to the doctors and patients who matter most. Whether you need a sponsored article, email campaign, video interview, or a spot right here on the podcast, I offer the trusted space your brand deserves to be heard. Let's work together to tell your story. PARTNER WITH KEVINMD → https://kevinmd.com/influencer SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST → https://www.kevinmd.com/podcast RECOMMENDED BY KEVINMD → https://www.kevinmd.com/recommended
- 1 weeks ago13 min
One hallucinated citation can end your expert witness career
One AI-hallucinated citation on cross-examination, and the expert witness career you built is over. It is already happening. Tracy Liberatore, a former physician assistant turned attorney and founder of the National Expert Academy, walks through the real court cases where clinical experts leaned on generative AI and watched their reports, and their reputations, get thrown out. This episode is based on her article "Expert witness credibility is destroyed by AI opinions," published on KevinMD. You will hear why AI hallucinated citations are ending careers in medical-legal work, why one expert was allowed to keep AI in his workflow because he could account for every prompt, what responsible AI use actually looks like for clinicians writing expert reports, and the brain flip clinicians have to make to defend a process rather than a conclusion. If you do expert witness work, or are thinking about it, this conversation names the line you cannot cross. Partner with me on the KevinMD platform. With over three million monthly readers and half a million social media followers, I give you direct access to the doctors and patients who matter most. Whether you need a sponsored article, email campaign, video interview, or a spot right here on the podcast, I offer the trusted space your brand deserves to be heard. Let's work together to tell your story. PARTNER WITH KEVINMD → https://kevinmd.com/influencer SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST → https://www.kevinmd.com/podcast RECOMMENDED BY KEVINMD → https://www.kevinmd.com/recommended
- 1 weeks ago11 min
Metrics got you into medicine and are making you unhappy in it
You hit every number: top grades, top test scores, top patients-per-hour. So why does practicing medicine feel hollow? Ben Reinking, a board-certified pediatric cardiologist, medical educator, and certified physician development coach, argues that the same metric-driven mindset that carries pre-meds into medical school is the one leaving attendings disconnected from why they practice. This episode is based on his article "How competency-based education is driving medical education reform," published on KevinMD. You will hear why a 15-minute billing slot frustrates both patient and physician, how competency-based education and entrustable professional activities shift the question from "did you meet the number" to "do we trust you in the system," and why admitting "I don't know, but let me figure it out" gets discouraged when learners are judged only by scores. If you have ever sensed the gap between your scorecard and your purpose, this conversation names what you have been feeling. Partner with me on the KevinMD platform. With over three million monthly readers and half a million social media followers, I give you direct access to the doctors and patients who matter most. Whether you need a sponsored article, email campaign, video interview, or a spot right here on the podcast, I offer the trusted space your brand deserves to be heard. Let's work together to tell your story. PARTNER WITH KEVINMD → https://kevinmd.com/influencer SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST → https://www.kevinmd.com/podcast RECOMMENDED BY KEVINMD → https://www.kevinmd.com/recommended
- 1 weeks ago20 min
After Match Day, orthopedic surgery is finally open to every kind of surgeon
When you open your Match Day envelope, you step into an orthopedic surgery field that looks nothing like it used to. John E. Klibanoff, an orthopedic surgeon, discusses his article "Navigating your orthopedic surgery residency after Match Day," published on KevinMD. He explains why nobody will care about your physiology grade or your rotation honors once you start residency, and why the old archetype of the tall, athletic, Northeast-raised orthopedic surgeon no longer describes the field. You will hear how AI and short online snippets have collapsed a week of attending-to-attending research into thirty minutes over coffee, how impaction devices and minimally invasive tools have opened recon and spine surgery to surgeons of any stature, and why younger faculty and peer networks are replacing top-down lectures. Klibanoff also explains why mentorship and adaptability matter more than competitiveness, and why patients now arrive with hours of their own research to bring into the room. Listen to hear what actually earns you the craft of orthopedic surgery after Match Day. Partner with me on the KevinMD platform. With over three million monthly readers and half a million social media followers, I give you direct access to the doctors and patients who matter most. Whether you need a sponsored article, email campaign, video interview, or a spot right here on the podcast, I offer the trusted space your brand deserves to be heard. Let's work together to tell your story. PARTNER WITH KEVINMD → https://kevinmd.com/influencer SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST → https://www.kevinmd.com/podcast RECOMMENDED BY KEVINMD → https://www.kevinmd.com/recommended
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