Entrepreneur Rx Podcast
About the Podcast
Successful physicians have many of the same skills they need to become a successful entrepreneur. However, they often simply lack business training.
Each week join John, one of the nation’s leading medical entrepreneurs, as he interviews other physicians who have successfully started their own businesses. In doing so, they have worked to secure their futures by creating alternative sources of income and opportunities.
If you’re ready to capitalize on your medical background and achieve your entrepreneurial vision this is the podcast for you. Check out Entrepreneur Rx with John Shufeldt from ForbesBooks.
Episodes:
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr Gregory Charlop
Connect with Dr. Gregory Charlop:linkedinfacebookinstagramrssrssAbout the Guest: Gregory Charlop, MD,Founder at From Soccer to C-Suite and Women's Sports Forum As a physician and father of two daughters, Dr. Greg is committed to girls' health and wellness. With...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Keith Matheny
Connect with Dr. Keith Matheny:linkedinrssrssrssrssAbout the Guest: Keith Matheny, MDCEO and Founder of US ENT Partners, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Septum Solutions SDr. Keith Matheny is a Vanderbilt-trained Otolaryngologist in North Dallas, emphasizing...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Priyanka Mathur
Connect with Dr. Priyanka Mathur:linkedinrssfacebookinstagramyoutubelinkedinAbout the Guest: Priyanka Mathur, MD,Founder & CEO at MediPocket Dr. Priyanka Mathur is a trained physician with working experience in the healthcare system of 3 different countries India,...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Laurence Girard
Connect with Laurence:linkedinrsslinkedinAbout the Guest: Laurence Girard CEO at Fruit Street Health Laurence Girard is the CEO & Founder of COVID.MD in addition to Fruit Street Health (www.fruitstreet.com) which delivers the CDC's Diabetes Prevention Program to...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Alexander Young
Connect with Alex: linkedinrsslinkedinrsstwitterAbout the Guest: Alexander Young, MD Founder & CEO at Virti Dr. Alexander Young is a trauma and orthopedic surgeon by training and the founder of several education technology companies. Alex scaled his first company...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Pamela Sullivan
Connect with Pamela:linkedintwitterfacebookinstagramrssAbout the Guest: Pamela Sullivan, MD Chief Clinical Officer at Landmark Health Dr. Pam Sullivan is the Chief Clinical Officer of Education and Lifecycle Operations at Landmark Health. Dr. Sullivan is a physician...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Michael Hill
Connect with Michael Hill:linkedinrssrssAbout the Guest: Michael Hill, MD, FACEP President and CEO at Rural Health Solutions Michael Hill is an accomplished healthcare executive with 25+ years of consulting and Electronic Health Record experience and success,...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Bobby Green
About the Guest: Bobby Green, MD Co-Founder, President, and Chief Medical Officer at Thyme Care Bobby Green is a medical oncologist and Thyme Care’s Co-Founder, President, and Chief Medical Officer. Thyme Care is a patient and provider-integrated oncology solution...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Amy Baxter
Connect with Amy:linkedintwitterfacebookinstagramrssAbout the Guest: Amy Baxter, MD, FAAP, FACEP CEO and Chief Medical Officer at Pain Care Labs Dr. Baxter founded Pain Care Labs while practicing and teaching pediatric emergency medicine. Following her invention of...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Paula Muto
About the Guest: Paula Muto, MD Founder and CEO of UBERDOC and Director of the Vein Center at Mutosurgica Paula Muto, M.D., F.A.C.S., is the founder and CEO of UBERDOC, and the Director of the Vein Center at Mutosurgical. A graduate of Amherst College and New York...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Erik Kulstad
About the Guest: Erik Kulstad, MD, MS Co-Founder and CMO at Attune Medical Erik started his working career as an auto mechanic after leaving high school prior to formal graduation. After he concluded that auto repair was hard work, he pursued further education,...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Kait LeDonne
About the Guest: Kait LeDonne Founder and CEO of Brandwise Media Kait LeDonne is the founder of Brandwise Media, a personal brand & social media agency based in NYC. Kait has authored the book "The Attraction Magnet: “The 7 Insider Secrets The World's Biggest...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Richard Moore
About the Guest: Richard Moore, MD Medical Director and Owner at The Edge for Men and The Lifestyle Center Dr. Richard Moore is the Owner and Medical Director of The Lifestyle Center and The Edge for Men in St Louis. He is also a board-certified physician and...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Gurpreet Padda
Connect Dr. Gurpreet Padda:linkedinrssAbout the Guest: Gurpreet Singh Padda, MD, MBA President and CEO at Red Pill Kapital Gurpreet Singh Padda, MD, MBA, went to medical school in a 6-year program at the age of 17, but before he started a construction company at 14....
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Angela Reddix
About the Guest: Dr. Angela Reddix Founder, President, and CEO at ARDX and Founder of Envision Lead Grow Dr. Angela D. Reddix is a visionary and innovative thinker with a global perspective and entrepreneurial drive. Dr. Reddix is a best-selling author, TEDx speaker,...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Tracy Gapin
Connect with Tracy Gapin, MDlinkedininstagramfacebookAbout the Guest: Tracy Gapin, MD, FACS Founder of Gapin Institute | Founder & CMO at ONOVI Dr. Gapin is a board-certified urologist, world-renowned men’s health & performance expert, best-selling author, and...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Lee Weinstein
Connect with Dr. Lee Weinstein:linkedinrssAbout the Guest: Lee Michael Weinstein D.M.D., F.A.S.D.C. President at Core Smiles Consulting Dr. Lee Weinstein has been a practicing Pediatric Dentist for over 30 years and an educator for over 15 years. He recently sold his...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Daniel Stickler
Connect with Dr. Daniel Stickler:linkedinfacebookAbout the Guest: Daniel L. Stickler, MD Co-Founder/Chief Medical Officer at Apeiron ZOH Inc He is a leader in complexity & performance medicine and focuses on age rejuvenation strategies; A physician to...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Leah Houston
About the Guest: Leah Houston, MD Founder of HPEC and Founder/CEO at evercred Leah Houston, MD, practiced emergency medicine across the US for nearly ten years before becoming an entrepreneur in the physician autonomy and digital privacy space. As a locum tenens...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Rishi Verma
Connect with Dr. Rishi Verma:linkedintwitterrssAbout the Guest: Rishi Verma, MD Co-Founder & CEO of Stethy Rishi is an ophthalmologist, aerospace engineer, and entrepreneur. He is a co-founder and CEO of Stethy, an AI assistant providing diagnostic tools to...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Erik Ilyayev
Connect with Dr. Erik Ilyayev:linkedintwitterfacebookAbout the Guest: Erik Ilyayev, MD Founder and former CEO of MyHouseVisit.com and Co-founder of iKonnect.io Dr. Erik Ilyayev was previously the founder and CEO of MyHouseVisit.com, an organization that provides...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Bridget Williams
About the Guest: Bridget Williams, MD Founder, Medical Director, and Life Coach at Green Harvest Health LLC Dr. Bridget Williams is an established board-certified family physician, best-selling author, and the CEO of Green Harvest Health medical cannabis and life...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Brian Dooreck
Connect with Dr. Brian Dooreck:linkedintwitterinstagramfacebookAbout the Guest: Brian S Dooreck, MD Gastroenterology | Gut Health ➕ Patient Advocacy with Navigation ➕ Life Balance | @dr.dooreck Dr. Brian S Dooreck [/dôr/-/ek/] completed his undergraduate...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Anwar Jebran
About the Guest: Anwar A. Jebran, MD Co-Founder of Arabic Media Company Anwar Jebran is an internal medicine physician who believes technology is the solution for the healthcare industry. He is an immigrant who was born and raised in Damascus, Syria. Anwar finished an...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Barbara Wirostko
Connect with Dr. Barbara Wirostko:linkedinyoutuberssAbout the Guest: Barbara Wirostko MD, FARVOCo-Founder & Chief Medical Officer at Qlaris Bio, Inc. Barbara Wirostko, a Chief Medical Officer (CMO), is a serial entrepreneur, experienced board member, and industry...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Navin Goyal
Connect with Dr. Navin Goyal:linkedintwitterfacebookrssAbout the Guest: Navin Goyal MDCo-Founder and CEO of LOUD Capital Navin Goyal, M.D. is a physician and entrepreneur who serves as CEO of LOUD Capital, an early-stage venture capital and alternative investment firm...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Teresa Malcolm
Connect with Dr. Teresa Malcolm:linkedintwitterinstagramrssAbout the Guest: Teresa Malcolm, MD, FACOG, MBA, CPE, CPXP, ACC Founder of Master Physician Leaders Teresa Malcolm, MD, FACOG, MBA, CPE, CPXP, ACC, is a Certified Physician Executive and Founder of Master...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Arlen Meyers
Connect with Dr. Arlen Meyers:linkedintwitterfacebookAbout the Guest: Arlen Meyers, MD, MBA President and CEO of the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs Professor emeritus of otolaryngology, dentistry, and engineering at the University of Colorado School of Medicine...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Sharon McLaughlin
About the Guest: Sharon T McLaughlin, MD, FACS Founder of The Female Physician Entrepreneurs Facebook Group Dr. Sharon Mclaughlin is board certified in plastic surgery. She started her entrepreneurial journey selling skincare. Over the years, she created a scar line...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Jonathan Kaplan
Connect with Dr. Jonathan Kaplan:linkedintwitterfacebookinstagramrss About the Guest: Jonathan Kaplan, MD, MPH Founder and CEO of BuildMyHealth Dr. Jonathan Kaplan, MD, MPH, is a board-certified plastic surgeon, the founder and CEO of BuildMyHealth, and owner of...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Sanjay Prasad
Connect with Dr. Sanjay Prasad:linkedintwitterfacebookrssAbout the Guest: Sanjay Prasad, MD, FACSCEO of SurgiPrice Inc., and subsidiaries SurgiQuality and SurgiConnect Sanjay Prasad, MD, FACS graduated magna cum laude in Biochemistry from the University of Maryland....
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Charles Theuer
About the Guest: Charles P Theuer, MD PhD President and CEO, TRACON Pharmaceuticals Dr. Theuer has been CEO and President and a Director of TRACON Pharmaceuticals since 2006. Dr. Theuer has been instrumental in bringing novel blockbuster oncology drugs to market,...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. John Paul Tutela
About the Guest: John Paul Tutela, MD Founder of Tutela Plastic Surgery Dr. Tutela is a board-certified plastic surgeon with offices in New York City and Livingston, NJ. He first rose to prominence when his patient Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi featured him on her YouTube...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Shantanu Nundy
About the Guest: Shantanu Nundy, MD Chief Medical Officer of Accolade Dr. Nundy is a primary care physician, technologist, and executive who serves as Chief Medical Officer for Accolade, which delivers personalized navigation and population health services to...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Kevin Jubbal
About the Guest: Kevin Jubbal, MD Founder of Med School Insiders Dr. Jubbal is a physician entrepreneur and YouTuber, focusing on the medical technology and medical education spaces. Kevin was training as a plastic surgeon prior to being drawn to the world of...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Susan Nicholas
About the Guest: Susan Nicholas, MD, MBA Founder of SusanNicholas.org Dr. After a conscious awakening, Nicholas is a physician and surgeon who transitioned her life and founded SusanNicholas.org: a conscious media company. Today, she is a life transformation guide,...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Lily Talakoub
About the Guest: Lily Talakoub MD, FAAD Founder and CEO of DermtoDoor Dr. Talakoub's decade in medicine and dermatology was molded as she began her career in the Office of the US Surgeon General. As a Washington DC insider, she developed her career as a leader and...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Krishan Ramdoo
Connect with Dr. Krishan Ramdoo:linkedintwitterfacebookAbout the Guest: Krishan Ramdoo, MD CEO & Founder of TympaHealth Technologies Ltd Dr. Krishan started his medical career in 2009. After initially working in the Oxford University hospitals, he became an Ear,...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Nisha Mehta
About the Guest: Nisha Mehta, MD Founder of Physician Side Gigs Dr. Mehta is a radiologist, keynote speaker, physician community builder, and physician advocate. Her missions include addressing the physician burnout epidemic through physician empowerment and cultural...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Nadine Hachach-Haram
About the Guest: Nadine Hachach-Haram, MDCo-founder of Proximie She drew on her passion for innovation, education, and global surgery to co-found Proximie. An augmented reality platform that allows doctors to virtually transport themselves into any operating room...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Amy Lehman
Connect with Amy Lehman, MDlinkedinfacebookrsstwitterAbout the Guest: Amy Lehman, MD Founder of the Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic/WAVE Dr. Amy Lehman is the founder of the Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic and Iroko Health. She is recognized and sought...
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Dr. Shantanu Gaur
Connect with Dr. Shantanu Gaur:linkedintwitterrssAbout the Guest: Shantanu Gaur, MDCo-founder and CEO of Allurion Technologies Shantanu founded Allurion Technologies with one goal: end obesity. Dr. Gaur founded Allurion while at Harvard Medical School and has overseen...
Meet the Host, John
John Shufeldt is an emergency physician by avocation and entrepreneur at heart. He is an author, serial student, pilot and multidisciplinary entrepreneur, who has founded and operated several multi-million-dollar businesses.
Throughout all of his endeavors, John has maintained a relentless drive to help people rescript their future and reach their full potential.
John earned his Bachelor of Arts from Drake University and his MD from the University of Health Sciences and the Chicago Medical School. He then completed his Emergency Medicine residency at Christ Hospital and Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Ill, where he spent his final year as Chief Resident.
In 1993, when John noticed the ER was overcrowded with minor illnesses and injuries, he launched his first urgent care practice. The business saw explosive growth, expanding from one to 60 locations during his tenure.
His most notable accomplishments within the last two years are publishing Entrepreneur Rx: The Physician’s Guide to Starting a Business through ForbesBook, selling his telehealth company, MeMD, to Walmart and starting a venture capital firm, Xcellerant Ventures.
Be a Guest
John is always looking to connect with other physician entrepreneurs.
To be on Entrepreneur Rx, please fill out this form.
If you have any additional questions, please contact tiffany@johnshufeldtmd.com.
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“Leadership is pursuit—pursuit of excellence, of elegance, of truth, of what’s next, of what if, of change, of value, of results, of relationships, of service, of knowledge, and of something bigger than themselves.”
— John Shufeldt, MD