Academic Medicine Strategy Podcast

Academic Medicine Strategy Podcast

Hosted by: Dr. Stacey Ishman

Academic medicine is designed to reward output, not clarity. The result is physicians who feel overwhelmed and overextended. The Academic Medicine Strategy Podcast breaks down the systems, structures, and...

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Turning Busyness Into Promotion Series (3 of 5): Stop Being a Good Citizen and Start Being Strategic

In this episode of the Medical Mentor Coaching Podcast, Dr. Stacey Ishman challenges early-career physicians to rethink how they approach service, committees, and opportunities. She explains why being reliable and...
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Turning Busyness Into Promotion Series (2 of 5): Audit Your Calendar for Visibility, Not Volume

In this episode of the Medical Mentor Coaching, Dr. Stacey Ishman walks early-career physicians through a practical strategy to align their time with their promotion goals. She explains why a full calendar does not...
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Turning Busyness into Promotion - Build a Clear Career Story from the Start

Turning Busyness into Promotion - Build a Clear Career Story from the Start In this episode, Dr. Stacey Ishman explores why so many early-career physicians feel constantly busy yet still disconnected from meaningful...
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The Inside View: A Coaching Conversation with Client Dr. Reema Padia

The Inside View: A Coaching Conversation with Client Dr. Reema Padia In this episode of Medical Mentor Coaching, Dr. Stacey Ishman welcomes her first guest, Dr. Reema Padia, a pediatric otolaryngologist at the...
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Why Busy CVs Don't Always Advance Careers

Why Busy CVs Don’t Always Advance Careers In this episode, Dr. Stacey Ishman unpacks one of the most common and frustrating experiences in academic medicine: working hard, staying busy, and still feeling stalled when...
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Stop Saying Yes The Opportunity Selection Framework That Saves Academic Careers

In this episode of Medical Mentor Coaching, Dr. Stacey Ishman unpacks why being the most reliable faculty member can quietly stall your academic career. She introduces opportunity selection as a critical (and...
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The Leadership Gap No One Talks About in Academic Medicine

In this episode of the Medical Mentor Coaching Podcast, Dr. Stacey Ishman unpacks a critical but rarely named challenge facing early-career physicians: the leadership gap that emerges after training ends. While...
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Why Doing Great Work Is Not Enough to Get Promoted

Why Doing Great Work Is Not Enough to Get Promoted In this episode of the Medical Mentor Coaching Podcast, Dr. Stacey Ishman breaks down one of the most misunderstood truths in academic medicine: promotion is not a...
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Fix Your Priorities, Not Your Time!

You Don’t Have a Time Management Problem — You Have a Priority System Failure In this episode of the Medical Mentor Coaching podcast, Dr. Stacey Ishman challenges one of the most common assumptions early-career...
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Likeable Badass Leadership

Likable Badass Leadership — Leading with Warmth and Confidence In this episode of Medical Mentor Coaching, Dr. Stacey Ishman explores the concept of Likable Badass Leadership, inspired by Likable Badass by Alison...
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The Power of Silence: How Stepping Away Creates Clarity and Breakthroughs

In this episode, Dr. Stacey Ishman explores why constant input is undermining clarity for physicians in their first 10 years of practice—and how intentional silence can become a powerful tool for insight, creativity,...
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Leading When You Don't Have All the Answers

Leading When You Don't Have All the Answers Listen directly on Apple or Spotify In this episode of Medical Mentor Coaching for Physicians in Their First 10 Years of Practice, Dr. Stacey Ishman explores one of the most...
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