Podcast

16
Jun
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The Golden Scalpel Files — Episode 5

The audio companion to Sunday's rural surgery dispatch. What it looks like to show up in a community that needs a surgeon — and can't find one. Five minutes.
3 min read
09
Jun
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The Golden Scalpel Files — Episode 4

The audio companion. A Friday handoff. An impromptu dinner. A surgeon with a look on his face. And one word that changed every calculation — leverage.
3 min read
02
Jun
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The Golden Scalpel Files — Episode 3

The audio companion to Sunday's article. Six clauses in every physician contract decide what your career costs you. Three minutes. Built for the OR hallway, the commute, the drive between hospitals.
3 min read
26
May
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The Golden Scalpel Files — Episode 2

Two kinds of physicians in medicine right now — the ones who think they have two options, and the ones who've figured out there are five. The manifesto behind the Independent Physician Model.
3 min read
19
May
Golden Scalpel circular monogram in gold on a black background — the cover art of The Golden Scalpel Files podcast Episode 1.

The Golden Scalpel Files — Episode 1

Work optional is not retirement. It's the practice you can walk away from every single morning — and choose, every morning, to stay. The first episode of The Golden Scalpel Files.
3 min read
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