Data Center: The Physician Desert — the data behind Rural America Needs Surgeons
Sunday drove into the woods. Here is the math that explains why that drive was necessary.
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.
Rural America Needs Surgeons. I Showed Up. Here’s What I Found
Nearly 60 million Americans live in rural communities with fewer than 5 surgeons per 100,000 people. I showed up. Here is what I found — and what it means for the Independent Physician Model.
The Dinner Nobody Scheduled...
A Friday handoff. An impromptu dinner. A surgeon with a look on his face, a contract restructuring nobody warned me about, and a ninety-day clock that belongs to me — not them.
Resident Corner: Add It Up — The True Cost of What You Signed Up For
The most expensive part of a contract isn't the salary. It's the price of leaving — and it's invisible the day you sign.
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.
The Manifesto
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 system wasn't built for you. Build the one that is.
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.
Why Work Optional Isn't Retirement
Work optional isn't retirement. It's the practice where the work belongs to you, the schedule belongs to you, and the option to walk away exists every single morning — and you choose to stay anyway.
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Five minutes. Three articles. One question — what is the system asking you to give up?
