A practical reset for the conversations physician leaders keep avoiding.
This episode takes on one of physician leadership's harder tasks: speaking with a colleague who may be resistant, defensive, or simply difficult to reach. Dr.

Bradley B. Block, MD, Doctor Podcast Network
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Was your medical education enough to handle everything physician life demands? From lawsuits to leadership, career decisions to challenging conversations, balancing the personal with the professional — not enough was addressed in medical school, residency or fellowship. This medical podcast fills those gaps so you can live up to the expectations that come with the white coat — not just in the exam room, but in all the places your MD follows you. This show is the physician mentor you didn’t realize you needed. Your host, Dr. Bradley Block, a private practice ENT, is right there with you — navigating the same challeng...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Bradley Block brings practical clarity to the emotional, interpersonal and career decisions that accompany clinical work.
Succeed in Medicine turns difficult parts of a physician's working life into direct, practical conversations. Dr. Bradley Block interviews guests about medical mistakes, patient trust, career planning and professional purpose, usually pressing beyond broad advice toward choices…
Superman's glasses become a cue for your next patient conversation.
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A practical reset for the conversations physician leaders keep avoiding.
This episode takes on one of physician leadership's harder tasks: speaking with a colleague who may be resistant, defensive, or simply difficult to reach. Dr.
A grounded look at GLP-1 agonists, food noise, and why treatment may need to continue.
Dr. Sean Wharton keeps the conversation on GLP-1 agonists grounded in day-to-day medicine rather than hype. He is presented as an internal medicine physician, director of the Wharton Medical Clinic, and lead author of the 2020 Canadian Obesity Guidelines, and the discussion…
A careful look at surgical autonomy as an engineering problem with high stakes.
It moves from AI's current foothold in charting, radiology, pathology, and medical decision-making into the harder terrain of procedures and surgery.
A practical look at how small failures can either strain or restore patient trust.
A physician-hosted conversation with Shep Hyken turns a familiar clinic headache into a sharper question: what happens when a patient feels ignored, delayed, or misled?
Purpose is treated as a practical path to community, not a lofty finish line.
Bradley Block closes the year with an episode about purpose, and Jordan Grumet keeps the idea simple: do work you actually enjoy, and let that lead you toward your people. The core message is plain but steady.
A grounded look at calming angry patient encounters without pretending the problem disappears.
An aggressive patient can push a room off balance fast, and this piece keeps its focus on what staff can actually do next. Luke Wiesner comes across as someone who knows both conflict and healthcare, with work that spans physicians, surgeons, and administrative teams.
Practical goal-setting for doctors whose schedules keep blowing up the plan.
Dr. Sarah Hart Unger talks about a familiar strain in medical life: personal goals keep getting pushed aside by whatever is urgent. The strongest part is how she keeps the advice concrete, turning long-range planning into habits that can survive call schedules, family demands,…
Purpose can fade even when the career looks complete.
It starts with a familiar kind of physician unease: the life looks built, the boxes are checked, and something still feels off. From there, the discussion stays grounded, using emotional intelligence, long-term change, and hospital examples to show how purpose can slip away…

Jonquilyn Hill chases one listener question per episode to the experts who can answer it.

Three hosts and psychologist Dr Emily talk vulnerability, therapy, and imperfection with guests.

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Dr. Joy Harden Bradford pairs therapy insight with Black TV recaps, maternal health, and history.


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Shep Hyken, a customer service expert, shares strategies for physicians to enhance patient experiences by being consistently better than average, using technology to manage appointments, and turning difficult situations into positive encounters.
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Doug Knoll, a lawyer turned mediator, teaches physicians how to use affect labeling—reflecting a patient's emotions—to de-escalate tense situations and build trust in 90 seconds.
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The episode starts with a physician's uneasy question: what if the dream career still feels unfinished?
A routine workup does not always end the story.
The conversation starts with a simple frame: AI has already made its way into charting, radiology, pathology, and medical decision-making.
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Heather Gatcombe, MD, a radiation oncologist at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University and mother of a child with mitochondrial disease, explains how a seven-year-old's stroke-like episode led to years of testing and uncertainty.
Conflict specialist Luke Wiesner teaches physicians a framework for de-escalating hostile patients, using a volcano analogy to explain emotional eruptions and emphasizing empathy, boundary-setting, and staff safety.
Succeed in Medicine: Practical Knowledge for Busy Physicians EP509 centers on Michal Raz and Volker Roelcke pushing back on the claim that "provider" has Nazi origins.