Guest Bios:
Dr. Torie Sepah straddles several worlds: primary care, journalism, psychiatry and activism. Her route to medicine has been a circuitous one. She graduated from UCLA with a BA in Political Science, magna cum laude and went to work as a journalist, becoming the Assistant Editor of Ms. Magazine where she wrote the health column sparking her interest in medicine. Dr. Sepah is the founder of, Physician to Physician: Healing the Practice of Medicine and also sits on the Board of Directors for the International Society of Reproductive Psychiatry and the Committee for Diversity at the APA’s Southern California chapter. She can be reached at her self-titled site, Torie Sepah, MD, and on Twitter @toriesepahmd.
Dr. Eric Tait is a board-certified internist as well as an investment fund manager with Vernonville Asset Management (VAM), LLC. Dr. Tait works in private practice and currently serves on the medical staff of Saint Joseph Medical Center in Downtown Houston. He also founded The Physician’s Road, a physician services platform designed to help doctors and dentists create a well-rounded life inside and outside of medicine.
Dr. Louis M. Profeta is a nationally recognized, award-winning writer and Emergency Physician at St. Vincent Hospital of Indianapolis. He is clinical instructor of Emergency Medicine at Indiana University and Marian University Schools of Medicine. A graduate of Indiana University and its School of Medicine, Dr. Profeta completed his post-graduate training in Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a dynamic and sought-after public speaker and writer as well as a frequent guest on TV and radio who has gained critical acclaim for his essays on topics such as his eye-opening look at our national preparedness for influenza pandemics in What Scares Me More than Ebola.
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Autonomy & Advocacy: A Medico-Legal Course for Clinicians
2nd Annual Non-Clinical Careers Course
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2nd Annual Finances, Investing & Real Estate for Healthcare Professionals
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