Manuela Powell, MD

Business Builder | Former Surgeon | Dancer

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Category(ies): Oncology | Physician | Surgery

Dr. Manuela Powell helps doctors skip the overwhelm, tech headaches, and DIY rabbit holes that usually come with building an online business. The Doctor’s Pivot is her fully done-for-you, concierge-style service that takes care of everything, from websites and branding to systems, content, and strategy, so her clients can finally stop spinning their wheels and start moving forward.
She works with physicians who know they want more, but don’t know where to start (and definitely don’t want to drown in YouTube tutorials or 17 conflicting opinions from the internet).
Dr. Powell brings together everything she’s learned from years in medicine, entrepreneurship, and coaching to create something completely custom. That might include CRMs, social media, podcast setup, you name it. Her clients focus on vision and decisions while she handles the rest. Think of it as “business in a box,” but completely outside the box—and tailored to you.
Before launching The Doctor’s Pivot, Dr. Powell had a 20-year successful career as a cancer surgeon, including a memorable stint at Sloan-Kettering (still her favorite place she’s ever worked). But when that path no longer felt right, she hit pause. The year she turned 40, she went from almost getting artificially inseminated to become a single mom by choice… to taking a year long sabbatical in Hawai’i, where she met the future father of her kids (plot twist!).
Other than her main gig of being a mom to two awesome dudes, she’s obsessed with West Coast Swing dancing, she reads contemporary novels like it’s her job, and she can talk your ear off about Ted Lasso.
Alongside the strategy and execution, she brings a deep understanding of identity shifts and reinvention—because she’s been there many times—and makes building a business feel not just possible, but easy.
Dr. Powell made all the mistakes so you don’t have to.
You can find more information at doctorspivot.com.

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Done-for-you business builder for doctors. Former surgeon. Tech whiz, business nerd, dance floor regular.
Manuela Powell, MD
Manuela Powell, MD

Done-for-you business builder for doctors. Former surgeon. Tech whiz, business nerd, dance floor regular.

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