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Doctors Making A Difference

Doctors Making A Difference

By: Peter M. Crane MD
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 Not every doctor dreams of climbing the traditional ladder. Some dream of building their own. Doctors Making a Difference, hosted by Dr. Peter Crane, tells the stories we rarely hear, of physicians who dared to ask, “Is this all there is?” and then changed their lives to answer it. These are the moments after burnout, after bureaucracy, after sacrifice. When purpose called louder than protocol. Each week, listeners meet doctors who stepped off the expected path—into roles as entrepreneurs, advocates, creatives, and leaders redefining what it means to heal. They didn’t just survive medicine. They made it theirs.Copyright 2025 Doctors Making A Difference Economics Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Development Personal Finance Personal Success Physical Illness & Disease
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  • LMC #57 | Dr. Edmond Ghosn on Lessons from Surviving a Rare Cancer

    LMC #57 | Dr. Edmond Ghosn on Lessons from Surviving a Rare Cancer
    Nov 13 2025
    This episode is sponsored by Lightstone DIRECT. Lightstone DIRECT invites you to partner with a $12B AUM real estate institution as you grow your portfolio. Access the same single-asset multifamily and industrial deals Lightstone pursues with its own capital – Lightstone co-invests a minimum of 20% in each deal alongside individual investors like you. You’re an institution. Time to invest like one.–When headaches and dizziness sent Dr. Edmond Ghosn to the ER, he never imagined he’d wake up from brain surgery with a rare cancer diagnosis.A physician who once helped shape cancer treatment systems in the Middle East, he suddenly found himself on the other side of the equation – as a patient fighting for his life.In this episode, Edmond recounts his extraordinary journey: from his early career building electronic health records for oncology in France, to his leadership role in pharmaceutical medical affairs, and finally to facing his own diagnosis of meningeal solitary fibrous tumor, an ultra-rare form of cancer.He opens up about the emotional shock of going from doctor to patient, the challenges of finding evidence-based care for a disease with virtually no data, and the power of family, community, and mindset in healing. Edmond also shares how his wife, psychologist Yara Kamin, developed a psychosocial rehabilitation program to help cancer survivors return to work — a model inspired by their shared journey.Through honesty and grace, Edmond’s story reminds us that medicine is not only science — it’s also surrender, resilience, and human connection.Highlights💬 Doctor to Patient – How a rare tumor forced a physician to confront vulnerability and faith in others.🧠 Science Meets Humanity – What happens when the evidence runs out and judgment must take over.🌍 Healing in Community – Why asking for help early can rebuild the foundation for recovery.💪 Mind Over Medicine – How discipline, exercise, and mindset carried him through chemo and radiation.💼 Purpose Beyond Survival – The initiative Dr. Ghosn launched to help other cancer patients navigate the healthcare system.Top 3 TakeawaysControl What You Can, Release What You Can’t. Healing begins with surrender — focus on choices within your power.Ask for Help Early. Emotional, psychological, and logistical support are as vital as the medical plan itself.Transform Pain into Purpose. Adversity can become a platform for helping others and redefining meaning in life and work.Guest BioEdmond Ghosn, MD, MBA is a Lebanese-born physician and healthcare strategist based in Dubai. After earning his medical degree from St. Joseph University in Lebanon and an MBA in Healthcare Strategy from France, he joined the pharmaceutical industry, helping advance oncology research and patient access across the Middle East.In 2023, he was diagnosed with a rare meningeal solitary fibrous tumor, an experience that reshaped his view of medicine, resilience, and compassion.Today, Dr. Ghosn advocates for cancer awareness and patient empowerment through his free LinkedIn initiative that guides patients and families through diagnosis and treatment decisions.Connect via LinkedIn: https://ae.linkedin.com/in/edmond-ghosn-mdAbout the Host:Dr. Peter Crane is a board-certified physician, educator, and storyteller with a heart for service and a calling to spotlight doctors who make a difference—in their communities, in medicine, and in the lives they touch.Through Doctors Making a Difference, he brings you into intimate conversations with physicians who have overcome challenges, redefined success, and found purpose in and beyond the clinic. His goal is simple: to help more doctors stay in medicine by showing them what's possible.About the Show:Doctors Making a Difference is more than a podcast—it’s a movement to highlight the good, the gritty, and the deeply human side of medicine.In every episode, Dr. Peter Crane interviews physicians whose stories defy the script. From burnout recovery to bold career pivots, health challenges to quiet leadership, this show honors the truth that healing begins with connection—and doctors, too, deserve to be whole.Visit: doctorsmakingadifference.comLMC Series Note:Living with Metastatic Cancer (LMC) explores the science, decisions, and day-to-day realities of life with advanced disease—through candid physician–patient conversations. The Doctors Making a Difference Podcast is for informational purposes only and does not substitute for medical, legal, or professional advice. Always consult appropriate experts regarding your unique circumstances. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    37 mins
  • DMD #56 | Dr. Nanette Nuessle— Reclaiming Joy and Agency in Medicine

    DMD #56 | Dr. Nanette Nuessle— Reclaiming Joy and Agency in Medicine
    Nov 6 2025
    This episode is sponsored by Lightstone DIRECT. Lightstone DIRECT invites you to partner with a $12B AUM real estate institution as you grow your portfolio. Access the same single-asset multifamily and industrial deals Lightstone pursues with its own capital – Lightstone co-invests a minimum of 20% in each deal alongside individual investors like you. You’re an institution. Time to invest like one.–Dr. Nanette Nuessle’s medical journey began with trauma and resilience—surviving severe burns as a child and finding safety in hospitals. That early experience shaped her desire to become a physician, but the reality of modern medicine brought relentless hours, administrative bullying, and emotional exhaustion.In this episode, Nan reflects on her evolution from overworked pediatrician to hospitalist and trauma coach. She shares how understanding personality types and values transformed toxic workplaces, reduced staff burnout, and restored team trust. Through her Beat Down Burnout coaching practice, Nan helps healthcare professionals reclaim their agency, heal workplace trauma, and communicate across divides with empathy and purpose.Now nearing retirement, Nan is preparing for a new chapter—building wellness programs at a luxury villa in Italy. Her story reminds us that fulfillment in medicine isn’t about quitting; it’s about rediscovering what lights you up.Highlights💬 Burnout to Breakthrough — How Dr. Nessel turned administrative bullying and exhaustion into a mission for healing.🧠 Trauma in Medicine — Why unresolved trauma fuels burnout—and how to release it.🤝 Communication as Medicine — Learning to connect across personality types to transform team culture.🏥 From Clinic to Coaching — Why moving from pediatrics to hospitalist work reignited her joy.🌿 New Beginnings — From TEDx Italy to running a wellness program in Florence, Dr. Nessel’s next chapter redefines balance.Top 3 TakeawaysCommunication Heals Teams. Understanding values and personality types can neutralize toxic dynamics and improve patient care.Unprocessed Trauma Fuels Burnout. Healing the healer is the foundation of restoring joy and purpose in medicine.Fulfillment Evolves. You don’t have to leave medicine to love it again—just find the role that aligns with who you’ve become.Guest BioNanette Nuessle, MD is a frontline Pediatrician providing excellent care to patients for over 35 years. She founded the coaching company Beat Down Burnout in 2020. This company coaches individuals and organizations to a higher level of communication skills, emotional intelligence, and relationship building, allowing organizations to improve staff retention, increase patient safety, and reduce risk management, and for staff to live their best life.Dr. Nuessle has been a guest on multiple podcasts, including the popular KevinMD. She has recently completed a TEDx talk on neurotransmitters and mindfulness. She holds multiple masters’ certifications, including neurolinguistic programming, root cause coaching, and the quantum energy shift.About the Host:Dr. Peter Crane is a board-certified physician, educator, and storyteller with a heart for service and a calling to spotlight doctors who make a difference—in their communities, in medicine, and in the lives they touch.Through Doctors Making a Difference, he brings you into intimate conversations with physicians who have overcome challenges, redefined success, and found purpose in and beyond the clinic. His goal is simple: to help more doctors stay in medicine by showing them what's possible.About the Show:Doctors Making a Difference is more than a podcast—it’s a movement to highlight the good, the gritty, and the deeply human side of medicine.In every episode, Dr. Peter Crane interviews physicians whose stories defy the script. From burnout recovery to bold career pivots, health challenges to quiet leadership, this show honors the truth that healing begins with connection—and doctors, too, deserve to be whole.Visit: doctorsmakingadifference.comLMC Series Note:Living with Metastatic Cancer (LMC) explores the science, decisions, and day-to-day realities of life with advanced disease—through candid physician–patient conversations. The Doctors Making a Difference Podcast is for informational purposes only and does not substitute for medical, legal, or professional advice. Always consult appropriate experts regarding your unique circumstances. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    36 mins
  • LMC #55 | Matthew Zachary — Redefining Cancer Advocacy and Patient Empowerment

    LMC #55 | Matthew Zachary — Redefining Cancer Advocacy and Patient Empowerment
    Oct 30 2025
    This episode is sponsored by Lightstone Direct LLC. Lightstone DIRECT invites you to partner with a $12B AUM real estate institution as you grow your portfolio. Access the same single-asset multifamily and industrial deals Lightstone pursues with its own capital – Lightstone co-invests a minimum of 20% in each deal alongside individual investors like you. You’re an institution. Time to invest like one.–As a 21-year-old music prodigy and film student, Matthew Zachary was given six months to live after being diagnosed with a rare brain cancer. Thirty years later, he’s still here—and his story has changed the landscape of cancer care.In this candid conversation, Matthew opens up about his journey from a misdiagnosed college student to a survivor, advocate, and founder of Stupid Cancer, the global movement that gave a voice to young adults facing cancer. He reflects on the lessons of empathy, shared decision-making, and why doctors must ask one key question: “What’s most important to you—besides not dying?”Matthew also shares the birth of his next mission: We The Patients, a new national movement to establish a Cancer Patient Protection Act that ensures every patient has access to advocacy, navigation, and protection from medical and financial harm.This episode is a heartfelt reminder that healing begins with honesty, empathy, and the courage to challenge the system—for the sake of patients and the doctors who care for them.Highlights🎹 Defying the Odds: How a 21-year-old pianist turned a six-month prognosis into a 30-year mission for change.🩺 The Empathy Gap: What happens when doctors treat data instead of people—and how that’s finally shifting.💪 Birth of a Movement: How Stupid Cancer became a global rallying cry for young adults facing cancer.📘 We The Patients: The next frontier—protecting both patients and doctors from a broken healthcare system.💬 Honesty Over Optimism: Why the most healing words can simply be, “How can I support you?”Top 3 TakeawaysEmpathy is Medicine. The difference between surviving and thriving often begins with how we’re treated as human beings, not just patients.Patient Voices Create Change. Advocacy movements like Stupid Cancer prove that systemic change begins when patients speak up.Redefine Advocacy. True reform means protecting both patients and doctors—preserving humanity in healthcare.Guest BioMatthew Zachary is a 30-year brain cancer survivor, advocate, and media pioneer. He’s the founder of Stupid Cancer, the nonprofit that launched the young adult cancer movement, and host of the award-winning podcast Out of Patients. A former concert pianist and film composer, Matthew now leads We The Patients, a national initiative to build the first cancer patient rights movement in America. His upcoming book, We The Patients, publishes in June 2025.🎙Podcast: Out of Patients🌐Website: MatthewZachary.comAbout the Host:Dr. Peter Crane is a board-certified physician, educator, and storyteller with a heart for service and a calling to spotlight doctors who make a difference—in their communities, in medicine, and in the lives they touch.Through Doctors Making a Difference, he brings you into intimate conversations with physicians who have overcome challenges, redefined success, and found purpose in and beyond the clinic. His goal is simple: to help more doctors stay in medicine by showing them what's possible.About the Show:Doctors Making a Difference is more than a podcast—it’s a movement to highlight the good, the gritty, and the deeply human side of medicine.In every episode, Dr. Peter Crane interviews physicians whose stories defy the script. From burnout recovery to bold career pivots, health challenges to quiet leadership, this show honors the truth that healing begins with connection—and doctors, too, deserve to be whole.Visit: doctorsmakingadifference.comLMC Series Note:Living with Metastatic Cancer (LMC) explores the science, decisions, and day-to-day realities of life with advanced disease—through candid physician–patient conversations. The Doctors Making a Difference Podcast is for informational purposes only and does not substitute for medical, legal, or professional advice. Always consult appropriate experts regarding your unique circumstances. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    41 mins
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