Sasha K. Shillcutt, MD, MS, FASE is a tenured and endowed Professor and the Vice Chair of Strategy in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She is a double-boarded cardiac anesthesiologist and is also CEO & Founder of Brave Enough, a community of thousands of women in healthcare where she teaches women how to advance through courses, coaching, and events. She leads conferences and retreats for professional women and is a certified coach for women leaders. Sasha is a well-published researcher in anesthesiology and gender equity, best-selling author, and international speaker. She speaks frequently to executives and leaders on the topics of professional resilience and wellbeing.

Her TEDx talk titled Resilience: The Art of Failing Forward has been viewed by thousands of people. Her writing has been published in both the New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA. Her first book, Between Grit and Grace: How to be Feminine and Formidable, has sold thousands of copies and her second book, Brave Boundaries, is an international best seller. Her podcast, The Brave Enough Show, has over 315K downloads & she has coached hundreds of women leaders to thrive.

Some of the topics we discussed were:

• Setting boundaries at work
• Understanding your pain points
• Setting up boundaries outside of the home
• Setting boundaries with your phone
• Setting boundaries with yourself
• Setting boundaries for phones with teenagers
• Dealing with situations where your boundaries are not being respected
• Setting boundaries with the people you love
• Modeling setting healthy boundaries for your kids

And more!

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Sasha K. Shillcutt, MD, MS, FASE is a tenured and endowed Professor and the Vice Chair of Strategy in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She is a double-boarded cardiac anesthesiologist and is also CEO & Founder of Brave Enough, a community of thousands of women in healthcare where she teaches women how to advance through courses, coaching, and events. She leads conferences and retreats for professional women and is a certified coach for women leaders. Sasha is a well-published researcher in anesthesiology and gender equity, best-selling author, and international speaker. She speaks frequently to executives and leaders on the topics of professional resilience and wellbeing.

Her TEDx talk titled Resilience: The Art of Failing Forward has been viewed by thousands of people. Her writing has been published in both the New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA. Her first book, Between Grit and Grace: How to be Feminine and Formidable, has sold thousands of copies and her second book, Brave Boundaries, is an international best seller. Her podcast, The Brave Enough Show, has over 315K downloads & she has coached hundreds of women leaders to thrive.

Some of the topics we discussed were:

• Taking care of everybody else without leaving room for yourself
• Prioritizing your well-being by setting aside time just for you
• How to set up boundaries
• What boundaries really are
• Setting up boundaries in your personal life (like with your partner, children, parents, siblings, friends, etc.)
• Communicating your boundaries with others
• Setting up boundaries at work

And more!

Learn more about me or schedule a FREE coaching call:
https://www.joyfulsuccessliving.com/

Join the Voices of Women Physicians Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/190596326343825/

Connect with Dr. Shilcutt:

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TWITTER

LINKEDIN

Alison Curfman, MD, MBA is a pediatric emergency physician and healthcare strategist who’s built clinical models and led companies at the intersection of innovation and impact.

After launching her first startup inside a private equity firm, she became founding Chief Medical Officer of Imagine Pediatrics, a value-based medical group for medically complex children on Medicaid. Under her leadership, the company grew to 300+ employees, serving over 35,000 patients and reaching a multi-9-figure valuation in less than two years.

Alison now leads Startup Physicians, a platform designed to help physicians apply their clinical expertise beyond the bedside as advisors, operators, founders, and investors. She advises early-stage companies and funds on clinical strategy, go-to-market planning, and physician engagement.

Her mission: empower physicians, especially women, to reclaim their creativity, autonomy, and leadership by stepping into healthcare innovation. She believes that doctors are not leaving medicine, they're redefining it.

Some of the topics we discussed were:

• Working as an advisor, consultant, and board member for early-stage and mid-stage companies in healthcare
• How to work with startups without experience or coming from a more traditional healthcare environment
• Dr. Curfman’s program training physicians on how to become consultants and advisors for startups
• Understanding the value of your own skill set and how transferrable they are
• Different roles you can take on in consulting and advising
• The high demand for medical expertise because companies need the clinical voice represented to get their contracts
• Being on advisory boards, working on product development, helping with the marketing/brand/spokesperson side of things
• Having the freedom to choose companies who you truly believe in
• How to identify a target market for the types of startups you want to work with
• Identifying what draws you and recognizing what transferrable skills you might already have
• How to start strategically networking

And more!

Learn more about me or schedule a FREE coaching call:
https://www.joyfulsuccessliving.com/

Join the Voices of Women Physicians Facebook Group:
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Connect with Dr. Curfman:

Website:
www.alisoncurfmanmd.com

Startup Physicians Podcast:

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LinkedIn:
Alison-Curfman-MD-MBA

Alison Curfman, MD, MBA is a pediatric emergency physician and healthcare strategist who’s built clinical models and led companies at the intersection of innovation and impact.

After launching her first startup inside a private equity firm, she became founding Chief Medical Officer of Imagine Pediatrics, a value-based medical group for medically complex children on Medicaid. Under her leadership, the company grew to 300+ employees, serving over 35,000 patients and reaching a multi-9-figure valuation in less than two years.

Alison now leads Startup Physicians, a platform designed to help physicians apply their clinical expertise beyond the bedside as advisors, operators, founders, and investors. She advises early-stage companies and funds on clinical strategy, go-to-market planning, and physician engagement.

Her mission: empower physicians, especially women, to reclaim their creativity, autonomy, and leadership by stepping into healthcare innovation. She believes that doctors are not leaving medicine, they're redefining it.

Some of the topics we discussed were:

• What makes Dr. Curfman a good founder
• The skills Dr. Curfman gained by working at a private equity firm and providing her clinical knowledge
• Co-founding Imagine Pediatrics, the value-based medical group for children with medical complexity
• How Imagine Pediatrics immediately launched with 20,000 patients
• Startup on steroids: going from 3 co-founders to about 300,000 employees in 18 months
• How Imagine Pediatrics has far-reaching impacts and currently serves about 40,000 high-needs kids on Medicaid
• How their company focuses on keeping kids out of the hospital and getting them the resources they need
• Reaching a multi-9-figure valuation in just a couple years by saving costs through a mission-driven business model
• How being open-minded led Dr. Curfman to learn the core elements of any business
• How to systematically de-risk a concept before launching a business
• Building an incubator program for physician-founded concepts
• Advice for people who want to launch their own startup but don’t know where to begin
• How to start developing your own idea

And more!

Learn more about me or schedule a FREE coaching call:
https://www.joyfulsuccessliving.com/

Join the Voices of Women Physicians Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/190596326343825/

Connect with Dr. Curfman:

Website:
www.alisoncurfmanmd.com

Startup Physicians Podcast:

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

LinkedIn:
Alison-Curfman-MD-MBA

Alison Curfman, MD, MBA is a pediatric emergency physician and healthcare strategist who’s built clinical models and led companies at the intersection of innovation and impact.

After launching her first startup inside a private equity firm, she became founding Chief Medical Officer of Imagine Pediatrics, a value-based medical group for medically complex children on Medicaid. Under her leadership, the company grew to 300+ employees, serving over 35,000 patients and reaching a multi-9-figure valuation in less than two years.

Alison now leads Startup Physicians, a platform designed to help physicians apply their clinical expertise beyond the bedside as advisors, operators, founders, and investors. She advises early-stage companies and funds on clinical strategy, go-to-market planning, and physician engagement.

Her mission: empower physicians, especially women, to reclaim their creativity, autonomy, and leadership by stepping into healthcare innovation. She believes that doctors are not leaving medicine, they're redefining it.

Some of the topics we discussed were:

• How Dr. Curfman got started in the pathway of digital health and telehealth
• How Dr. Curfman got started in bringing telehealth into pediatric care
• Dr. Curfman’s role as a medical director for virtual care expanding access to care for pediatrics
• How Dr. Curfman’s virtual intervention program reduced hospitalization rates by 35% and emergency room visits in half for children with medical complexity

And more!

Learn more about me or schedule a FREE coaching call:
https://www.joyfulsuccessliving.com/

Join the Voices of Women Physicians Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/190596326343825/

Connect with Dr. Curfman:

Website:
www.alisoncurfmanmd.com

Startup Physicians Podcast:

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

LinkedIn:
Alison-Curfman-MD-MBA

Dr. Boram Han is an Internal Medicine Primary Care Physician and the founder of Coach Boram MD, a personal finance coaching platform created to empower physicians—especially international medical graduates (IMGs)—to achieve financial clarity, confidence, and long-term freedom.

As an IMG herself, Dr. Han understands how overwhelming it can be to navigate the U.S. financial system—especially when you come from a different country, are adjusting to a new life, and were never taught these topics in training. She brings a relatable, step-by-step approach to money, helping physicians gain the knowledge and confidence they need to make sound financial decisions.

Dr. Han is passionate about demystifying personal finance. She coaches on a wide range of topics including insurance, retirement planning, estate planning, real estate investing, and credit strategy. She firmly believes that building financial literacy is one of the most powerful ways physicians can take back control of their lives and their time.

Dr. Han advocates for financial empowerment as a form of self-care. She believes that when physicians are financially well, they are better able to find peace in their careers and avoid burnout—leading to greater sustainability, purpose, and joy in medicine. Her mission is to help physicians make small but powerful financial changes today that can completely change where they are 10 years from now.

Some topics we discussed were:

• Navigating U.S. training as an international medical graduate (IMG) and building a life from scratch
• Dr. Han’s inspiration to start her coaching program
• Why financial literacy is so critical, especially for international medical graduates
• How Dr. Han went from burnout to building a thriving coaching practice
• The biggest financial mistakes new physicians make
• How credit card points and travel hacking fit into financial coaching
• Getting started in real estate as an international medical graduate Juggling medicine, motherhood, and a coaching practice
• 3 practical tips or resources for physicians who want to get started with improving their financial wellbeing
• Tips on effective time management

And more!

Learn more about me or schedule a FREE coaching call:
https://www.joyfulsuccessliving.com/

Join the Voices of Women Physicians Facebook Group:
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Connect with Dr. Han:

Website:
www.coachborammd.com

Email:
coachborammd@gmail.com

Instagram:
@coachborammd

Facebook:
@coachborammd

LinkedIn:
Dr. Boram Han

Dr. Julie Wilson is a physician-entrepreneur on a mission to rebuild primary care from the inside out — not just for patients, but for the doctors who serve them.

As the Founder and CEO of Terra Nova Medical Clinics, she’s leading the largest and fastest-growing physician-led network in British Columbia, bringing a modern, collaborative, and tech-forward model of healthcare to a system that’s long been stuck in the past.

Frustrated by the outdated setups she saw across BC — single-doc offices, paper records, no cross-coverage — Julie built her first clinic in 2015 with a bold vision: integrated teams, cloud-based systems, and a structure that puts both providers and patients first. While many clinics shut their doors during the pandemic, she doubled down, scaling Terra Nova from one location serving 25,000 patients to a thriving network of seven clinics serving over 50,000.

Her approach blends medical excellence with compassion, ethical leadership, fair pay, career progression, and continuity of care — creating a blueprint for how primary care should work.

Named to Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women and 40 Under 40, she’s also a healthcare advocate working to fix Canada’s physician shortage by mentoring international medical grads and influencing policy through her role with Doctors of BC.

Some of the topics we discussed were:

• What helps Dr. Wilson overcome obstacles she encounters on her journey and keep going
• How Dr. Wilson makes the time to run an interconnected network of clinics
• Three pieces of advice Dr. Wilson would give to her past self when she was still in medical school based on her current experience
• How Dr. Wilson went from having one single family clinic to expanding to a network of clinics
• What Dr. Wilson would recommend physicians on their journey to starting a practice and to expanding their practices
• Dr. Wilson’s 5 best tips for physicians on this journey
• How to make everyone on your staff happy with their working environment
• How to make your staff feel appreciated
• How to create flexibility for your staff in their schedules

And more!

Learn more about me or schedule a FREE coaching call:
https://www.joyfulsuccessliving.com/

Join the Voices of Women Physicians Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/190596326343825/

Connect with Dr. Wilson:

Dr. Julie Wilson:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-wilson-4a25b4214/

Terra Nova Medical Clinics:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/terra-nova-medical-clinics/

Email:
drwilson@terranovamedical.ca

Website:
www.terranovamedical.ca

Dr. Julie Wilson is a physician-entrepreneur on a mission to rebuild primary care from the inside out — not just for patients, but for the doctors who serve them.

As the Founder and CEO of Terra Nova Medical Clinics, she’s leading the largest and fastest-growing physician-led network in British Columbia, bringing a modern, collaborative, and tech-forward model of healthcare to a system that’s long been stuck in the past.

Frustrated by the outdated setups she saw across BC — single-doc offices, paper records, no cross-coverage — Julie built her first clinic in 2015 with a bold vision: integrated teams, cloud-based systems, and a structure that puts both providers and patients first. While many clinics shut their doors during the pandemic, she doubled down, scaling Terra Nova from one location serving 25,000 patients to a thriving network of seven clinics serving over 50,000.

Her approach blends medical excellence with compassion, ethical leadership, fair pay, career progression, and continuity of care — creating a blueprint for how primary care should work.

Named to Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women and 40 Under 40, she’s also a healthcare advocate working to fix Canada’s physician shortage by mentoring international medical grads and influencing policy through her role with Doctors of BC.

Some of the topics we discussed were:

• The future of physician-led clinics and how they’re changing primary care delivery
• Creating a connected and inclusive network of clinics that function as one organization
• Delivering better clinic outcomes, more access, and career progression for staff
• The operational and cultural/human challenges of scaling a multi-site medical business
• How technology and leadership intersect to improve healthcare outcomes
• How Dr. Wilson went from running a single family clinic to leading a multi-site medical business
• How Dr. Wilson got into the business world with building her own clinic
• Dr. Wilson’s process of starting her own clinic
• How Dr. Wilson moved from her building first clinic to having multiple
• Lessons learned and mistakes to avoid in building a network of clinics
• Recommendations for people who are just starting their own clinic
• The unique structure of Dr. Wilson’s clinic model that makes it stand out from the rest
• How to foster a working environment with great teamwork
• How to find good people who want to help you help your community

And more!

Learn more about me or schedule a FREE coaching call:
https://www.joyfulsuccessliving.com/

Join the Voices of Women Physicians Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/190596326343825/

Connect with Dr. Wilson:

Dr. Julie Wilson:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-wilson-4a25b4214/

Terra Nova Medical Clinics:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/terra-nova-medical-clinics/

Email:
drwilson@terranovamedical.ca

Website:
www.terranovamedical.ca