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Healthcare professionals are overworked and underpaid. I’m here to tell you it doesn’t have to be like that… Learn more at: https://medicalentrepreneur.org/ My name is Adam Sewell MD and I invite you to take control of your own destiny by becoming a medical entrepreneur today. One vision, one purpose... Freedom through prosperity!

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October 21, 202634 min

The Hidden Menopause Struggle: Danielle Kriegsman on BRCA, Surgical Menopause, and Why Women Keep Getting Dismissed

Danielle Kriegsman is a licensed therapist and the founder of Her Talk Therapy, where she helps women navigate a faulty BRCA gene diagnosis and a difficult menopause. After her own BRCA diagnosis, double mastectomy, and hysterectomy, she found that the surgical menopause was far harder than she had been told, and that very few providers were prepared to help. In this episode, Danielle and Dr. Adam Sewell discuss: Why Danielle found her hysterectomy and surgical menopause harder than her double mastectomy Insomnia, night sweats, brain fog, and crying spells: the symptoms she was never warned about Why so few newly trained OB-GYN, family medicine, and internal medicine doctors feel comfortable treating menopause How depression questionnaires and single hormone labs can lead to missed perimenopause What the WHI study actually showed, and why hormone therapy prescriptions dropped for decades Asking your surgeon about starting estradiol before or right at surgery How clinicians can refer patients to Danielle for short-term or ongoing support Connect with Danielle Kriegsman: Website: https://www.hertalktherapy.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-kriegsman-27502bb9/ Hosted by Adam Sewell, MD, Premier Regenerative Health. Premier Regenerative Health: adamsewellmd.com

September 4, 20261 hr 0 min

Forty Seven Years Inside Medical Sales: Kevin McCarthy on Why Distribution Would Not Touch Cash Pay Wellness

Kevin McCarthy spent forty seven years selling into medical practices, most recently at Henry Schein, where he sat on the company's first Medical Sales Advisory Board. He recently retired. In this conversation with Dr. Adam Sewell, he explains what he saw from inside thousands of exam rooms and why he believes the independent practice model is cracking. Kevin spent years pushing Henry Schein to move into peptides, IV therapy, and med spa supply. Legal killed it every time. After a small number of widely reported IV therapy deaths, the company walked away from the category entirely, even though it already supplied far more dangerous infusions to hospitals, surgery centers, and oncology centers under the same licensing framework. Kevin argues the risk logic never made sense and that the retreat left an emerging market wide open. He also talks about the 1980s, when new technology was genuinely new and a rep could walk in with something a physician had never seen. That instinct for the unfamiliar led him somewhere unexpected: a nurse asked him to source an irrigation suction machine for her husband's film work, and Kevin ended up outfitting medical sets for "Born on the Fourth of July" and a run of other productions until Texas tax law sent the work to Georgia. Other ground covered: How to vet a supplier before you place a first order, including why Kevin insists on talking to the people who actually built the product rather than the marketing team Why he sees nurse practitioners, PAs, and CRNAs leaving hospital burnout as the real engine of cash pay adoption The physician in Forney who converted his entire practice from insurance to cash pay wellness inside a year Why Kevin tells nervous startups to launch with one thing, not everything Running an internal patient survey to find out what your own patients are already buying elsewhere Hosted by Adam Sewell, MD, Premier Regenerative Health.

August 28, 202656 min

Stop Shipping Patients to the Hospital: Kyle Chaska on Bringing FEES Straight to Facilities

Most speech-language pathologists take the job that's posted. Kyle Chaska built the one that wasn't. Kyle is the owner of Dynamic Swallow Assessments , a mobile practice that brings FEES - fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing - directly into facilities across Iowa and Illinois. Instead of a resident being transported out for an instrumental swallow study, the study comes to the bedside, and the on-site therapy team gets a report and a plan the same day. In this conversation with Dr. Adam Sewell, Kyle breaks down how he spotted an underserved service, built a referral base from scratch, and grew a practice around doing one thing exceptionally well. What we get into: Spotting the gap: why instrumental swallow studies were the bottleneck nobody was fixing Going mobile - what a portable service model actually costs to start, and what it doesn't Building a referral base as an unknown clinician with no institution behind you Working with on-site therapists instead of around them, and why that's the whole business Covering two states: territory, scheduling, and the limits of a one-clinician model Where a specialized clinical skill becomes a defensible business What Kyle would tell an SLP who's thinking about going out on their own Connect with Kyle: Web: dynamicswallowassessments.com Email: dynamicswallowassessments@gmail.com Phone: 515-290-1228

July 12, 202632 min

Turn Your Protocol Into a Program: Joy Houston on Scaling Your Practice Beyond 1-on-1 Care

Joy Houston has spent 16+ years building and scaling online businesses in the health, wellness, and personal development space. Before launching Heal At Scale with her husband Travis Houston, the two ran a marketing agency building brands for high-profile clients in the health industry. Today, Heal At Scale helps health professionals package their expertise into online programs through its "Protocol To Program" methodology, having reportedly worked with more than 1,700 practitioners across a range of niches. In this conversation, Joy and Adam dig into: Why trading time for dollars keeps even successful practitioners stuck How to translate a clinical protocol into a program clients will pay for "Service-first" selling: enrolling clients without feeling salesy The systems and mindset shifts needed to scale beyond one-on-one care Building multiple income streams while staying true to patient outcomes About the guest: Joy Houston is a business advisor and mentor and co-founder of Heal At Scale, a platform dedicated to helping health professionals transform their expertise into scalable online programs. Website: healatscale.com | LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/joyhouston | Instagram: @realjoyhouston

July 3, 202633 min

Breaking the High-Volume Model: Dr. Carlos Reyes on Building a Performance-First Physical Therapy Practice

Dr. Carlos Reyes, PT, DPT, SCS, is a Board-Certified Sports Clinical Specialist and the founder of Reyes Performance Institute in Austin, Texas. A former collegiate runner at the University of Texas, he built RPI to give every athlete — from weekend warriors to pros — the kind of one-on-one, performance-focused care usually reserved for elite competitors. In this episode of the Medical Entrepreneur Podcast, host Adam Sewell, MD sits down with Carlos to talk about walking away from the traditional high-volume clinic model and building a practice that blends relationship-driven care with pro-level technology — from force-plate testing (ForceDecks) and Blood Flow Restriction therapy to RacquetFit and BlazePod. Topics we explore include: Why he left the high-volume, insurance-driven PT model to start his own practice Building trust in an industry where referral loyalties are already tied to bigger systems Learning to be an entrepreneur, marketer, and business owner — not just a clinician Using force plates and objective data to deliver measurable, pro-level results Treating ACL recovery, runners, and the fast-growing world of pickleball performance Why mental resilience matters as much as physical recovery About the guest: Dr. Carlos Reyes, PT, DPT, SCS, MS, CSCS, TPI is a Board-Certified Sports Clinical Specialist in Physical Therapy — a designation held by only about 3% of PTs nationwide — and the founder of Reyes Performance Institute in Austin, TX. Learn more at https://reyesperformanceinstitute.com/ or on Instagram @reyes_performance_institute. The Medical Entrepreneur Podcast is hosted by Adam Sewell, MD. Healthcare professionals are overworked and underpaid — this show is here to tell you it doesn't have to be that way. Learn more at https://medicalentrepreneur.org/ .

September 24, 202556 min

From Burnout to Breakthrough: Dr. Gayle King's Journey from GYN Surgeon to Longevity Medicine Pioneer

The Breaking Point: When Stress Nearly Killed a Doctor Dr. King's wake-up call came when blood work revealed she was pre-diabetic with microvascular heart disease and stage 3 kidney dysfunction - all from the chronic stress of insurance-based practice. 00:00 The Final Straw: 18 Years to Rock Bottom 01:00 From GYN Surgeon to Longevity Medicine Pioneer 02:14 The Importance of Having a Backup Plan: A4M Fellowship 02:42 Personal Catalyst: Mother's Cancer Journey and Medical System Failures 04:32 Why Generic Concierge Franchises Fall Short 06:45 Breaking Free from Insurance Constraints 08:43 Quality of Care: From 15-Minute Visits to 2-Hour Consultations 10:38 The Insurance Punishment System in Action 12:29 Market Analysis: 73% of Patients Could Afford Concierge Care 14:00 Detective Medicine: The Acid Blocker Case Study 15:30 Advanced Testing Reveals Universal Toxicity 16:13 The Plasticizer Mystery: Salon Paw Patches 19:25 Evolution of Regenerative Medicine: From Bone Marrow to PDGF 22:28 Legal vs. Underground Stem Cell Treatments 24:26 The Future: Joint Regeneration vs. Replacement 28:14 Root Cause Medicine vs. Pharmaceutical Band-Aids 31:16 Personal Health Transformation: 75 Pounds and Optimal Markers 36:04 The Longevity Vision: Banking on Escape Velocity 42:40 Advanced Longevity Protocols: Rapamycin and Personalized Medicine 45:12 The Aristotle Test: AI-Powered Metabolic Optimization 49:00 Life's Too Short: Why Waiting Is the Biggest Risk 51:48 The Glyphosate Reality: Even Organic Farms Show Toxicity 52:50 The Fit 40-Year-Old Pre-Diabetic Epidemic

September 24, 202529 min

Breaking Free from Insurance-Based Physical Therapy: Dr. Ryan Nordell's Journey to Concierge Healthcare

The Journey from Traditional PT to Concierge Care Dr. Ryan Nordell's transformation from insurance-based physical therapy to concierge practice began after witnessing his brother's recovery from a traumatic brain injury. Initially drawn to orthopedic surgery, he chose physical therapy to spend more time with patients but became frustrated with insurance limitations that restricted quality care. 00:00 The Overlooked Power of Concierge Physical Therapy 00:33 Introducing Dr. Ryan Nordell: From Division I Track to PT Practice 02:07 The Turning Point: Brother's TBI and Career Direction 03:05 Disillusionment with Insurance-Based Medicine 06:10 Developing the Elite Performance Optimization Program (E-POP) 08:34 The Reality of Insurance Reimbursement Challenges 10:59 Making the Leap to Cash-Based Practice 13:24 Overcoming Fear and Mindset Barriers 15:48 Serving High-Level Executives and Celebrities 18:03 Integrating Functional Medicine with Physical Therapy 21:31 Root Cause Analysis vs Symptom Treatment 24:18 The Science Behind Movement and Longevity 27:09 Consulting and Business Coaching for Healthcare Providers 28:36 Resources for Transitioning to Entrepreneurial Practice

August 9, 20241 hr 5 min

Transforming Healthcare with Natural Solutions: Insights from Dr. John Lewis and Dr. Adam Sewell

The Overlooked Power of Nutrition: Dr. John Lewis' Journey to Health and Wellness In this episode of the Medical Entrepreneur Podcast, host Dr. Sewell talks with Dr. John Lewis, a former academic turned nutrition entrepreneur. Dr. Lewis shares his journey from being a physiologist at the University of Miami to developing a successful dietary supplement business. They discuss the often-neglected importance of nutrition in health and wellness, highlighting Dr. Lewis' groundbreaking research on polysaccharides from aloe vera and rice bran, and their significant impact on brain health, Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis, and overall immune function. Learn how Dr. Lewis combines scientific credibility with ethical marketing to offer a holistic approach to health. 00:00 The Overlooked Power of Nutrition 00:33 Introducing Dr. John Lewis 01:04 The Entrepreneurial Side of Academia 02:07 Transitioning from Academia to Business 03:05 The Science Behind Polysaccharides 06:10 The Importance of Proper Nutrition 06:34 Challenges in Modern Nutrition 10:58 Understanding Polysaccharides 18:03 Breakthrough Research on Alzheimer's 19:31 Clinical Trials and Findings 29:00 Challenges in Academic Research 31:29 Exciting Results in MS Research 35:16 Implementing Nutritional Supplements in Practice 36:25 Addressing Cognitive Decline Post-Vaccination 37:05 Case Study: Recovery from Severe COVID-19 Complications 38:15 The Power of Polysaccharides in Healing 40:10 Daily Brain Care: A Comprehensive Solution 43:54 The Importance of Prevention in Health 46:18 Exploring the Science Behind Polysaccharides 49:44 Introducing Daily Brain Care Ingredients 55:33 How Practitioners Can Integrate Daily Brain Care 58:22 The Ethical Approach to Supplementation 01:03:54 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

August 2, 202430 min

Overcoming Pain Tim Pettit's Journey with PDPA Technology

Healing with PDPA: Tim Pettit’s Remarkable Recovery Journey In this episode of the Medical Entrepreneur Podcast, Tim Pettit, a CCI-registered cardiac sonographer, shares his extraordinary journey of overcoming chronic shoulder pain and ulcerative colitis flare-ups using PDPA technology. Tim discusses the trials he faced, including an ineffective response to traditional painkillers and a constant pain level of 8 out of 10, and how the innovative PDPA treatment brought significant relief. Host Dr. Adam Sewell and Tim delve into the science behind PDPA, comparing it to other regenerative medicines like PRP and stem cells, and explore how PDPA's unique formula helped Tim achieve a pain-free life and improved healing. This episode sheds light on the potential of PDPA technology for treating various inflammatory conditions and joint injuries. 00:00 Introduction and Initial Experience 01:08 Welcome to the Medical Entrepreneur Podcast 01:19 Tim Pettit's Background and Shoulder Injury 02:36 Discovering PDPA Technology 04:21 PDPA Treatment and Immediate Effects 08:09 Long-Term Benefits and Healing 11:52 Comparing PDPA with Other Treatments 17:16 Ultrasound and PDPA Technology 25:04 Challenges with Traditional Medications 29:39 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

July 26, 202456 min

Empowering Practices with New Diabetes Management Technologies

Innovative Diabetes Management: Microburst Insulin Infusion in Practice In this episode of the Medical Entrepreneur Podcast, host Adam welcomes special guests Tom Saridis and Paul Clements to discuss new opportunities to help patients with diabetes. They introduce an innovative program that provides comprehensive diabetic management, focusing on a microburst insulin infusion technique. This method allows precise diabetes control by frequent patient visits and diminishes the need for large doses of medication, ultimately improving patient outcomes. The program is designed for easy integration into existing medical practices, offering a full setup including marketing support and compliance training. The episode highlights the success stories of significant A1C reductions and better patient engagement. 00:00 Introduction to the Program 00:35 Welcome to the Medical Entrepreneur Podcast 00:55 Understanding the Diabetes Crisis 01:51 Challenges in Diabetes Management 03:59 Innovative Diabetes Treatment Approach 06:11 Patient Progress and Success Stories 15:32 The Role of Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) 24:26 Implementing the Program in Your Practice 29:57 Challenges and Opportunities in Diabetes Treatment 31:31 Medicare Reimbursement Insights 32:29 Business Model and Profitability 34:07 Comprehensive Diabetes Management Program 44:42 Marketing Strategies for Diabetes Clinics 50:44 Implementing the Program in Various Practices 56:34 Conclusion and Next Steps