The Doc Lounge Podcast
The Doc Lounge Podcast | Physician Careers, Locum Tenens, and the Future of Healthcare Welcome to The Doc Lounge Podcast by Pacific Companies, a leading healthcare podcast featuring conversations with physicians, healthcare executives, and industry innovators shaping the future of medicine. Hosted by Pacific Companies, a national physician recruitment firm with more than 25 years of experience placing physicians and advanced practice providers across the United States, The Doc Lounge explores the real-world challenges and opportunities facing physicians today. Each episode delivers insights from experienced physicians and healthcare leaders on topics that matter most to medical professionals, including: • physician careers and specialty insights • locum tenens opportunities and flexible physician careers • physician salary trends and compensation models • physician burnout, mental health, and work-life balance • hospital leadership and healthcare system strategy • private practice vs hospital employment • physician entrepreneurship and innovation in medicine • healthcare technology, AI, and the future of patient care The podcast regularly explores the growing role of locum tenens physicians, offering insights into how temporary physician assignments provide flexibility, strong compensation, and new career pathways for physicians and advanced practice providers. Through series like Ask the Expert, Provider’s Perspective, Crazy Cases, and Power of Partnerships, listeners gain practical advice, real stories from the front lines of medicine, and expert perspectives on how healthcare is evolving. Whether you are: • a practicing physician exploring locum tenens opportunities • a medical resident researching different specialties • a healthcare leader navigating industry change • or a clinician looking for better work-life balance The Doc Lounge Podcast provides valuable insights and honest conversations designed to help healthcare professionals build successful and sustainable careers in medicine. Join a growing community of physicians, advanced practice providers, and healthcare leaders exploring the future of healthcare one conversation at a time. Topics Frequently Covered on The Doc Lounge Podcast The Doc Lounge regularly explores questions physicians search for, including: • What is locum tenens for physicians? • How much do locum tenens doctors make? • How physicians can avoid burnout • Physician salary trends by specialty • Private practice vs hospital employment • Physician leadership and healthcare innovation • How physicians can build flexible careers in medicine These conversations feature leading physicians, healthcare executives, and innovators sharing insights about the evolving physician workforce.
Episodes
Can chronic diseases like diabetes and hypertension actually be reversed—not just managed?
In this episode of The Doc Lounge Podcast, host Stacey Doyle sits down with Dr. Christine Nwoha, a board-certified internist and hospitalist who is challenging the traditional “sick care” model by advocating for disease reversal through intentional wellness, lifestyle optimization, and patient empo...
What if breast cancer screening was built entirely around the patient?
In this episode of The Doc Lounge Podcast, Stacey Doyle sits down with Dr. Ryan Polselli, breast radiologist, U.S. Navy veteran, and Founder & CEO of Mammolink, to explore how mobile imaging and AI are transforming preventative care.
Dr. Polselli shares why access alone is not enough, and how barriers like time, c...
Health equity is often discussed in theory—but how do we actually make it measurable?
In this episode of The Doc Lounge Podcast, host Stacey Doyle sits down with Dr. Eugene Manley Jr., biomedical scientist and Founder & CEO of the STEMM & Cancer Health Equity (SCHEQ) Foundation, to explore how healthcare systems can move beyond good intentions and implement real, data-driven chan...
In this episode of The Doc Lounge Podcast, host Stacey Doyle sits down with Dr. Amy Albright, a neuroscience expert, human potential strategist, and CEO of Holon, to explore physician burnout through a deeply scientific and human lens.
Rather than framing burnout as a mindset or motivation issue, Dr. Albright explains why burnout is fundamentally neurological, rooted in how the brain ada...
AI in healthcare is everywhere—but what actually works?
In our latest episode, Stacey Doyle sits down with Ghazenfer Mansoor, CEO & Founder of Technology Rivers, to cut through the hype and talk about what it really takes to build HIPAA-compliant, AI-driven healthcare technology that delivers real impact.
Ghazenfer brings a grounded operator’s perspective, sharing why so many AI proj...
In this powerful episode of The Doc Lounge Podcast, host Stacey Doyle sits down with Dr. Will Van Derveer, MD, pioneering psychiatrist and co-founder of the Integrative Psychiatry Institute, to explore the future of mental health care through integrative psychiatry and psychedelic-assisted therapy.
Dr. Van Derveer shares his personal journey from traditional psychiatry to a root-cause-fo...
Burnout continues to impact physicians and advanced practice providers across every specialty.
In a recent episode of The Doc Lounge Podcast, we sat down with Kurtis Lee Thomas, founder of the Just Breathe Foundation, to discuss simple, effective daily practices clinicians can use to manage stress and protect their mental wellbeing.
This conversation focuses on practical tools physicians...
n this episode of The Doc Lounge Podcast, host Stacey Doyle sits down with Dr. Tracy Gapin, board-certified urologist, founder, and CEO of the Gapin Institute for Precision Medicine, to explore how men can unlock true longevity, performance, and purpose.
After decades in traditional medicine, Dr. Gapin hit burnout and transformed both his health and his career. Now a leading expert in me...
In this episode of The Doc Lounge Podcast, Stacey Doyle dives into a fascinating and often overlooked aspect of longevity and performance: hearing health.
Our guest, Dr. Ben Thompson, is an audiologist and founder of Treble Health, where he’s helped more than 5,000 patients improve their hearing and overcome tinnitus through an evidence-based yet biohacker-friendly approach. His work br...
Dr. Michael R. Scoma — Inside the World of Infectious Disease, Lyme, and Long COVID
In this episode of The Doc Lounge Podcast, host Stacey Doyle sits down with Dr. Michael R. Scoma, a board-certified infectious disease specialist whose practice spans NYU Langone Health, Lenox Hill Hospital, and boutique private offices in Long Island and Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
Dr. Scoma op...
In this episode of The Doc Lounge Podcast, Stacey sits down with Justin Montgomery, founder of ProCourse Start and a former ER nurse practitioner who built an eight-figure continuing education business from his clinical expertise.
Justin knows the reality many physicians and APPs face: long hours, rising burnout, and the limits of trading time for money. He shares how he turned his hard-...
Struggling to grow your medical practice, wellness clinic, or med spa? In this episode of The Doc Lounge Podcast, host Stacey Doyle sits down with Sean Garner — entrepreneur, marketing strategist, and CEO of Sean Garner Consulting — to break down marketing that actually works for healthcare providers.
Sean shares proven strategies to:
• Build a sales funnel that converts prospects into l...
In this episode of The Doc Lounge Podcast, host Stacey Doyle talks with Dirk Soenksen, Co-Founder and CEO of Ceresti Health, about how his company is transforming dementia care through an innovative, tech-enabled platform that empowers family caregivers—at no cost to the patient or caregiver.
Dirk reveals why dementia is the second most expensive condition in Medicare, how traditional ca...
In this powerful episode, host Stacey Doyle welcomes Dr. Jason Giles, a board-certified addiction medicine specialist, bestselling author of Outsmart Your Addiction, and founder of Addiction Doctors, a leading telemedicine platform. With over 20 years of experience—and his own journey through addiction and recovery—Dr. Giles offers rare insight into the world of substance use disorders, ...
In this episode of The Doc Lounge Podcast: Provider’s Perspective, host Stacey Doyle sits down with Dr. Emma Jones, a hospice and palliative care physician, former pediatric oncologist, mentor, and author of The Phoenix Blueprint. Drawing from her deeply personal experience with physician burnout, Dr. Jones opens up about how the pressures of modern medicine nearly consumed her—and how s...
In this Ask the Expert episode of The Doc Lounge Podcast, host Stacey Doyle sits down with Attorney Kevin S. Little, founder of Little Health Law, to explore the most pressing legal issues physicians and healthcare providers face today. With over 15 years of experience exclusively in healthcare provider law, Kevin shares expert insights on topics including medical board investigations, p...
Fracture-Proof Your Health: Bone Strength, Functional Medicine & Integrative Healing with Dr. John Neustadt
In this powerful episode of The Doc Lounge Podcast, host Stacey Doyle sits down with internationally renowned expert in functional and integrative medicine, Dr. John Neustadt—Amazon #1 bestselling author of Fracture-Proof Your Bones. From software project manager to functional ...
️ AI in Healthcare: Revolutionizing Patient Care and Reducing Burnout with David Norris
In this episode of The Doc Lounge Podcast, we sit down with David Norris, CEO and visionary behind Affineon Health, a company transforming healthcare with AI. David shares his insights into how artificial intelligence is reshaping the healthcare landscape, helping providers reduce burnout, and reclai...
Smart Money Moves for Physicians & High-Income Earners
Struggling with medical school student loan debt? Trying to balance wealth-building with a demanding medical career? In this episode of The Doc Lounge Podcast, we sit down with Eric Roberge, CFP®, CEO of Beyond Your Hammock, and Kali Roberge, COO & Creative Director, to break down financial strategies tailored for physicians,...
What if you could optimize your body, sharpen your mind, and unlock peak performance like a pro athlete? In this episode of The Doc Lounge Podcast, Stacey Doyle, Senior Director of Marketing at Pacific Companies, sits down with Dr. Mike Van Thielen—a world-record-holding athlete, best-selling author, and biohacking expert—to discuss the future of health, longevity, and regenerative medic...
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