Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach and I’m a medical student, and soon to be physician, in Philadelphia. Throughout these episodes I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.
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Why do you devote so much time to working 50 hours a week? You could work fewer hours and enjoy your life. Even though you earn a high income, you look miserable. It's obvious that you are not happy.
I have a question for the endocrinologist and it has nothing to do with diabetes. There is something going on in my adrenal glands they think its adenomas but they don't know . I've been getting symptoms such as tachycardia without reason or warning, high blood pressure spikes( 181/100) again without reason or warning, plus a few other things. Everytime I try to make an appointment with an Endocrinologist in this state they keep canceling and rescheduling MONTHS ahead. Took 5 months to get to an appointment and they canceled 2 months before it. PLEASE HELP
Thank you for this awesome work Zack. Please you forgot to state the figures for Cardothoracic surgeons. Keep up the great work. I wish you many successes.
Hi, did Grandpa sketch during the war? We found an old sketch book with the name Eric Gergel, Chatham, Kent. There are some very nice little sketches of planes and portraits. Would love to know if it’s your Grandpa’s.
It's crazy to see this crazy loop in humanity. It's no secret early Africans new about medicine and thought it to the European. The European took the knowledge, enslaved the African. Years later releasing these Africans, the children of these Africans become Doctors and people are amazed.
Dr Okusanya, you are the spitting image of your father, who coincidentally was my Project supervisor at the university. It is a very interesting interview. The eloquence, diction, and mastery are top-notch. You are an extremely meticulous, brilliant, hardworking, and humble guy. Amazingly compassionate about your profession. Your ability to draw a healthy balance between your job and family is admirable. Kudos and I use this opportunity to salute Doctors for their sacrifice. May God bless you all
Every single interview is an actual masterpiece! I watched every video, a few repeats, and this is my 3rd time watching Dr.Okusanya interview. This man is absolutely at peace, ready to take the next challenge head first! What an amazing group of doctors we have at Jefferson! Im applying this cycle, and Jefferson is top in my list. 🤞 even if I don’t get in for medical school, residency in Philadelphia with these doctors would be an absolute dream. Im working in neurointerventional right now, but im more and more interested in my interventional cardiology colleges, and now to the field of both cardiac and thoracic surgery! Hopefully in a year I’ll look back at this post, with an acceptance 🙏
Can’t imagine the kind of impact having a woman like this in your life would leave, glad I got to listen to her perspective on life. Her faith and stories were very powerful🫡
Very inspiring. Similar to Dr. Herrine, I cooked professionally in fine dining. I'm now 35 and working as an ER Tech and research intern whilst completing post-bacc prerequisites for med school. As noted, there are many similarities between the worlds of medicine and cooking, and I was charmed to hear he shares his love of food with students. So cool!
I see the grade stress in my fellow students. Fortunately, it does not affect me. There are grades I look at for the first time a semester, or even a year later.
I had the incredible honour of working with Alex Valiga when he was with PennState and knowing he's going to be the next Gen of doctor's gives me SOOOO much hope! he was a resident at the time and I was working as the histotech on his mohs cases. Super smart dude and he really likes to think outside of the box to try and get his patients with best care possible
This is the one. Thanks for putting it together for all of us new med students and new residents. There IS a light at the end of the tunnel, and the smile on this guy’s face proves it.
Immediately he said the name, I had to check description and I saw he's Nigerian as I suspected 😅.. I'm just entering my 3rd year and final preclinical year and this is highly motivating to me as a Nigerian med student
