Your First 100 for Medical Practices & Entrepreneurs

Joshua Engle, MD
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Want to start a medical practice, but don't know where to get started? We got you covered. We cover the sticking points that keep most healthcare providers from launching and running a practice: how to get your first 100 patients, your first $100 in grant funding, your $100 in non-traditional sources of funding like angel/VC funding, and more!

  1. FEB 13

    Episode 18: Dr. Shalini Prasad - How to Create a Wearable Patch That Revolutionizes IBD Care!

    Dr. Shalini Prasad, PhD is a professor of bioengineering at the University of Texas at Dallas. She is the co-founder of EnLiSense, a wearable patch to monitor biomarkers crucial for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), and other disease states. She also has worked on countless other devices, ranging from sensors to detect aflatoxin in corn to breath-based tests for lung cancer.  In this episode we discussed how she went about developing the EnLiSense patch from a biomechanical engineering perspective, how she got grant funding, and how she is going about getting this sensor insurance reimbursable. We also discuss strategies on how physicians and other healthcare providers can go about working with engineers to create devices like this is they don't have an engineering background. A lot of pearls of wisdom in this episode for someone that is interested in brining a medical device into existence!

    53 min

  2. JAN 9

    Episode 17: Dr. Jeffrey Michaelis

    Dr. Jeffrey Michaelis is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician. Together with his colleagues, he was able to start and sell a private practice. He then started a podcast Justice in Scrubs. In this podcast we discuss his incredible career trajectory, lessons learned from running a private practice, and the value of a personal touch with patient career (ie what many would call "the basics" like checking in with phone calls). It was an absolute pleasure to talk with him!

    24 min

  3. 11/13/2025

    Episode 16: Karim Wahib PA-C - Founder of FixCare Direct: How He is Building An Alternative For Health Insurance, and How He is Using Atypical Strategies Like Chambers of Commerce To Do It

    Karim Wabib is a Physician Assistant, and MBA candidate. He has experience on both the front and back end of healthcare, both having provided direct patient care as a physician assistant and then also serving as a practice manager. He's also the founder of FixCare Direct, a platform that combines direct primary care (DPC) and medical cost-sharing to provide an alternative to health insurance. In this episode, in addition to discussing the origin story of HealthCare Direct, we dive into how Karim is using surprising ways to grow his patient base, like Chamber of Commerce participation.

    36 min

  4. 09/11/2025

    Episode 15: Lessons Learned & Clips From My Podcast Guests

    This is actually a best-of episode. I went through and clipped high-value lessons from each of my podcast guests so far. Here is a table of contents on what you can find in this episode:   1.) Christine Bishara, MD of Within Medical on how gained 26,000 Instagram followers. 2.) Mario Amaro, MD of Ease on how to build a digital community. 3.) Dr. Joseph Pazona of Pazona MD on how he got over 1,000 positive Google reviews. 4.) Courtney Younglove, M.D., FOMA, FACOG, DABOM of Heartland Weight Loss on how she got comfortable with public speaking. 5.) Dr. Uri Goldberg on how he built a referral network for his pallative care practice. 6.) Palak Majmudar, MD of LV8 Health on how she is growing Elevate Health's referral network from non-traditional sources like diagnostic centers and gyms. 7.) Hilary Gallin, MD, MBA of ARX and Fastline on how her team got 100K of grant funding and you can too. 8.) Kirk Parsley, M.D. of Doc Parsley on how to take a supplement from idea to reality. 9.) Dr. Gil Carvalho of Nutrition Made Simple, over 1 Million downloads, on how to get started on YouTube. 10.) Dr. Jawad Ali, MD 🔪 of MedTech Connect on how to build a medical meetup with over 100 medical thought leaders. 11.) Ade Bakare DMSc, PA-C with 1,488 positive reviews on Sesame on how many state licenses you need to successful on Sesame & Zocdoc. 12.) Christina Hamm, DO on how affliate marketing partners helped her get initial sales for Percent Apparel.   Thank you all to all of these amazing guests for their time and wisdom!   #telehealth #telemedicine #medtec #digitalhealth #primarycare #independentmedicalpractice #independentheqlthcareprovider   Medical Speciality Tags (so other physicians will find this content. In no particular order, and not comprehensive): #familymedicine #internalmedicine #emergencymedicine #obgyn #neurology #dermatology #heent #endocrinology #psychiatry #orthopedicsurgery #pulmonology #cardiology #gastroenterology #sportsmedicine

    31 min

  5. 08/07/2025

    Episode 14: Dr. Christina Hamm, Founder of Percent Apparel - How She Was Able to Leverage Affiliate Marketing to Get Customers For Her Scrubs Company Immediately After Launching

    Dr. Christina Hamm is a family medicine and urgent care physician. She is also the founder of Percent Apparel, a GOTS-certified 100% organic cotton scrub company. In this episode we explore how she used affiliate marketing to reach her customer base. We also dive into how she went from idea to actually getting her scrubs into production by manufacturers, as well as the overall origin story behind Percent Apparel.

    24 min

  6. 07/17/2025

    Episode 13: How to get 1,488 Positive Reviews on Sesame, Zocdoc, and Other Major Telehealth Platforms. Adewumi Bakare, PA-C

    Adewumi Bakare, PA-C has thousands of positive 5-star reviews on the major telehealth platforms. Of note, he has 1,488 stellar patient reviews on Sesame. He also provides patient care on Zocdoc and WebMD. He is the CEO of Fastdocnow.com, his own telemedicine platform and practice. In this episode we discuss how he accomplished these amazing feats, and how you can go about doing the same! #telemedicine #telehealth #primarycareprovider #primarycare #medtech #medicalpodcast #healthpodcast #independentmedicalpractice #independentmedicalprovider

    22 min

  7. 06/25/2025

    Episode 12: Dr. Jawad Ali - Founder of Austin MedTech Connect

    Jawad Ali is the co-founder and president of Austin Medtech Connect. Austin Medtect Connect brings together founders, funding, and stakeholders in the medtech/biotech industry. In its five years since inception, Dr. Jawad has grown AMC to regularly having 100+ thought-leaders attend each of these events. Dr. Jawad is also an affiliate professor at the University of Texas @Austin, as well as the Associate Director of Surgical and Specialty Care at Central Health. In this episode, we discuss how he got started getting a critical mass of attendees for these events, how he went about getting event sponsors, and so much more! This is a must-listen to for anyone who is interested in organizing high-impact events in healthcare.

    21 min

  8. 06/05/2025

    Episode 11: Gil Carvalho, MD PhD - Nutrition Made Simple. How He Got 24 Million Views on Youtube

    Gil Carvalho, MD PhD is a physician, research scientist, and science communicator. He is the founder of the YouTude channel Nutrition Made Simple, which is watched by over 500,000 people monthly. Dr. Carvalho trained as a medical doctor at the University of Lisbon, and later obtained a PhD in Biology from Caltech (California Institute of Technology).   In this episode, we discuss how he developed his massive. I hope you enjoy this episode!

    29 min
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Want to start a medical practice, but don't know where to get started? We got you covered. We cover the sticking points that keep most healthcare providers from launching and running a practice: how to get your first 100 patients, your first $100 in grant funding, your $100 in non-traditional sources of funding like angel/VC funding, and more!

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