What happens when a successful surgeon realizes the system he dedicated his life to… is simply fundamentally broken?

Join Dr. Joe Pazona for a deeply honest conversation about burnout, entrepreneurship, healthcare innovation, and what it really looks like to walk away from traditional clinical medicine without leaving patient care.

Dr. Pazona shares his six-year transition from practicing urologist performing major robotic surgeries to full-time CEO and founder of VirtuCare, [https://myvirtucare.com/] a company helping rural hospitals build sustainable outpatient urology programs through team-based care, physician collaboration, and APP education.

Learn & unpack:

• Why the best clinicians are often the most vulnerable to burnout

• The dangerous “sunk cost” mindset in medicine

• How entrepreneurship can become an antidote to burnout

• Why healthcare desperately needs innovation outside the traditional system

• The power of saying no

• How APPs and physicians can work together in sustainable, collaborative models

• Why “that’s just how we do things” may be the most dangerous phrase in healthcare

This conversation is equal parts inspiring, validating, and challenging. If you’ve ever sat in a healthcare or leadership meeting thinking, “I have questions…” this episode is for you.

• Why burnout is often a systems problem—not a personal failure

• How Dr. Pazona gradually transitioned away from full-time clinical medicine

• The hidden cognitive burden of “wearing too many hats”

• What entrepreneurship actually looks like behind the scenes

• How curiosity and self-education fuel entrepreneurial growth

• Why team-based care may be the future of sustainable healthcare

• The mindset shifts clinicians need when entering business

• Why taking action is often less risky than staying stuck

Partners:

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Clinician Entrepreneur Collective Waitlist www.tracybingaman.com/waitlist

Schedule a call with Tracy https://calendly.com/the-pa-is-in/gen-call

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