Dana Corriel, MD on SoMeDocs, Physician Autonomy, and Building a Digital Presence

Christine interviews Dana Corriel, MD, Founder and CEO of SoMeDocs, about her background in internal medicine and healthcare innovation and what led her to build an online community and tools (including a physician directory) to promote physician autonomy amid insurance and corporate constraints that contribute to burnout. Corriel shares her career path through Montefiore, Mount Sinai, and the World Trade Center Monitoring and Treatment Program, a three-year break after her third child that sparked interest in branding and networking, and her eventual full-time departure from clinical practice, including mixed reactions to a Medscape article and initial pushback from family that later turned to support. She advises physicians to build an owned digital presence via a personal website and then use social platforms, both for career growth and patient continuity when changing jobs, and encourages questioning herd mentality, accepting criticism, and pursuing long-held dreams.

00:00 Meet Dana Corriel

01:03 Travel Tales With Parents

01:46 Why SoMeDocs Exists

04:04 Autonomy And Burnout

05:31 Stepping Away From Practice

07:24 Backlash And Thick Skin

08:56 Family Reactions And Support

12:44 Women Entrepreneurs Pushback

14:34 Seeing Healthcare Clearly

16:41 Build Your Online Presence

19:44 Stop Chasing Acceptance

21:16 Final Encouragement And Wrap