Medicine and Life Beyond Burnout - Interview with Dr. Gupta

Meet: Dr. Aleea Gupta who is a board-certified family physician who completed her undergraduate education at Duke University, medical degree at University of Florida and residency at Overlook Hospital/Columbia University. She has worked in multiple medical practice settings in the past 25 years.

In 2018, she learned about the direct primary care (DPC) model from a colleague and decided to open the first DPC practice in her county. Dr. Gupta is also passionate about spreading awareness about the DPC model to medical students and residents. Her goal is to help further the Direct Primary Care movement in Chicagoland, the state of Illinois and beyond!

Dr. Gupta is married to a retina surgeon, has two children and in her free time enjoys reading, watching foreign films and studying Spanish 

Lessons:

• “Choose to give the patient the time or the charting the time”
• Family and Marriage: Put our family first 
• “Respect the priority of how you divide all the aspects of your life”
• “When life gets crazy, take a step back, there is always a way”

Contact Dr. Gupta:

On Social Media: @dr.aleeagupta

Contact: aleeagupta@familyfirstdpc.com

Make sure to Rate & Follow everywhere you listen to Podcasts!

Follow me on Social Media at:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@medpsycmoss⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠//twitter.com/medpsymoss⁠⁠⁠

Website & Blog: //⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠medpsycmoss.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

***This episode is for educational purposes only. This is NOT medical guidance or recommendations. Please follow up with your health provider and therapist for any additional questions or support*** 

Chapters:

0:00 Introduction

0:38 Introduce Dr. Gupta and DPC

2:24 Power of Social Media

3:11 Her Journey to Medicine 

5:48 Challenges in clinical medicine 

8:04 Strength of Communication

9:35 Burnout in medicine

10:55 Moving to Direct Primary Care

12:51 Impact on Mental Health

15:12 Burnout and Empathy

15:42 Going Part Time

16:45 Coping Strategies

18:08 Partners in Medicine

20:55 Difficulties with Work Life Balance 

21:57 Being a Parent in Medicine

25:20 How to go part time 

27:29 Women in Medicine

29:05 Diversity in Medicine

31:56 Recap 

33:18 Contact Information 

--- Send in a voice message: //podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/medpsycmoss/message