TIMESTAMPS 0:18 What does pulmonary and critical care medicine involve? 0:36 Most common cases in pulmonary, critical care, and infectious disease medicine? 01:18 When are people sent to critical care vs emergency vs other departments? 01:50 What was your career path to medicine & four board certified specialties? 03:11 How is your day divided between specialties? 03:32 What’s a typical day in the life as a pulmonary / critical care ID doctor? 04:28 How often are you on call? 05:16 How is the pulmonary /critical care lifestyle different than other specialties? 05:57 How can a physician pursue nonclinical activities + protected time? 06:20 What’s most challenging about pulmonary + critical care medicine? 06:48 What’s the most rewarding aspect of pulmonary + critical care medicine? 07:25 What are the misconceptions about your field? 08:05 How to match into a good IM or pulmonary, critical care, or infectious disease residency / fellowship? 09:20 Would doing research as a medical student help you match into a good residency in IM? 10:17 How do you stay on top of medical advances in your field? 10:44 Employment types / practice settings in pulmonary, critical care, and ID medicine? 11:33 How to get involved in private practice (tips) 11:58 Locum tenens work? 12:32 Do you recommend doing locum tenens work out of residency? 13:15 How do you avoid burnout? 13:49 Before going to 80% time did you incorporate longer vacation time into your year? 14:05 Are practice groups receptive to shifting schedules? 14:38 Are there certain personality types/traits better for pulmonary / critical care / internal medicine? 15:09 How do you establish a work-life balance? 16:25 How to manage finances better as a new doctor? 16:37 Money making tips for doctors (investments, financial advisors, etc) 17:44 How can you make more money in internal medicine? 18:07 How has medicine changed + what future changes do you see? 18:54 Would you choose the same career path or specialties again? Any changes you’d make? 20:06 How can we become good doctors?
I have a question please. Dr. DeFelice seems to be 100% based in the hospital (i.e. the ICU, pulm consults, and ID consults) because he enjoys working in the hospital. However, if a pulmonary and critical care physician prefers the office or outpatient pulm setting, for example if he or she wants to build a practice focusing on (roughly) on 50% outpatient pulm and 50% critical care, is it possible for a hospitalist group or another group to cover most pulm consults (inpatient)? Thanks!
I had the flu 2 years ago and I came home on oxygen because I never really recovered. I have have been hospitalized 8 times since. The doctors here in WV can't really figure it out. So they say it's ipf. I'm 43 years old on oxygen and nothing thsy do helps. I can barely walk to room. Could you please read this and tell me what would make me better. I have a pulmonologist but they just run in and out. Thank you😊
Hi Hollie, I’m really sorry you’ve had to go through all of that. Unfortunately, I cannot help you more than those lung subspecialists. Perhaps try another pulmonologist?
@@DrAdnan I am not afraid at all for me. I just worry for my grandbaby and children. I love them so much. I don't think my son who has mental illness (25) can make it by himself. You are a good and kind person. I know that you would help if you could
Adnan can u tell me which major should I take in undergrad ?? To pursue for medical school Which major will help me in mcat ? And which has more chances to get good GPA ps: I dont like physics and maths
It depends on a couple things including subjects you like, what type of career you want to have, what major actually interests you the most, etc. You can get into med school with any major as long as you do the prerequisites required for the med schools you want to apply to. For the most efficiency and overlap with prereqs and med school material, I’d recommend doing a degree in something like human physiology since a lot of med school, especially the first two years, is built on human physiology. Other standard science options like basic biology work too but aren’t quite as relevant. Doing an easier major esp a non science one would help you get a good gpa, but both your overall and science gpa matters, and you also want to do a major that will be useful to you in the long run. I’d say to do all your prereqs, choose a major you like and do well in those classes, and maybe take classes that’ll be covered in med school that don’t fall under your major or the prereqs so you’ll be better prepared in med school (like immunology, microbiology, etc). Sure you can think about what classes give you the best gpa, and try to avoid some extremely challenging classes or boost your gpa with some easy ones (I did both), but I’d recommend trying to focus more on what’ll prepare you to do well in med school. The MCAT is largely based on your first two years’ classes and prereqs for med school, so most science majors will cover that naturally. Even if you don’t do a science major, you could schedule your first two years like one as well. After your first two years, classes get a little more specialized to your major, and so that’s largely up to your preferences and goals. By then you should’ve probably taken most of the classes that you need for your MCAT. Hope that helps
@@DrAdnan wont human physiology be competitive for me to get good GPA ... dr adnan actually mu first target is to achieve good GPA and MCAT .. so human physiology will help me out? Isn't it hard subject .
It may be more difficult than doing something like a communications major, but physiology is pretty much what medicine and medical school is built on. If you can’t pass undergrad physiology classes you’ll have a hard time in med school. If you don’t find physiology interesting, that’s a lot of what medicine boils down to. Yes a good gpa matters, but work hard in your science classes and you’ll get your good gpa and mcat scores, and you’ll be better prepared for medical school. The mcat covers basic sciences like biology, chemistry, etc and that’ll come up naturally as the lower division classes for most science majors. A lot of major specific classes like upper div physiology will be in your later two years. Medical school is a lot of material and it’s difficult to memorize everything. There’s some strategizing that can be done, but stop focusing so much on what’s the easiest route and focus more on what’s best for your overall growth and development, and what’ll help you most in the long run. The medical path is a very difficult one and you’ll have to work very, very hard to become a doctor, especially if you’re in a system like the American system. The sooner you accept it and work hard, the easier it’ll be and the more successful you’ll become as a premed and med student. Good luck, you can do it!
@@DrAdnan Tysm! No I don't run from the studies my high school subjects are the biology chem and physics I work very hard on them too .. I myself needed that major which may help.me in both MCAT and Med school. Thank you ! Well can u tell me that is maths important in undergrad I really didn't take MATHS in high school?
No problem! That’s good that you already work hard- keep doing that. Any major would work if you do the prereq classes for med school, but doing a science major will do so in the most efficient way overall. I don’t think there’s a wrong answer for what major, just that some are more relevant than others to your med path. You can check the MSAR for specific class requirements. As for math, I think most schools require a year of calculus and some require some statistics. In reality, high level math isn’t very important in med school or medicine in general, but they still want you to take those. Again, the MSAR (if you’re applying in the US) will tell you if specific schools you’re interested in would like different math classes or not. It might be difficult to take calc if you haven’t had a lot of classes and you may need some other prereqs to take that, but check with the college you attend to see what the prereqs are for your calc classes. Most universities also have a premed advising group that can help with classes sometimes.
Wow...internal med has so many sub specialties. Great interview as usual. Can I suggest a video Dr. Ad? Can you get a physical at the worst reviewed doctor in your city? Lol....jk. keep up the great work.
Adnan A Disagree ✋🏻. Med school is a lifestyle on its own lol. What specialty are you interested in pursuing? Have you interviewed a plastic surgeon or a dermatologist yet?
Lol that’s true, it consumes your life. I’m planning on family medicine with a sports medicine fellowship. It’s the most broad specialty and I like a lot of things in general. Plastic surgeon: in progress. Dermatologist: th-cam.com/video/b7KwLjmGMYM/w-d-xo.html
TIMESTAMPS
0:18 What does pulmonary and critical care medicine involve?
0:36 Most common cases in pulmonary, critical care, and infectious disease medicine?
01:18 When are people sent to critical care vs emergency vs other departments?
01:50 What was your career path to medicine & four board certified specialties?
03:11 How is your day divided between specialties?
03:32 What’s a typical day in the life as a pulmonary / critical care ID doctor?
04:28 How often are you on call?
05:16 How is the pulmonary /critical care lifestyle different than other specialties?
05:57 How can a physician pursue nonclinical activities + protected time?
06:20 What’s most challenging about pulmonary + critical care medicine?
06:48 What’s the most rewarding aspect of pulmonary + critical care medicine?
07:25 What are the misconceptions about your field?
08:05 How to match into a good IM or pulmonary, critical care, or infectious disease residency / fellowship?
09:20 Would doing research as a medical student help you match into a good residency in IM?
10:17 How do you stay on top of medical advances in your field?
10:44 Employment types / practice settings in pulmonary, critical care, and ID medicine?
11:33 How to get involved in private practice (tips)
11:58 Locum tenens work?
12:32 Do you recommend doing locum tenens work out of residency?
13:15 How do you avoid burnout?
13:49 Before going to 80% time did you incorporate longer vacation time into your year?
14:05 Are practice groups receptive to shifting schedules?
14:38 Are there certain personality types/traits better for pulmonary / critical care / internal medicine?
15:09 How do you establish a work-life balance?
16:25 How to manage finances better as a new doctor?
16:37 Money making tips for doctors (investments, financial advisors, etc)
17:44 How can you make more money in internal medicine?
18:07 How has medicine changed + what future changes do you see?
18:54 Would you choose the same career path or specialties again? Any changes you’d make?
20:06 How can we become good doctors?
Thanks for the interview. It's primarily focused on critical care medicine. Could you do an interview primarily focused on pulmonary medicine please?
No problem, thanks for watching- I’ll work on it!
awesome interview. awesome organization. awesome channel. pls continue
Thank you so much!
This was really valuable! Thanks!
Glad to hear- thanks for watching!!!
Do you recommend Telehealth pulmonologists for patients with lung issues? Or should it be in person?
Hi, grats interviews on your channel!
Would you pleased do an interview with a family medicine doctor?
Hi, thank you! I’ll work on getting it for you!
I have a question please. Dr. DeFelice seems to be 100% based in the hospital (i.e. the ICU, pulm consults, and ID consults) because he enjoys working in the hospital. However, if a pulmonary and critical care physician prefers the office or outpatient pulm setting, for example if he or she wants to build a practice focusing on (roughly) on 50% outpatient pulm and 50% critical care, is it possible for a hospitalist group or another group to cover most pulm consults (inpatient)? Thanks!
I would think that set up would be possible, but I’ll ask Dr. DeFelice for you! Sorry for the delay.
I did not know you have a youtube channel, where are you originally from?
Welcome! I’m mostly a mix of south asian and middle eastern with a little bit of some other stuff.
I had the flu 2 years ago and I came home on oxygen because I never really recovered. I have have been hospitalized 8 times since. The doctors here in WV can't really figure it out. So they say it's ipf. I'm 43 years old on oxygen and nothing thsy do helps. I can barely walk to room. Could you please read this and tell me what would make me better. I have a pulmonologist but they just run in and out. Thank you😊
Hi Hollie, I’m really sorry you’ve had to go through all of that. Unfortunately, I cannot help you more than those lung subspecialists. Perhaps try another pulmonologist?
@@DrAdnan thank you for taking your time to talk to me.
No problem, sorry I couldn’t do more. I hope you find some relief.
@@DrAdnan I am not afraid at all for me. I just worry for my grandbaby and children. I love them so much. I don't think my son who has mental illness (25) can make it by himself. You are a good and kind person. I know that you would help if you could
That sounds very difficult ☹️. I really do hope you and your family find some ease and better news.
That’s generous of you to say, thank you 🙏
please do general surgery!
This could be what you’re looking for: th-cam.com/video/zr--cXA7CEI/w-d-xo.html
An other great interview! However, I could never specialize in lungs, I need some action 😂👍
lol emergency for you?
In your title, do you mean: *day in the life of a lung doctor?
I was trying to fit in more exciting words in the preview
what's the doctor's name? I didn't catch it.
Dr. DeFelice!
Sir, I have some querries regarding USMLE prep.. It will be great if you could help me... Do you have fb account?
Assalamu alaikum..
Sir, are you practicing in US?
Adnan can u tell me which major should I take in undergrad ?? To pursue for medical school
Which major will help me in mcat ?
And which has more chances to get good GPA ps: I dont like physics and maths
It depends on a couple things including subjects you like, what type of career you want to have, what major actually interests you the most, etc. You can get into med school with any major as long as you do the prerequisites required for the med schools you want to apply to. For the most efficiency and overlap with prereqs and med school material, I’d recommend doing a degree in something like human physiology since a lot of med school, especially the first two years, is built on human physiology. Other standard science options like basic biology work too but aren’t quite as relevant. Doing an easier major esp a non science one would help you get a good gpa, but both your overall and science gpa matters, and you also want to do a major that will be useful to you in the long run. I’d say to do all your prereqs, choose a major you like and do well in those classes, and maybe take classes that’ll be covered in med school that don’t fall under your major or the prereqs so you’ll be better prepared in med school (like immunology, microbiology, etc). Sure you can think about what classes give you the best gpa, and try to avoid some extremely challenging classes or boost your gpa with some easy ones (I did both), but I’d recommend trying to focus more on what’ll prepare you to do well in med school. The MCAT is largely based on your first two years’ classes and prereqs for med school, so most science majors will cover that naturally. Even if you don’t do a science major, you could schedule your first two years like one as well. After your first two years, classes get a little more specialized to your major, and so that’s largely up to your preferences and goals. By then you should’ve probably taken most of the classes that you need for your MCAT. Hope that helps
@@DrAdnan wont human physiology be competitive for me to get good GPA ... dr adnan actually mu first target is to achieve good GPA and MCAT .. so human physiology will help me out? Isn't it hard subject .
It may be more difficult than doing something like a communications major, but physiology is pretty much what medicine and medical school is built on. If you can’t pass undergrad physiology classes you’ll have a hard time in med school. If you don’t find physiology interesting, that’s a lot of what medicine boils down to. Yes a good gpa matters, but work hard in your science classes and you’ll get your good gpa and mcat scores, and you’ll be better prepared for medical school. The mcat covers basic sciences like biology, chemistry, etc and that’ll come up naturally as the lower division classes for most science majors. A lot of major specific classes like upper div physiology will be in your later two years. Medical school is a lot of material and it’s difficult to memorize everything. There’s some strategizing that can be done, but stop focusing so much on what’s the easiest route and focus more on what’s best for your overall growth and development, and what’ll help you most in the long run. The medical path is a very difficult one and you’ll have to work very, very hard to become a doctor, especially if you’re in a system like the American system. The sooner you accept it and work hard, the easier it’ll be and the more successful you’ll become as a premed and med student. Good luck, you can do it!
@@DrAdnan Tysm! No I don't run from the studies my high school subjects are the biology chem and physics I work very hard on them too .. I myself needed that major which may help.me in both MCAT and Med school. Thank you ! Well can u tell me that is maths important in undergrad I really didn't take MATHS in high school?
No problem! That’s good that you already work hard- keep doing that. Any major would work if you do the prereq classes for med school, but doing a science major will do so in the most efficient way overall. I don’t think there’s a wrong answer for what major, just that some are more relevant than others to your med path. You can check the MSAR for specific class requirements. As for math, I think most schools require a year of calculus and some require some statistics. In reality, high level math isn’t very important in med school or medicine in general, but they still want you to take those. Again, the MSAR (if you’re applying in the US) will tell you if specific schools you’re interested in would like different math classes or not. It might be difficult to take calc if you haven’t had a lot of classes and you may need some other prereqs to take that, but check with the college you attend to see what the prereqs are for your calc classes. Most universities also have a premed advising group that can help with classes sometimes.
Wow...internal med has so many sub specialties. Great interview as usual. Can I suggest a video Dr. Ad? Can you get a physical at the worst reviewed doctor in your city? Lol....jk. keep up the great work.
It really does. Lol that’s creative but I don’t wanna put any of my future colleagues on blast haha
Also thanks Dr. J!
@@DrAdnan 😂 yeah they probably wouldn't appreciate that lol. And no problem man. 🤜🤛
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my bro, love ya. can I follow ur ins
💙 @adnanslife
Hi there. I’m trying to understand how I see you everywhere on YT but you’re in med school?! 😧 What? Lol 😉.
Simple, I have no life 😂
Adnan A Disagree ✋🏻. Med school is a lifestyle on its own lol. What specialty are you interested in pursuing? Have you interviewed a plastic surgeon or a dermatologist yet?
Lol that’s true, it consumes your life. I’m planning on family medicine with a sports medicine fellowship. It’s the most broad specialty and I like a lot of things in general. Plastic surgeon: in progress. Dermatologist: th-cam.com/video/b7KwLjmGMYM/w-d-xo.html