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Physician Empowerment80 - Medical Entrepreneurship Series: Funding Public Health InitiativesWant to dive deeper into topics like this? Master your journey with Physician Empowerment’s Masterclass Membership—your gateway to exclusive content, expert-led sessions, and actionable strategies to elevate your personal and financial well-being. Learn more and join us today! https://www.physempowerment.ca/masterclass—In this episode, Dr. Wing Lim talks with legendary emergency physician, Professor, and Order of Canada recipient Dr. Louis Francescutti for another episode of the Medical Entrepreneurship Series. They explore the realities of modern medicine, how AI is set to reshape emergency care, and the path from frustration to real, commun...
2025-11-3029 min
Physician Empowerment79 - Beyond Radiology with Yatin ChadhaWant to dive deeper into topics like this? Master your journey with Physician Empowerment’s Masterclass Membership—your gateway to exclusive content, expert-led sessions, and actionable strategies to elevate your personal and financial well-being. Learn more and join us today! https://www.physempowerment.ca/masterclass—In this episode, Dr. Kevin Mailo welcomes radiologist, educator, and podcaster, Dr. Yatin Chadha, to the show to talk about Dr. Chadha’s newest project: Beyond Radiology. Beyond Radiology is an innovative radiology education platform designed for clinicians. Dr. Chadha explains why radiology education is essential for non-radiologists and how he built...
2025-11-1543 minPhysician Empowerment78 - Critical Mineral Tax Credit with Nicolas JohnsonWant to dive deeper into topics like this? Master your journey with Physician Empowerment’s Masterclass Membership—your gateway to exclusive content, expert-led sessions, and actionable strategies to elevate your personal and financial well-being. Learn more and join us today! https://www.physempowerment.ca/masterclass—Dr. Wing Lim talks with Nicolas Johnson about the Critical Mineral Exploration Tax Credit (CMETC) and flow-through share investments in Canada. Nicolas has had an international career ranging from journalism for Bloomberg News in Paris and Tokyo to working with a Canadian investment fund focused on resource exploration. He explains to Win...
2025-10-3030 minPhysician Empowerment77 - Creativity in Medicine with Dr. FIREflyWant to dive deeper into topics like this? Master your journey with Physician Empowerment’s Masterclass Membership—your gateway to exclusive content, expert-led sessions, and actionable strategies to elevate your personal and financial well-being. Learn more and join us today! https://www.physempowerment.ca/masterclass—Dr. Kevin Mailo welcomes Dr. FIREfly, an early-career physician, to the show to talk about her creative journey and why creativity matters. Dr. FIREfly has a financial blog she started in residency, and that, paired with her creative writing group and creative writing journey, is really what gave her an identi...
2025-10-1538 min
Physician Empowerment76 - Medical Entrepreneurship Series with Dr. Kola KolawoleWant to dive deeper into topics like this? Master your journey with Physician Empowerment’s Masterclass Membership—your gateway to exclusive content, expert-led sessions, and actionable strategies to elevate your personal and financial well-being. Learn more and join us today! https://www.physempowerment.ca/masterclass—In this episode, Dr. Wing Lim welcomes psychiatrist and real estate investor Dr. Kola Kolawole to Physician’s Empowerment to discuss his career and entrepreneurship journey. Dr. Kolawole was born and educated in Nigeria and trained in psychiatry in the UK before settling in Canada over 14 years ago. As both a genera...
2025-09-3036 minPhysician Empowerment75 - How to Be Prepared for your Next Tax AuditWant to dive deeper into topics like this? Master your journey with Physician Empowerment’s Masterclass Membership—your gateway to exclusive content, expert-led sessions, and actionable strategies to elevate your personal and financial well-being. Learn more and join us today! https://www.physempowerment.ca/masterclass—Dr. Wing Lim welcomes Masterclass Faculty Member and tax lawyer Jason Pisesky back to Physician Empowerment for a discussion on preparing for a tax audit. Jason focuses specifically on what Canadian physicians and incorporated professionals should consider and prepare for with their professional finance and tax partners. Jason states that with t...
2025-09-1532 minPhysician Empowerment74 - Recognizing your Humanness in MedicineWant to dive deeper into topics like this? Master your journey with Physician Empowerment’s Masterclass Membership—your gateway to exclusive content, expert-led sessions, and actionable strategies to elevate your personal and financial well-being. Learn more and join us today! https://www.physempowerment.ca/masterclass—Dr. Kevin Mailo welcomes Dr. Susannah Ward back to the show to talk about physician self-care and working with personal compassion in mind. Dr. Ward is a Physician of Rehabilitation medicine in New South Wales, Australia, who also founded a company called Ataraxia Collective that runs doctor wellbeing retreats. Susannah has be...
2025-08-3039 minPhysician Empowerment73 - How Canadians are Taxed Locally and GloballyWant to dive deeper into topics like this? Master your journey with Physician Empowerment’s Masterclass Membership—your gateway to exclusive content, expert-led sessions, and actionable strategies to elevate your personal and financial well-being. Learn more and join us today! https://www.physempowerment.ca/masterclass—In this episode, Dr. Wing Lim welcomes Masterclass faculty member Simon Wong back to the show to discuss global and local taxes for Canadians. Simon explains how taxes vary for Canadian citizens according to physical or tax residency, the international tax rules that affect tax brackets and investments. It’s a situat...
2025-08-1538 minPhysician Empowerment72 - Physician Retention through Workplace Safety Part 2Want to dive deeper into topics like this? Master your journey with Physician Empowerment’s Masterclass Membership—your gateway to exclusive content, expert-led sessions, and actionable strategies to elevate your personal and financial well-being. Learn more and join us today! https://www.physempowerment.ca/masterclass—In this second episode of a two-part special, Dr. Kevin Mailo continues his conversation with Jayna Amadasun about workplace safety as it pertains to physicians and health care workers. Jayna Amadasun is the founder of Ember Impact Global, holds a Master of Laws in Medical Law and Ethics degree, and is a D...
2025-07-3023 minPhysician Empowerment71 - Physician Retention through Workplace Safety Part 1Want to dive deeper into topics like this? Master your journey with Physician Empowerment’s Masterclass Membership—your gateway to exclusive content, expert-led sessions, and actionable strategies to elevate your personal and financial well-being. Learn more and join us today! https://www.physempowerment.ca/masterclass—In this episode, Dr. Kevin Mailo welcomes Jayna Amadasun back to Physician Empowerment to talk about workplace safety, specifically as it pertains to physicians and health care workers. Jayna Amadasun is the founder of Ember Impact Global and holds a Master of Law in Medical Law and Ethics degree as well a...
2025-07-1519 minPhysician Empowerment70 - White Coat vs. Real EstateWant to dive deeper into topics like this? Master your journey with Physician Empowerment’s Masterclass Membership—your gateway to exclusive content, expert-led sessions, and actionable strategies to elevate your personal and financial well-being. Learn more and join us today! https://www.physempowerment.ca/masterclass—In this episode, Dr. Kevin Mailo and Dr. Wing Lim talk about the intersection of real estate investing and the demanding lives of Canadian physicians. They explore the common barriers physicians face when entering real estate, including time constraints, risk tolerance, and lack of knowledge about different investment models. They highli...
2025-06-3030 minPhysician Empowerment69 - What You Might've Left Off Your Last Tax Return with Obed MauriceWant to dive deeper into topics like this? Master your journey with Physician Empowerment’s Masterclass Membership—your gateway to exclusive content, expert-led sessions, and actionable strategies to elevate your personal and financial well-being. Learn more and join us today! https://www.physempowerment.ca/masterclass—In this episode, Dr. Wing Lim welcomes Obed Maurice, CPA, CA, CFP, and founder of financial wellness tech startup MaximONE, to Physician Empowerment to share tax insights. Obed talks about his career journey, which led him from a very lucrative position at an accounting firm to founding his own more holist...
2025-06-1538 minPhysician Empowerment68 - Part 2: Hiring, Firing, and Employee Retention with Kate PostWant to dive deeper into topics like this? Master your journey with Physician Empowerment’s Masterclass Membership—your gateway to exclusive content, expert-led sessions, and actionable strategies to elevate your personal and financial well-being. Learn more and join us today! https://www.physempowerment.ca/masterclass—In this second part of a two-part episode, Dr. Kevin Mailo continues his conversation with Kate Post, Chief Operations Officer for a multi-location dental practice, on the subject of managing employees. They shift focus to nipping potentially toxic behavior in the bud, getting to the root of disruptive behavior with conver...
2025-05-3024 minPhysician Empowerment67 - Part 1: Hiring, Firing, and Employee Retention with Kate PostWant to dive deeper into topics like this? Master your journey with Physician Empowerment’s Masterclass Membership—your gateway to exclusive content, expert-led sessions, and actionable strategies to elevate your personal and financial well-being. Learn more and join us today! https://www.physempowerment.ca/masterclass—In this episode, Dr. Kevin Mailo welcomes back Kate Post, Chief Operations Officer for a multi-location dental practice. Kate has a lot of practical experience and insight in maintaining efficient medical offices. In this conversation, she and Kevin discuss the challenges of managing employees in medical and dental practices. They talk a...
2025-05-1527 minPhysician Empowerment66 - Thriving Workplaces Have Gravitational Pull. Effective Hiring and Retention with Jayna AmadasunWant to dive deeper into topics like this? Master your journey with Physician Empowerment’s Masterclass Membership—your gateway to exclusive content, expert-led sessions, and actionable strategies to elevate your personal and financial well-being. Learn more and join us today! https://www.physempowerment.ca/masterclass—In this episode, Dr. Kevin Mailo welcomes back Dr. Jayna Amadasun, an Ethical Strategist and Founder of Ember Impact Global, to discuss how to address the critical challenges facing healthcare retention through supportive environments. Dr. Mailo and Jayna explore the emotional and physical toll on healthcare workers and how to combat...
2025-04-3042 min
Physician Empowerment65 - Medical Entrepreneurship with Dr Marc-Emile PlourdeWant to dive deeper into topics like this? Master your journey with Physician Empowerment’s Masterclass Membership—your gateway to exclusive content, expert-led sessions, and actionable strategies to elevate your personal and financial well-being. Learn more and join us today! https://www.physempowerment.ca/masterclass—In this episode, Dr. Wing Lim welcomes Dr. Marc-Emile Plourde, a radiation oncologist and medical entrepreneur, to the show to talk about his medical and entrepreneurial journey. Marc-Emile has been in practice for eleven years, has a chemist wife and two young children, and he also runs a medical pocket book d...
2025-04-1527 minPhysician Empowerment64 - Insurance: The Why What Who When & How with Galen Nuttall at Maxim Advisory GroupWant to dive deeper into topics like this? Master your journey with Physician Empowerment’s Masterclass Membership—your gateway to exclusive content, expert-led sessions, and actionable strategies to elevate your personal and financial well-being. Learn more and join us today! https://www.physempowerment.ca/masterclass—In this episode, Dr. Wing Lim welcomes Galen Nuttall, a Certified Financial Planner specializing in working with medical professionals, to the podcast to discuss the vital role of insurance in financial planning for physicians. Galen explains how insurance protects income, mitigates risks, and serves as a strategic tool for long-term financ...
2025-03-3038 minPhysician Empowerment63 - Indentured Servitude: The Wrong Way to Fix a Broken System. Featuring Jayna Amadasun, MDWant to dive deeper into topics like this? Master your journey with Physician Empowerment’s Masterclass Membership—your gateway to exclusive content, expert-led sessions, and actionable strategies to elevate your personal and financial well-being. Learn more and join us today! https://www.physempowerment.ca/masterclass—In this episode, Dr. Kevin Mailo welcomes returning guest Jayna Amadasun, MD - ethicist and founder of Ember Impact Global - to the show to discuss Bill 83. Bill 83 is a legislative measure in Quebec that mandates that doctors who receive their training in the province must work in the public health...
2025-03-1542 minPhysician Empowerment62 - Optimizing Your Office-Based Practice with Kate PostWant to dive deeper into topics like this? Master your journey with Physician Empowerment’s Masterclass Membership—your gateway to exclusive content, expert-led sessions, and actionable strategies to elevate your personal and financial well-being. Learn more and join us today! https://www.physempowerment.ca/masterclass—In this episode, Dr. Kevin Mailo welcomes Kate Post to the show to discuss her dental practice consultancy firm and how she works with hundreds of Canadian dentists to assist them in optimizing their practices. Kate has 25 years of experience working in dental practices and dental management, and she shares her in...
2025-02-2828 minPhysician EmpowermentBonus Episode - CMHC and the Real Estate Lending ProcessWant to dive deeper into topics like this? Master your journey with Physician Empowerment’s Masterclass Membership—your gateway to exclusive content, expert-led sessions, and actionable strategies to elevate your personal and financial well-being. Learn more and join us today! https://www.physempowerment.ca/masterclass—In this episode, Dr. Wing Lim talks with financing expert Gaurav Sobti about the real estate investment financing landscape. They explain the differences between residential and commercial financing, heading into a deeper exploration of the complexities involved in financing the different types of real estate. Wing and Gaurav’s discussion highligh...
2025-02-2138 minPhysician Empowerment61 - Self-Acceptance and Changing the Culture of MedicineWant to dive deeper into topics like this? Master your journey with Physician Empowerment’s Masterclass Membership—your gateway to exclusive content, expert-led sessions, and actionable strategies to elevate your personal and financial well-being. Learn more and join us today! https://www.physempowerment.ca/masterclass—In this episode, Dr. Kevin Mailo welcomes Dr. Susannah Ward to the show to talk about self-acceptance and her work in changing the culture of medicine. Dr. Ward is a fellow with the College of Physicians, a specialist in rehabilitation medicine, and the Founder of Ataraxia Collective which promotes the well-b...
2025-02-1531 minPhysician Empowerment60 - Tax Benefits on Charitable Giving and In Kind DonationsWant to dive deeper into topics like this? Master your journey with Physician Empowerment’s Masterclass Membership—your gateway to exclusive content, expert-led sessions, and actionable strategies to elevate your personal and financial well-being. Learn more and join us today! https://www.physempowerment.ca/masterclass—In this episode, Dr. Wing Lim hosts the first webinar of 2025 with Masterclass faculty member Simon Wong. Wing and Simon discuss legacy donation and tax efficiency. Wing will get Simon’s professional advice on decisions around the specifics of donating to a charity organization, gifting, legacy, and foundations including in-kind and insu...
2025-01-3034 minPhysician Empowerment59 - Long-Term Investments and Tariffs with Diana ChoiPhE is headed to Cancun this February 23 to March 2 for our Health and Wealth Summit! We'd love to have you join: https://www.physempowerment.ca/cancun—In this episode, Dr. Wing Lim introduces a discussion with Diana Choi, team lead to a group of portfolio managers, about professional investment strategies. Diana Choi explains her investment philosophy; looking at the unpredictability of the future and the importance of focusing on quality businesses. She tells Wing that successful companies are ones that can perform well in various market conditions, thriving in good times and surviving in downturns. Th...
2025-01-1537 minPhysician Empowerment58 - Revisiting Capital Gain Investments with Jason PiseskyPhE is headed to Cancun this February 23 to March 2 for our Health and Wealth Summit! We'd love to have you join: https://www.physempowerment.ca/cancun—Dr. Kevin Mailo and Dr. Wing Lim welcome Masterclass faculty member Jason Pisesky back to the show to talk about the recent capital gains changes in Canadian tax policy. Jason is a tax expert and he breaks down for Wing why the changes sparked widespread concern among professionals, small business owners, and investors. He and Wing examine the actual impacts, where they were felt most, and what the practical im...
2024-12-3034 min
Physician Empowerment57 - Medical Entrepreneurship Series with Dr. Adenike (Nike) Olowu and her husband, Daniel AshaoluPhE is headed to Cancun this February 23 to March 2 for our Health and Wealth Summit! We'd love to have you join: https://www.physempowerment.ca/cancun—Dr. Kevin Mailo introduces another episode in the Medical Entrepreneurship Series. Dr. Wing Lim interviews guests Dr. Adenike (Nike) Olowu and her husband, Daniel Ashaolu, masterclass members and entrepreneurs. Dr. Olowu is a full-time family physician and her husband Daniel manages their growing real estate portfolio. They tell Wing about their journey of coming to Canada, setting up practice, and how they are not just thriving but soaring. D...
2024-12-1545 minPhysician Empowerment56 - You As The Most Important Investment: MindfulnessPhE is headed to Cancun this February 23 to March 2 for our Health and Wealth Summit! We'd love to have you join: https://www.physempowerment.ca/cancun—Dr. Kevin Mailo welcomes lifetime Masterclass member Dr. Iuliaa Povieriena as his guest in this episode to talk about mindfulness. This episode is part of a new podcast segment called “You As the Most Important Investment”. Iuliaa introduces mindfulness with the definition of “observing what’s present in the moment without judgment or expectation”. She and Kevin discuss the importance of mindfulness to overall health and emotional wellness.Dr. Povier...
2024-11-3032 minPhysician Empowerment55 - Behind the Curtains: Common Threads amongst the Ultra-wealthyPhE is headed to Cancun this February 23 to March 2 for our Health and Wealth Summit! We'd love to have you join: https://www.physempowerment.ca/cancun—Dr. Wing Lim introduces Physician Empowerment Masterclass faculty members Jason and Simon in a feature called “Behind the Curtain”. Jason Pisesky is a tax lawyer and Simon Wong is a wealth planner and they’ll both be discussing what the ultra wealthy do, a topic which is also a focus in the upcoming Mexico Health and Wealth Summit. Simon and Jason talk with Wing about how the wealthy d...
2024-11-1542 min
Physician Empowerment54 - Medical Entrepreneurship Series with Drs. Renee Jacques and Sam PetersPhE is headed to Cancun this February 23 to March 2 for our Health and Wealth Summit! We'd love to have you join: https://www.physempowerment.ca/cancun—Dr. Kevin Mailo introduces guests Dr. Sam Peters and Dr. Renee Jacques, a husband and wife team of doctors in Ontario who run a family clinic and an entrepreneurial medical site together. Dr. Wing Lim interviews Drs Peters and Jacques, both of whom are Physician Empowerment Lifetime Masterclass members, about how they met, what it’s like to work together, and the drive they share for entrepreneurial endeavours.Dr...
2024-10-3035 minPhysician Empowerment53 - The Burnout Crisis in Canada’s ERsDr. Kevin Mailo welcomes Dr. Kerstin de Wit, a Professor of Emergency Medicine at Queen’s University and a very active clinician and researcher practicing both emergency medicine and thrombosis medicine. Dr. Kerstin de Wit was interviewed for an article in the National Post that featured survey data from her latest research into high levels of burnout amongst emergency physicians. Her research was published in June’s edition of the Annals of Emergency Medicine and it reveals the levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization aspects of burnout spiking in emergency medicine personnel. Dr. de Wit’s study compare...
2024-10-1525 minPhysician Empowerment52 - Real Change in Our Healthcare System with Jayna Amadasun, MD, LLMIn this episode, Dr. Kevin Mailo and Jayna Amadasun, an M.D. and ethical strategist, confront one of the most pressing issues in healthcare today: the burnout epidemic among our frontline professionals and why systemic change is no longer optional. They discuss the ethical and systemic issues that have led to a strained healthcare system, where overworked doctors and nurses struggle to provide optimal patient care. The episode highlights the importance of addressing the healthcare workers’ environment to improve outcomes for both professionals and patients. Key topics include the lack of resources, the need for policy reform, and...
2024-09-3043 minPhysician Empowerment51 - Insights on Boundaries, True Wellness, and Self-Forgiveness with Dr. Iuliia PovierienaDr. Kevin Mailo welcomes Dr. Iuliaa Povieriena as his guest in this episode to talk about boundaries and wellness. Dr. Povieriena is a hospitalist based out of Georgetown in Ontario and also a Lifetime Physician Empowerment Masterclass member. She discusses how she found balance for herself by re-applying her time outside of work to things that she loves like dance and yoga. She and Dr. Mailo talk about how to maintain non-negotiables for personal wellness.The pressure to sacrifice personal time to work is high, especially as a medical student or resident, and the things sacrificed contribute...
2024-09-1538 minPhysician Empowerment50 - Key Wisdom in Building a Financially Vibrant Practice with Dr. Sajid SyedDr. Kevin Mailo welcomes dentist and implantology expert Dr. Sajid (Saj) Syed to the podcast to talk about practice building. Dr. Syed currently owns three dental practices in Ontario, all very successful, and he discusses his journey into dentistry and the business side of things with Dr. Mailo. As he says, “...the profession is 85% business and 15% actual dentistry” and emphasizes the importance of quality training to rely on and of not overthinking opportunities that arise.Dr. Syed did not start his medical career wanting to be a dentist. He began with a desire to do cardiology. But once...
2024-08-3040 min
Physician Empowerment49 - Medical Entrepreneurship with Dr. Eileen HeoDr. Wing Lim hosts Dr. Eileen Heo in the first episode of a new series about medical entrepreneurship. Eileen graduated from the University of Toronto Medical School and then did a family medicine residency at UBC, across the country. Upon completing residency, she moved back to Toronto where she is in her first five years of real practice. Wing talks with her about why she chose not to open a clinic and instead went into being a hospitalist.Dr. Eileen Heo and Dr. Wing Lim discuss what it is about working in a hospital that Eileen finds...
2024-08-1526 minPhysician Empowerment48 - Mythbusters in the Financial Marketplace with Nick GiovannettiDr. Wing Lim hosts Physician Empowerment Masterclass Faculty Member and Certified Financial Planner Nick Giovannetti in a myth-busting conversation on the financial marketplace. Win and Nick discuss the good and bad aspects of the industry, what to look for, how to verify information, and why research is important before entrusting your wealth to an advisor or team. Nick Giovannetti explains that the relative ease with which licensing can be attained in the financial industry leads to some advisors not being proficient in areas where they may claim proficiency. He advises anyone looking to work with a financial a...
2024-07-3045 minPhysician Empowerment47 - Implementing AI in the Medical PracticeDr. Kevin Mailo is joined by physician and entrepreneur Dr. Amjed (AJ) Kadhim-Saleh. AJ has a remarkable story to share because he is not only a family physician in Toronto who built his own clinic in his second year of residency, but an AI entrepreneur as well. He and his wife are the founders of Pippen, an AI technology specifically designed to ease the administrative notes burden of physicians. He tells Kevin all about how it works and why it will revolutionize physician lives.Dr. Kadhim-Saleh describes how building and managing his own clinic from the ground...
2024-07-1525 minPhysician Empowerment46 - Journey to Financial FreedomPhysician Empowerment Masterclass Faculty Member Simon Wong joins Dr. Wing Lim for a conversation about financial freedom. Simon dissects how the interchangeable terms of financial freedom, financial independence, and financial security actually hold rather different meanings and how there are philosophical mindset factors that affect where people see themselves as finally achieving freedom or security. What are the quality of living goals, retirement goals, and wealth ambitions? Simon walks Wing through how all of these affect financial freedom. Dr. Wing Lim asks the question “When are we free?” which leads Simon to explain that financial freedom is almos...
2024-06-3039 min
Physician Empowerment45 - Connecting Through Our Vulnerability Transforming Our Personal and Financial LivesDr. Kevin Mailo and Dr. Wing Lim, co-hosts of Physician Empowerment, join together for this episode to talk about the recent Physician Empowerment Live Conference. They recount the success of the conference and attribute much of it to the vulnerability of the panellists and the willing feedback from the attendees. Addressing some of the topics broached, Kevin and Wing highlight lessons learned and stories shared that contributed to the atmosphere of positive connection. One of the things Wing revealed was that the conference was designed with the intent of the first day covering more ‘brainy’ subjects and the s...
2024-06-1521 minPhysician Empowerment43 - Key Skills as We Grow in Our Practice Lives with Dr. Dimitre RanevDr. Kevin Mailo welcomes close friend Dr. Dimitre Ranev back to the podcast to share some practice lessons learned in the past months. Dimitre addresses the value of delegation to medical practice and for mental health. Physician Empowerment has touched on the topic of delegation before but Kevin believes hearing about a subject that is key to growth from different perspectives is a major factor in determining happiness. Delegation can be a challenge but both Dr. Mailo and Dr. Ranev believe it is incredibly valuable. Delegation, as defined, is the transferring of the responsibility of a task f...
2024-05-1527 minPhysician EmpowermentBonus Episode - 2024 Federal Tax Budget & Changes - what you must know with Cherry Chan, CPADr. Kevin Mailo introduces Cherry Chan, a renowned author and expert in real estate taxation, who discusses the implications of the 2024 federal budget alongside Dr. Wing Lim. They delve into how the budget targets the wealthy but inadvertently affects the middle class, particularly through the increase in capital gains inclusion rates. Their discussion explores how the changes penalize not just the ultra-rich but also ordinary Canadians who have invested in properties or stocks for long-term financial security.Cherry Chan and Dr. Wing Lim dissect the budget's effects on both unincorporated individuals and incorporated professionals. They explain how...
2024-05-1435 minPhysician Empowerment42 - T4 vs T5: Battle of the TaxesPhysician Empowerment Masterclass Faculty Members Nick Giovannetti and Simon Wong, both Certified Financial Planners, join Dr. Wing Lim as he referees a battle royale between T4s (represented by Nick) and T5s (represented by Simon). What’s best for incorporated professionals to pay themselves and why? What are the features of T4s and T5s? What do two financial planners advise? This episode will answer all these questions and prepare for more in-depth explorations in a future Masterclass. Accountants historically didn’t offer choices between T4s and T5s but the wind is changing, and n...
2024-04-3041 minPhysician Empowerment41 - Staying inspired through community and shared experiencePhysician Empowerment co-founders Dr. Kevin Mailo and Dr. Wing Lim address why the events and masterclasses they hold are key to the foundations of Physician Empowerment overall. The promotion of wellness, health, and transformation in all areas of a physician’s life - mental, financial, leadership, practice - is the impetus behind everything they do. This translates into how they approach events and the focus of masterclasses. As Wing Lim reminds listeners in this episode, Physician Empowerment was created to form a community and network for peer-to-peer empowerment. He reiterates the four foundational pillars of its existence: 1. Phys...
2024-04-1526 minPhysician Empowerment40 - Capital Gains in Real Estate Investments with Jason PiseskyPhysician Empowerment Masterclass Faculty Member and tax lawyer Jason Pisesky returns to the show to talk with Dr. Wing Lim about capital gains in real estate investments. Jason and Wing explore everything to do with real estate from tax to property depreciation and personal versus corporate real estate purchases.Jason addresses how the Income Tax Act applies to real estate and the nuances involved with the PRE or Personal Residence Exemption. He explains some of the insights that apply to buying and flipping houses, up markets and down markets, and depreciable capital property. Personal versus corporate purchases...
2024-03-3044 minPhysician Empowerment21 - Private Equity and Real Estate with Gaurav SobtiDr. Wing Lim hosts guest Gaurav Sobti, Vice President at Create Commerical Mortgage Services, in a discussion about private versus public equity and real estate investing. Gaurav holds designations as CPA, CA, and CFA, and has a wealth of knowledge to draw from in shedding light on equity and what the average investor needs to know. Gaurav Sobti is the husband of a physician - he likes to joke that his parents wanted him to be a doctor so he did the next best thing and married one. He understands investments both from the financial point of v...
2023-06-1533 minPhysician Empowerment20 - Creating a Canadian Locum Network with Dr. Jordan VollrathDr. Kevin Mailo returns as host and welcomes Dr. Jordan Vollrath, physician and co-founder of Cherry Health, to the show to talk about how he created an innovative physician network. It started with just locums but Dr. Vollrath describes how far Cherry Health has expanded and how it helps physicians. Jordan Vollrath had only worked in clinical medicine for a brief time after graduating from his residency when contacts and ideas fell together in serendipity to create Cherry Health. He enjoys his clinical work, which he currently does very part-time at the Alberta Obesity Clinic, but saw a...
2023-05-3024 minPhysician Empowerment19 - Side Hustles and Passive Income for Physicians with Dr. Jordan FreyDr. Dimitre Ranev steps in to host Dr. Jordan Frey, plastic surgeon and writer of The Prudent Plastic Surgeon blog, on the show. Dr. Frey’s blog addresses finances and passive income for physicians which is what he and Dr. Ranev discuss for listeners. What side gigs are available and how are they found? Jordan started his blog as a passion project and for the first six to nine months did not monetize it to ensure he could maintain quality content. He shares how the audience grew quickly and monetizing it became an easy choice. It now pro...
2023-05-1535 minPhysician Empowerment18 - Benefits of a Tax Lawyer with Jason PiseskyDr. Wing Lim takes the lead in interviewing tax lawyer Jason Pisesky. Jason explains the specialties of a tax lawyer, how they operate with accountants, and how tax lawyers like himself benefit incorporated physicians with their knowledge. Jason will also be part of the roundtable AMA at the May 6 and 7 Toronto conference. Dr. Lim actually met Jason Pisesky in a personal capacity before working with him - they met at a dance class. Wing says this is the benefit of meeting professionals and staying in contact, sometimes in the future you realize you need a person with s...
2023-04-3031 minPhysician Empowerment16 - Charting and Setting Boundaries with Dr. Sarah SmithDr. Kevin Mailo welcomes Dr. Sarah Smith to the show to talk about the time investment of charting and how to set boundaries on how much work eats into your personal life and well-being. Dr. Smith is a practicing rural physician who does everything from family medicine to emergency, and she is also the Charting Coach whose program has helped hundreds of physicians. Sarah shares her personal story with Kevin and explains how her practice in Australia eventually became a burden due to all the paperwork, the undone charting. She says she loved the people but hated t...
2023-03-3133 minPhysician Empowerment15 - Secrets of the Canadian Tax Code with Goran OgarDr. Kevin Mailo and Dr. Wing Lim welcome financial advisor Goran Ogar to the show to share some tax code insights that a lot of general accountants may not know. Goran specializes in complex tax strategies for professionals, the very wealthy, and corporate entities. His understanding of the Income Tax Act is second to none. Goran first explains why many accountants and lawyers don’t know all the ins and outs of the tax regulations. It’s a very complex thing to study in its entirety. He then explains how corporate taxation works upon a business owner’s death...
2023-03-1548 minPhysician Empowerment14 - Market Mindsets with Brennan CarsonDr. Kevin Mailo and Dr. Wing Lim welcome Brennan Carson, CFA Head - Solution Wealth Portfolio Manager, to the podcast to talk about market mindsets and mentalities. Brennan’s goal is to always build diversified portfolios that deliver consistent returns for his clients and he discusses how that works in the markets with Wing and Kevin. Brennan addresses the change between 2022 and what is forecast for 2023 and how interest rates drive much of what happens in financial markets. He differentiates between the public and private markets, how much greater the wealth in the private market space is, and...
2023-02-2840 minPhysician Empowerment12 - Real Estate for Incorporated Physicians with Dr. Kevin MailoDr. Wing Lim, co-founder of Physician Empowerment, turns the tables and interviews Dr. Kevin Mailo for a change. Kevin talks about real estate investment for physicians and shares insights and advice from his own personal real estate journey.With a family history of investing or buying in real estate, Kevin acknowledges that he came to real estate naturally. He sees real estate as a very powerful wealth creation tools and he names three main reasons for that: appreciation, positive cash flow generation, and mortgage paydown. Kevin gets into detail with Wing about how each of those three...
2023-01-3030 minPhysician Empowerment11 - Humour and Boundaries in the Private Practice with Dr. Bradley BlockDr. Kevin Mailo welcomes Dr. Bradley Block, otolaryngologist and host of the podcast ‘Physician’s Guide to Doctoring’ to the show for a discussion on using humour and setting boundaries in private practice. Dr. Block has a wealth of insight that he happily shares.Dr. Block shares a rule he received from Scott Dikkers, founder of The Onion, on not punching down in using humour. The role of humour is to “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable” and he shares examples of what that looks like in practice as a physician. Humour is a great way to increas...
2023-01-1522 minPhysician Empowerment10 - The Intersection of Space and Medicine with. Dr. Shawna PandyaDr. Kevin Mailo welcomes Dr. Shawna Pandya - Physician, Aquanaut, Explorer, Director of IIAS Space Medicine Group, Space Medicine and Austere Environment Researcher - to the show to talk about her amazing career. But more than that, Shawna speaks about dreams and how to make them reality.Shawna Pandya is an explorer, an aquanaut, she’s lived in a Mars simulation in the Utah desert, and she’s lived in an underwater habitat for five days. She works for a company focussed on immersive technologies and a company trying to put the world’s first rotating partial gravit...
2022-12-3022 min
Physician Empowerment09 - Outside Perspectives of Financial Planning with Galen NuttallDr. Dimitre Ranev welcomes Galen Nuttall, Certified Financial Planner (CFP), to the podcast to discuss some of the ins and outs of financial planning. Galen answers questions about what financial planners do and explains the differences between a financial planner and a certified financial planner.Galen Nuttall has a background in teaching and a Masters in Education, but his father was a physician (a nephrologist) and he estimates half of his current clients are also physicians. The combination of his ability to teach financial concepts with ease to any audience and his familiarity with physician financial needs...
2022-12-1541 min
Physician Empowerment08 - Human Centered Design and Tools for Change with Marlies van DijkDr. Kevin Mailo welcomes Marlies van Dijk, founder of Alberta Health Services Design Lab and Lead of The Pivot Group, to the podcast to talk about human centered design and how to truly innovate for change in health care.Marlies felt a restlessness in her nursing career that became the realization that she couldn’t influence the change she wanted in the places she was working. She moved jobs a lot, constantly innovating, and then came up on human centered design thinking and started the Alberta Health Services Design Lab. Marlies truly desires innovation that affects change in...
2022-11-3033 min
Physician Empowerment06 - Leadership as an Antidote for Burnout with Dr. Katharine SmartDr. Kevin Mailo welcomes Past President of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), Dr. Katharine Smart, to the podcast. Dr. Smart shares how leadership roles can enhance the success of wellbeing within our careers. Dr. Smart details how the child health program she spearheaded in the Yukon came to be, and explains how wellbeing for patients and physicians alike is balanced in her program. She carries a lot of passion for the work and is a passionate person by nature. This passion helped Dr. Smart when she became the President of the CMA just as the pandemic was g...
2022-10-3034 min
Physician Empowerment04 - Banking and Portfolio Management with Rob BuryloDr. Dimitre Ranev, one of the co-founders of Physician Empowerment, hosts the show this episode to talk with guest Rod Burylo about financial advice, banking, and fiduciary duty. Rod Burylo is an expert in the industry, Chief Financial Officer of the Empowerment Office, and the author of “The Wealthy Buddhist”, and shares a wealth of insight with listeners.Rod Burylo defines some of the roles that exist within the financial industry, helping to clear up confusion surrounding the types and quality of advice available to consumers. He breaks down exactly what it is that differentiates a personal bank...
2022-09-3050 min
Physician Empowerment03 - Investing and Delegating with Dr. Dimitre RanevKevin Mailo, co-founder of Physician Empowerment, talks with another fellow co-founder, Dr. Dimitre Ranev, about finance and investing. Dimitre is also co-host on the Primary Medicine podcast and along with being a practicing physician, gives talks on stocks, tax planning, and the like.Dr. Ranev acknowledges that he wasn’t always knowledgeable about financial health. He credits Kevin with spurring him into the initial research which is when he discovered he had an affinity for it. He invests in equities, crypto, and is looking at moving into real estate as well. While he manages his portfolio himself, he...
2022-09-3019 min
Physician Empowerment02 - Growth MindsetKevin Mailo, co-founder of Physician Empowerment, talks with fellow co-founder Dr. Wing Lim about having a growth mindset and allowing yourself to not be an expert in everything. Dr. Lim shares how CBE - Continuous Business Education - is a cornerstone to his success and to what Physician Empowerment seeks to share with others. Dr. Lim discusses how a conference he attended was the first place where he was challenged to step outside the need to know it all. At that conference, attendees were challenged to tell themselves “I’m an idiot outside of my own field” as a wa...
2022-09-3028 min
Physician Empowerment01 - The Three Dynamic T's of Success with Dr. Wing LimKevin Mailo, one of the co-founders of Physician Empowerment, talks with fellow co-founder Dr. Wing Lim about wealth mindsets. They explore not just financial health, but personal and practice-oriented wealth habits that lead to greater well-being and sustainable growth. Dr. Wing Lim, founder of Synergy Wellness, references a wakeup call he received from his mentor, Dr. George, in the form of the question “How would you like to make 100% of one person versus 1% of 100 people?”. This led Dr. Lim to what he calls a “brain decompression” that has informed the wealth mindset journey he’s been on ever since...
2022-09-3028 min