Celebrating 100 episodes with the original Dr. Jain, my dad!

Oncology Overdrive

In this special 100th episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with her father, Krishna Jain, MD, about work-life balance pertaining to private practice, improving a fragmented health care system and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:18 • About Krishna Jain 1:27 • The interview 2:27 • How did you end up in the United States? What was your journey to becoming a world-renowned vascular surgeon? 2:44 • What was it like being a resident back then, especially as someone who came from abroad? 7:30 • After training, why didn’t you go back to India? 10:12 • Shikha Jain on how her father inspired her passion for research and mentorship. 13:19 • Why did you choose to go into private practice, and how did you build your practice and become a leader in this space? 15:18 • The Jains on the importance of being present for and supporting family. 19:16 • How did your entrepreneurial life start? 23:55 • What do your limb preservation centers do? 27:33 • What are some things that need to be done to improve our fragmented health care system? 29:45 • What led you found the South Asian American Vascular Society? 34:16 • How did you end up deciding to go to Kalamazoo, MI instead of going back to India? 39:11 • What are most proud of in your career? 41:28 • What do you want to share with the next generation of surgeons and physicians? 44:07 • The Jains on their relationship growing up and now. 45:44 • If someone could only listen to the last minute of this episode, what would you want them to take away? 47:48 • How to contact Jain 48:48 • Thanks for listening 50:43 Krishna Jain, MD, is a vascular surgeon who has been intimately involved in the growth of office based endovascular centers throughout the country since 2007.

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