Zach Highley is a medical student in Philadelphia, YouTube creator, and top percentile academic performer. In this show, Zach interviews top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine. He analyzes what resources and techniques they used to get to the top. New episodes every other Monday at 5 am.
Costas Lallas went to Duke University where he double majored in Classical Studies and Latin. He then went to medical school at Jefferson and residency at Duke. He completed a fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery, Urologic Oncology, at May Clinic Arizona. He is now the vice chair of education, director of robotic surgery, and director of surgical simulation at Thomas Jefferson University. He is also the Program Director for the Urology Residency at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia.
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0:00 - Intro
0:52 - Statistics About Urology
6:45 - Burnout Rates
16:31 - What Is Urology?
18:16 - Why Urology?
25:10 - Maximizing Competitiveness as a Med Student Going Into Urology
37:07 - Specializing After Urology Residency
43:54 - Average Day/Week of a Urologist
49:21 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?
52:58 - Best Things About Urology
57:50 - Worst Things About Urology
1:00:23 - Things That Would Have Been Done Differently in Your Career?
1:02:49 - What Advice Would You Give Your 18-Year-Old Self?
1:04:46 - Common Mistakes
1:06:00 - Positive Qualities & Characteristics
1:07:44 - Advice for Students Looking Into Urology
1:09:44 - Interesting Plugs
1:10:38 - Love for Basketball
1:14:56 - Outro
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Resources:
Residency Information: https://students-residents.aamc.org/applying-residencies-eras/applying-residencies-eras
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View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast
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Connect with Dr. Lallas
Bio: https://www.jefferson.edu/academics/colleges-schools-institutes/skmc/departments/urology/faculty/lallas.html
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Connect With Zach
Main YouTube: @ZachHighley
Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/
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Website: https://zhighley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley
Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/
Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv
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Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777
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Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach and I’m a medical student, and soon to be physician, in Philadelphia. Throughout these episodes I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.
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