Aug 22, 2024
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.
We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr.
Jain at oncologyoverdrive@healio.com.
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@ShikhaJainMD. Krishna Jain can be reached via email dockrishna1@gmail.com.
Disclosures: Jain reports no relevant financial
disclosures.