Dr. Macario is the Program Director of Anesthesiology at Stanford University School of Medicine, as well as a physician with an MBA.
Dr. Macario completed his undergraduate, medical school and business school degree at the University of Rochester all by 1990. He then completed an anesthesiology residency, as well as a postgraduate fellowship in health services research at Stanford by 1995.
In addition to many other professional involvements such as being the Program Director of the Combined Internal Medicine-Anesthesiology and Combined Pediatrics-Anesthesiology residency programs at Stanford, Dr. Macario has mentored many physicians on the merits of pursing business training along side their medical training and is the author of a paper titled “Should I Get a Masters of Business Administration?” published in Current Opinion in Anesthesiology.
Of note, Dr. Macario is the founder and director of the Management Fellowship at Stanford, a postgraduate program which trains physicians in areas such as leadership, informatics, entrepreneurship, quality, and management science with special attention to the delivery of surgical and anesthesia care.
Dr. Macario is @alexmacario on twitter so be sure to say hello!
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Selected Show Notes
@alexmacario on Twitter.
Stanford Anesthesiology Residency Program.
Stanford Fellowship in the Management of Perioperative Services.
Advanced Training in Medical Education at Stanford Anesthesia.
CPA = Certified Public Accountant.
Khan Academy
The American Society of Anesthesiologists.
Link to Dr. Macario’s MBA paper
- Fired up your school’s VPN!!!
Books:
- A Stranger in a Strange Land
- Sherlock Holmes books
- A Sabbatical in Madrid: A Diary of Spain by Dr. Macario
For a list of all book recommendations made on the show, see the TUMS Resources page.
Hey Ian,
Love the podcast.
Due to its inherent managerial nature, I wonder if MD/MBAs would be more competitive for a residency in Clinical Pathology. This episode aired before your interview with Dr. Herlitz, so maybe their day-to-day role wasn’t on your radar.
Hey John!
Which specialties dovetail best with an MBA is still something I am personally exploring. That said, even before the interview with Dr. Macario, I had heard that anesthesiology with its preoperative position lent itself to managerial/administrative roles, which made sense to me. But you make a good point about the inherently managerial nature of clinical pathology. Dr. Herlitz’s description of a clinical pathologists role made it sound as though they are very much responsible for orchestrating the system that runs tests rather than merely running the tests themselves!
Thanks for the comment, and wonderful to hear you’re enjoying the podcast 🙂