Our guest today is Robyn Tiger, MD, C-IAYT, RYT-500. She teaches physicians evidence-based self-care tools in order to improve wellness and decrease stress. Robyn shares how her struggle with stress and burnout as a practicing radiologist led her on a journey to her current non-traditional role.

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“I'm just the instrument by which physicians are able to enjoy practicing medicine again. I'm teaching them lessons that we never learned in med school, internship, residency, and fellowship. It's really teaching physicians how to take care of themselves in a way that we have never been taught.”

Show Highlights:

• How Robyn helps physicians to decrease stress through learning evidence-based tools.
• The concerning symptoms Robyn experienced that were related to burnout and stress.
• How the field of radiology changed in the digital age, and its impact on collaboration and the feeling of isolation.
• What led to Robyn’s interest in becoming a physician (specifically, a radiologist).
• Robyn shares stories about her colleagues who were lost due to physician suicide.
• How yoga impacted her health and created a desire to learn more and teach others.
• Robyn’s pivot to serve physicians with an online program, Rx Inner Peace, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• How Robyn helps physicians address chronic stress and burnout.
• The meaningful impact Robyn’s mentor Eleanor Criswell has had on her career and life.

About me:

I’m an experienced physician executive with over 30 years of clinical and administrative experience in various healthcare settings. I’m passionate about coaching and mentoring physicians interested in transitioning to full time or part time non-clinical roles either within the healthcare industry or external to healthcare. I have served as a COO for an emergency medicine management company, CMO for several hospitals, Vice-president of ambulatory quality for a large multispecialty medical group, Vice-president of system quality and safety for a multi-hospital system, along with numerous medical staff positions and other administrative roles.

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Additional Resources:

15: Impact of moral injury on physicians

17: Stop Physician Burnout

Stress Free MD

Stress Free MD Podcast: I have to…

Stress Free MD Physicians-only Facebook Group

Rx Inner Peace

Eleanor Criswell

The Novato Institute for Somatic Research and Training

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