Click here for Steve Seay's Elevate Up podcast interview in which we discuss some building blocks for struggling less and thriving more.
Click here for the TRU Leader YouTube video about the important roles that authenticity and work-life balance play in effective leadership - hosted by the dynamic duo of Michelle Troseth and Tracy Christopherson. The recording is also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Click here for Dr. Scott Abramson's discussion with John about building resilient medical communities.
Click here for John's discussion about the anemic state of physician self-advocacy, presented at the Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society's annual Joy of Medicine Summit in the fall of 2023. Why don't we speak up for our own wellness as healers and what can we do to begin doing so in a way that improves our ability to sustain our sacred work?
Click here for John's presentation to the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA): "A Doff & Don Resilience Model for Physician Resilience."
Click here for an article from the Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society journal in which John addresses the reasons for physician self-advocacy in the face of unprecedented burnout and moral injury. How can we speak up for ourselves in a way that serves our patients, ourselves, and the organizations we work for?
House of Pod episode featuring Pearls from the Practice of Life hosted by Dr. Kaveh Hoda
Click here for John's presentation to the Santa Clara County Medical Association
Click here for a story about John from Sierra Sacramento Valley Medicine (November, 2020)
Click here to hear John speak about weaving meaning and balance into day to day operations in a Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society Joy of Medicine podcast (July, 2019).
John speaks about The Three Legs of Wellness at The Hawaii Permanente Medical Group's Professional Development Day (June 2017).
Click here to hear John speak about weaving meaning and balance into day to day operations in a Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society Joy of Medicine podcast (July, 2019).
John speaks about The Three Legs of Wellness at The Hawaii Permanente Medical Group's Professional Development Day (June 2017).
Click here to watch John speak on PBS/KVIE's Studio Sacramento about coping with stress and burnout (February 2016).
Click here to listen to Dr. Randy Cook's Rx for Success podcast interview with John (December, 2021)
Click here for John's appearance on Asian America: The Ken Fong Podcast (October, 2021)
His has done extensive work with Permanente physicians nationwide as well as with numerous other organizations:
- The International Conference on Physician Health (Boston, MA 2016)
- The annual meeting of the Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers (Amelia Island, FL 2017)
- The Hawaii Permanente Medical Group's Annual Physician Development Day (Honolulu, HI 2017)
- Northwest Permanente (Portland, OR, 2017)
- The Southeast Permanente Medical Group (Atlanta, GA, 2017)
- Providence Health's Annual GME Leadership Summit (Seattle, WA, 2017)
- The Academic Surgical Congress (Jacksonville, FL, 2018)
- UC Davis Radiology Grand Rounds (Sacramento, CA, 2018)
- Congresswoman Jackie Speier's Seniors on the Move Conference (San Mateo, CA, 2018)
- The Sea Mar Community Health Centers Biannual Provider Meeting (Seattle, WA, 2019)
- UC Davis and California Northstate University Schools of Medicine Joint Commissioning Ceremony hosted by the Christian Medical Dental Association (Sacramento, CA, 2019)
- Sutter Independent Physicians (Sacramento, CA, 2019)
- The Kaiser Permanente National Conference for General and Vascular Surgery, Gastroenterology, and Interventional Radiology (Seattle, WA, 2019)
- The UCSF/Kaiser Permanente/University of Washington Asian Health Symposium (San Francisco, CA, 2019)
- Dignity Health Sequoia Hospital & The Cleveland Clinic Heart Symposium (Half Moon Bay, CA, 2019)
- John Muir Health Leadership Retreat (Half Moon Bay, CA, 2019)
- Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Sierra Chapter (Elk Grove, CA, 2019)
- Sutter Medical Group Physician Leaders (Sacramento, CA, 2019)
- Kaiser Permanente Undergraduate/Graduate Medical Education Directors Conference (Chaminade, Santa Cruz, CA, 2020) - cancelled
- UC Davis/UC Irvine Annual Conference in Clinician Health (Sacramento, CA, 2020) - virtual
- The Permanente National Collaborative Symposium - Leading into the Future (Big Island, HI, 2020) - cancelled
- The American College of Surgery Clinical Congress (Chicago, IL, 2020) - virtual
- Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society (Sacramento, CA, 2020) - virtual
- The Sea Mar Community Health Centers Biannual Provider Meeting (Seattle, WA, 2020) - virtual
- UC Davis Department of Urology (Sacramento, CA, 2020) - virtual
- UC Davis School of Medicine, Education Council (Sacramento, CA, 2020) - virtual
- American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, California Chapter IX (2021) - virtual
- UC Davis Primary Care Network (Sacramento, CA, 2021) - virtual
- UC Davis Department of Internal Medicine (Sacramento, CA, 2021) - virtual
- California Northstate University College of Medicine (2021) - virtual
- UC Davis School of Medicine Academic Coaches (2021) - virtual
- Hawaii Permanente Medical Group (2021) - virtual
- SAFE Credit Union (2021) - virtual
- Hawaii Permanente Retirees Association (2021) - virtual
- National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), Quality Talks: Inspiring The Future of American Health Care (Washington, D.C., 2021) - virtual
- 1440 Multiversity Healing our Healthcare Heroes (Scotts Valley, CA, 2021-2024)
- UC Davis Student Health & Counseling Services (2021) - virtual
- Rancho La Puerta Joy and Meaning Retreat (Tecate, Mexico, 2021)
- California Northstate University, College of Medicine Class of 2024 White Coat Ceremony Keynote Address (Elk Grove, CA, 2021)
- Humbolt-Del Norte Medical Society (2021) - virtual
- Yale New Haven Hospital (2021) - virtual
- Veterans Administration Primary Care Network (2021) - virtual
- San Francisco Marin County Medical Society (2021) - virtual
- California Department of Health Care Services (2022) - virtual
- Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) (2022) - virtual
- Kaiser Permanente Panorama City ICU RNs (2022) - virtual
- Rancho La Puerta, Pearls from the Practice of Life (Tecate, Mexico, March, 2022)
- Bay Area Clinician Wellness Collaborative: Restoring Joy to the Practice of Medicine Together Keynote (April, 2022) - virtual
- Santa Clara County Medical Association Resilient MD Series (April, 2022) - virtual
- Coalition of Compassionate Care of California (San Francisco, May, 2022)
- Sutter Independent Physicians (Sacramento, CA, June, 2022)
- UC Davis School of Medicine Office of Medical Education Offsite (Davis, CA, October, 2022)
- Stanford University Obstetrics & Gynecology Residents (Palo Alto, CA, November, 2022)
- Canopy Cancer Collective at 1440 Multiversity (Scotts Valley, CA, March, 2023)
- Woodland Clinic Leadership Team (Winters, CA, March, 2023)
- Rancho La Puerta, Pearls from the Practice of Life (Tecate, Mexico, April, 2023)
- Stanford University Obstetrics & Gynecology Faculty (Palo Alto, CA, June, 2023)
- Retired Physicians Association, The Permanente Medical Group (Oakland, CA, August, 2023)
- Washington State Medical Association (August, 2023) - virtual
- 1440 Multiversity Live Well Weekend Experience (open to the general public; Scotts Valley, CA, August 11-13, 2023)
- Sharp Community Medical Group Annual Conference (Huntington Beach, CA, September, 2023)
- University Medical Partners Annual Retreat (Aptos, CA, October, 2023)
- John Muir Health Leadership Retreat (Napa, CA, November, 2023)
- Hawaii Permanente Medical Group (November, 2023) - virtual
- Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Support for the Peer Supporter Conference (December, 2023) - virtual
- Walmart Connect (San Bruno, CA, February, 2024)
- UCSF Mt. Zion, Mission Bay, and Weill Infusion Teams (February, 2024) - virtual
- Silverado Annual Leadership Conference: The Power of Purpose, The Crown of Courage (Irvine, CA, February, 2024)
- SNLMA, SFMMS, NSMS Physician Wellness EXPO (Petaluma, CA, April, 2024)
- UCSF Pain Management Team (San Francisco, CA, April 2024)
- Rancho La Puerta, Pearls from the Practice of Life (Tecate, Mexico, June, 2024)
- Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG) Graduate Medical Education Directors (Pasadena, CA, August, 2024)
- Silverado Directors Annual Meeting (Irvine, CA, October, 2024)
- TPMG Central Valley Annual Wellness Retreat (Yosemite, October, 2024)
- Fresno Madera Medical Society Joy of Medicine Summit (Tenaya Lodge, December, 2024)
- John Muir Health Emergency Medicine Physicians Offsite (Walnut Creek, CA, March, 2025)
- Rancho La Puerta, Pearls from the Practice of Life, (Tecate, Mexico, Sept/Oct 2025)
