Episode 25. Victor Mangona, MD and David Anderson, DO

Episode 25 Doctor Money Matters. Welcome to another Doctor Money Matters episode. This is a double episode with guests in 2 separate locations in Texas. I split the conversation into 2 separate episodes (25 and 26) so please make sure you listen to both. I interviewed David Anderson, DO and Victor Mangona, MD, 2 of the most detailed oriented and helpful members of the various physician finance facebook groups including the Doctor Money Matters group. There was a little technical issue with David’s audio so it may not perfectly clear, but bear with it as the content discussed today is pure gold. In this episode we go into detail about many of the concepts repeatedly discussed on these various forums. Tax rates (Effective vs Marginal) Paying down debt vs investing. Using a 529 plan to establish a legacy of education for future generations Cryptocurrency. To be fair this interview occurred while we were near the height of the mania earlier this year. The necessity vs the value of paying for financial advice. When should you pay for advice? We also discussed an interesting idea about medical schools paying for disability and life insurance for their students after hearing about a sad story in which a young medical student passed away on the interview trail. The GoFundMe page is no longer active and ended up raising $304K. Victor also outlined a strategy for how to use the funds to generate income for the family. I hope you enjoyed this double episode and hearing the voice of 2 people who have provided valuable and detailed information to many of us in my group and many of the other forums for physicians. I know I have benefited from their well thought out analysis and explanations and I am that will continue. Remember we are not professional planners (though David is working on that) and our discussion and recommendations may not be appropriate for everyone. Please do your own due diligence prior to acting on any topics discussed on this and any episodes of this podcast. Please continue to let your friends, students, colleagues know about this podcast by sharing it on text, or whatever social media platform you are on and please leave positive reviews. It really does help a lot. I know its not the easiest thing to leave a review, so on iTunes/Apple Podcast via your iPhone just find the show and scroll down to where it says Tap to leave a review and put in the number of stars you feel appropriate (5 stars are the best). More episodes of this podcast are available at www.doctormoneymatters.com and Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, etc. All episodes are also now on YouTube (Audio only) and our Facebook page also. You can follow me on twitter @drmoneymatters Please consider joining the Doctor Money Matters Facebook group. Thanks for listening and please leave us positive reviews and continue to share this podcast with your colleagues. Some other physician hosted podcasts that I recommend are: Docs Outside The Box The Hippocratic Hustle The Happy Doc Doctors Unbound The White Coat Investor There are many others, so please support your physician colleagues.

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Welcome to the Doctor Money Matters podcast. I am your host Dr. Tarang Patel, a practicing diagnostic radiologist in Phoenix, AZ. I started this podcast as a way to share knowledge about financial matters as they relate to health care professionals. We spent many years learning about the science and art of providing patient care but most of us have relatively little knowledge about reaching financial well being. I know that I had no formal training in setting up investment accounts, negotiating contracts, buying insurance, buying real estate, etc. I just learned by reading and also by making many mistakes. Health care professionals are trusted to take put their patients needs first and we in turn assume everyone in other fields work the same way. Unfortunately this is not always true. By talking about these topics, I hope we can reduce the many financial mistakes that prior generations of doctors have made. Those physicians were able to overcome these mistakes because of shorter training periods, less debt, and they were more likely to be in private practice. Today we no longer have those luxuries and many of us have significant debt burdens. The good news is that we also have access to information that the prior generation never had. A little background about me. As I said before I am a practicing radiologist in Phoenix, AZ. I went to undergrad at Indiana U. (Go Hoosiers), medical school at the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (Now AT Still Univ) in Missouri, moved east and did my radiology residency at New York Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan. I then moved west to serve my Air Force commitment at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, NV. I then did a fellowship in Body/Musculoskeletal Imaging at Mayo Clinic Arizona. Since I finished training I have been in a hospital employed group for the last 6 years. I have always enjoyed learning about finance and have read (listened to) many of the financial books. I also spent time reading on the bogleheads.org forum which I found to be a valuable source of information. Finally I just observed that many of my colleagues and I had the same questions about relatively basic financial matters but it was difficult to find clear answers. Hopefully you find these podcasts useful. I encourage you to subscribe to them, that way you will be updated when any episodes are released automatically. Also please let your friends and colleagues know about this podcast. Please give us good feedback on iTunes, Google Play and stitcher and if you have suggestions on topics or how to improve the podcast please send your emails to comments@doctormoneymatters.com Social media links: twitter @drmoneymatters Facebook www.facebook.com/doctormoneymatters/ Please understand that this show is for entertainment and education only and you should do your own research and speak with the appropriate experts prior to making any changes in regards to material you may have heard on the show. The opinions from the guests on this show are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the host or of Doctor Money Matters, LLC.