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Surviving and Thriving in Residency Podcast
Hosted by Charley Lowry
For this twenty-sixth episode of the “Surviving and Thriving in Residency” podcast, host Charley Lowry welcomes Andrew Barbera, physician and Founding Program Director for the Emergency Medicine Residency at Lakeland Regional Health in Florida.
Together they discuss Andrew’s path to building one of the nation’s busiest emergency medicine training programs, his insights on staying resilient, finding sufficient mentorship and so much more!
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ABOUT THE SURVIVING & THRIVING IN RESIDENCY PODCAST
This ongoing series, hosted by PracticeLink Director of Graduate Medical Education (GME) Outreach Director Charley Lowry, focuses on the journey to become a physician — from med school through residency and fellowship. These episodes, released weekly, consist of Charley leading a thoughtful discussion with healthcare professionals who share tips and insightful information from their own medical journey to inform and provide priceless guidance for the next generation of prospective healers. Medical students, residents and fellows can all benefit from the candid conversations, which are often based on questions and topics directly supplied by those who are in the early steps of their healthcare careers.
ANDREW BARBERA, TODAY’S PODCAST GUEST
Dr. Andrew Barbera is an Emergency Medicine physician and Founding Program Director for the Emergency Medicine Residency at Lakeland Regional Health in Florida. Dr. Barbera earned his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine before completing his residency at the Jacobi/Montefiore/Einstein Emergency Medicine Residency Program in New York—one of the busiest and most well-regarded programs in the country. He’s board-certified in Emergency Medicine and has held academic appointments at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the CUNY School of Medicine, and currently serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor with Nova Southeastern University School of Medicine and Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine. At Lakeland, he’s been instrumental in developing, building, and leading the emergency medicine residency at one of the busiest emergency departments in the United States, with an average of over 200,000 patient visits a year.
