Emergency Minute

About Emergency Minute

I'm a board certified Emergency Medicine physician and would like to share my expertise to help connect healthcare with the real world. One focus I have is the constant fight against misinformation. Join me for quick hitting and trending topics in healthcare to get the real story. A true inside look into healthcare. This podcast, social media content, and website contains the opinions of Dr. John Parente. It does not represent the opinions or interests of any corporations or hospitals for which he may be affiliated. The content published by Dr. John Parente is for informational/entertainment purposes only. If you are seeking medical advice you should consult with your personal physician or an urgent care/ emergency department. If you are experiencing a medical emergency dial 911. Privacy is of utmost importance to Dr. John Parente. All people, places, and scenarios mentioned in the podcast have been changed to protect patient confidentiality. No guarantee is given regarding the accuracy of any statements or opinions made on the podcast or website. In no way does listening, reading, emailing or interacting on social media with our content establish a doctor-patient relationship.

Publisher

John Parente

Category

education · health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Jan 2023

Latest episode

22 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

35 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Sept 2026

   From Burnout to Business: Helping Physicians Build Their Next Chapter

   Send us Fan Mail What happens when the career you spent decades building no longer feels like the career you want for the rest of your life? In this episode of Emergency Minute, Dr. John Parente sits down with emergency physician and entrepreneur Dr. Patrick O’Malley to talk candidly about burnout, career disillusionment, financial freedom, entrepreneurship, and what it takes to build a meaningful “second half” in medicine. Patrick shares why he ultimately left clinical emergency medicine i...

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   3 Sept 2026

   Doctor's Were Told to Stay Off Social Media. That Was a Mistake.

   Send us Fan Mail For years, physicians were warned to stay off social media. But while doctors stayed quiet, wellness influencers, questionable health advice, and medical misinformation exploded online. Was staying silent actually a mistake? In this episode of Emergency Minute, Dr. John Parente sits down with emergency physician, national media contributor, health-tech executive, and content creator Dr. Owais Durrani to talk about why physicians need a stronger voice in today’s digital world....

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   20 Jul 2026

   The Doctor is Not OK: A Conversation about Physician Burnout

   Send us Fan Mail Burnout has become almost expected in medicine—but that does not mean healthcare professionals should simply accept it. In this episode of Emergency Minute, Dr. John Parente sits down with executive leadership and burnout recovery coach Elsa Arend to discuss why burnout is so common among physicians, healthcare workers, and other high-performing professionals. Drawing from John’s more than two decades in emergency medicine and Elsa’s experience recovering from burnout during ...

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