Money Meets Medicine

Dr. Jimmy Turner is a practicing anesthesiologist at Wake Forest and the author of The Physician Philosopher's Guide to Personal Finance. On Money Meets Medicine, he teams up with co-host Justin Harvey, a CFP, to tackle the financial topics that medical school never bothered to teach. The show publishes weekly, and the pairing of a physician who has lived through the financial gauntlet with a financial planner who understands the medical profession's quirks makes for practical, grounded advice. Episode topics range broadly across the physician financial life cycle. Student loan strategies, especially PSLF, get serious attention. So do the different employment models: academic positions versus private practice versus 1099 contractor work, each with their own tax implications and lifestyle trade-offs. Turner and Harvey also get into the emotional side of money, covering the financial stress that builds up during residency, the psychological traps of lifestyle creep after attending salary kicks in, and the home-buying decisions that trip up so many new physicians. The tone is conversational without being casual about the actual financial guidance. Turner brings personal experience and honest reflection on his own money mistakes, which makes the show feel less like a lecture and more like advice from a friend who happens to know a lot about tax-advantaged accounts. If you are a resident or early-career attending trying to build a financial plan from scratch, Money Meets Medicine gives you a solid framework without the jargon overload you get from generic personal finance shows.