The Root Cause - Business of Medicine Podcast
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Episode 25: Pushed In, Pulled Out — Dr. Sanjay Bhojraj on Leaving Interventional Cardiology, Betting on Himself, and the HEART Framework
September 25, 2026 · 1 hr 16 minErik has known this week's guest for more than a decade — they started a cardiology program at the same Riverside County hospital, reconnected at a Metagenics clinic in Orange County, and watched each other leave the system. Dr. Sanjay…
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Episode 24: Six Hours With One Patient — Dr. Datis Kharrazian on Fear as a Motivator, the Case-Review Filter, and Why Clinical Skill Is the Whole Business
August 29, 2026 · 1 hr 3 minErik and Davin have had physicians, recruiters and founders on this show. This week they have the first chiropractor — who also holds a PhD, a Harvard postdoc, and a master's from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Datis Kharrazian is a clinical…
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Episode 23: What Your Practice Is Actually Worth — Teona Ducre on Concierge Recruiting, Management Companies, and the Exit Nobody Plans For
August 14, 2026 · 1 hr 5 minErik and Davin have had a lot of physicians on this show. This week they have someone who talks to physicians all day long — from the other side of the table. Teona Ducre is a physician recruiter with Pinnacle Health Group, specializing in…
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Season 2 Premiere: The Cost of Being Right — Dr. Richard Horowitz on Lyme, Medical Boards, and 41 Years of Listening to Patients
July 31, 2026 · 1 hr 11 minSeason 2 opens with a conversation Erik and Davin have wanted to have for a long time. Dr. Richard Horowitz is a board-certified internist, the creator of the 16-point MSIDS model, and the New York Times bestselling author of Why Can't I…
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Episode 21: Twenty Episodes In — How Our Own Podcast Changed the Way We Practice!
June 12, 2026 · 21 minTwenty episodes in, brother doctors Erik and Davin Lundquist step out from the interviewer's chair to reflect on Season One of The Root Cause Business of Medicine and tee up Season Two. The Lundquist brothers — Erik a longtime…
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Episode 20: Guardrails for the AI Frontier — Innovating Without Betting Your License with Travis Garland
May 29, 2026 · 1 hr 9 minIn the most tech-forward episode yet, brother doctors Erik and Davin Lundquist sit down with Travis Garland — co-founder and COO of My Compliance Citadel and a two-decade healthcare-operations veteran (United Healthcare, UF Health, and…
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Episode 19: Direct Pay, Demoralized Doctors, and the Future of Healthcare - with Jessica Craig
May 15, 2026 · 1 hr 5 minBrothers, and Doctors Erik and Davin Ludnquist sit down with health reporter Jess Craig to unpack what "cash-based care" actually means — and why it's quietly tripled over the past several years. Drawing on her reporting at Straight Arrow…
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Episode 18: The Trusted Authority Triangle — JJ Virgin on Building a Brand in Functional Medicine
May 1, 2026 · 1 hr 1 minDr. Erik Lundquist and Dr. Davin Lundquist sit down with JJ Virgin for a candid playbook on what it actually takes to build a brand, marketing engine, and scalable practice in integrative and functional medicine. JJ walks through her…