{"podcast":{"title":"The Podcast by KevinMD","slug":"the-podcast-by-kevinmd-449609","podcast_index_feed_id":449609,"rss_url":"https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.kevinmdpodcast.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/0/f/5/e/0f5e20bb3bf53d75/The_Podcast_by_KevinMD_.jpg","author":"Kevin Pho, MD","episode_count":2202,"summary":"Social media's leading physician voice, Kevin Pho, MD, shares the stories of the many who intersect with our health care system but are rarely heard from. 15 minutes a day. 7 days a week. Welcome to The Podcast by KevinMD.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T16:21:30.622150+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-podcast-by-kevinmd-449609"},"episode":{"title":"How credentialing fears harm physician mental health","slug":"how-credentialing-fears-harm-physician-mental-health","published_at":"2026-07-10T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-podcast-by-kevinmd-449609/how-credentialing-fears-harm-physician-mental-health","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-podcast-by-kevinmd-449609","url":"https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/how-credentialing-fears-harm-physician-mental-health","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/kevinmd/How-credentialing-fears-harm-physician-mental-health.mp3?dest-id=2093345","summary":"Clinicians are treated as invincible, so when their own mental health suffers, many stay silent. Namit Choksi, a physician entrepreneur and health care executive, joins to explain how credentialing forms and a culture that treats wellbeing as a perk push doctors to hide depression, anxiety, and substance use until they reach a breaking point. You will hear why disclosing a behavioral health condition can threaten a clinician's malpractice and life insurance and trigger a fit-for-duty review, why this fear creates a vicious circle that hospitals only notice once it is too late, and why losing a single clinician can cost more than a million dollars. Choksi also explains why legacy assistance programs fall short, with visit caps, long waits, and rotating counselors, and what confidential, barrier-free support looks like instead. This episode is based on his article \" How credentialing and culture impact physician mental health ,\" published on KevinMD. You will come away understanding what institutions must change to keep their clinicians from suffering in silence. Partner with me on the KevinMD platform . With over three million monthly readers and half a million social media followers, I give you direct access to the doctors and patients who matter most. Whether you need a sponsored article, email campaign, video interview, or a spot right here on the podcast, I offer the trusted space your brand deserves to be heard. Let's work together to tell your story. PARTNER WITH KEVINMD → https://kevinmd.com/influencer SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST → https://www.kevinmd.com/podcast RECOMMENDED BY KEVINMD → https://www.kevinmd.com/recommended","meta_description":"Clinicians are treated as invincible, so when their own mental health suffers, many stay silent. Namit Choksi, a physician entrepreneur and health care ex…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1065,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-podcast-by-kevinmd-449609/episodes/how-credentialing-fears-harm-physician-mental-health/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-podcast-by-kevinmd-449609/how-credentialing-fears-harm-physician-mental-health.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}