MtoM #272: How to Start Strong as a New Attending Physician
White Coat Investor Podcast
Dr. Jim Dahle of the White Coat Investor
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
What helps a physician succeed in the first year as an attending?
In this Milestones to Millionaire episode, we discuss a doctor who had a strong first year after training and the decisions that helped create early momentum.
We also cover practical advice for landing your first attending job, negotiating opportunities, and getting ahead financially and professionally in the early years of practice.
If you are finishing training or recently became an attending, this episode offers a grounded look at how to start your career with intention.
This podcast is sponsored by Bob Bhayani at Protuity. He is an independent provider of disability insurance planning solutions to the medical community in every state and a long-time white coat investor sponsor. He specializes in working with residents and fellows early in their careers to set up sound financial and insurance strategies. If you need to review your disability insurance coverage or to get this critical insurance in place, contact Bob at https://whitecoatinvestor.com/protuity today by email info@protuity.com or by calling (973) 771-9100.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is the White Coat Investor podcast, Milestones to Millionaire, celebrating stories of success |
| 0:06.0 | along the journey to financial freedom. |
| 0:13.2 | This is Myelstone to Millionaire podcast number 272. |
| 0:16.8 | This podcast is sponsored by Bob Bayani at Protuity, an independent provider of disability insurance |
| 0:21.7 | planning solutions to the medical community in every state and a longtime White Coat investor's |
| 0:26.0 | sponsor. Bob specializes in working with residents and fellows early in their careers to set up |
| 0:30.5 | a sound financial and insurance strategy. If you need to review your disability insurance coverage |
| 0:35.4 | or to get this critical insurance in place, contact Bob at whitecodeinvestor.com slash portuity today by emailing info at protuity.com or by calling |
| 0:44.5 | 973-771-9100. All right, if you're sick of trying to make spreadsheets and calculations that do what you |
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| 1:28.2 | slash bolden. All right, this is the milestones to millionaire podcast. We feature you. We feature |
| 1:34.2 | you and your successes. We use them to inspire others to do the same. And some of my favorite episodes |
| 1:39.0 | on these have been those that tell the rest of the story. And this is one of those episodes. So I hope you enjoy it. |
| 1:47.1 | Our guest today on the Milestones to Millionaire podcast is Cody. Cody, welcome to the podcast. |
| 1:51.7 | Hey, thanks so much, Jim. It's really nice to be here. Been thinking about this for a long time. |
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