PP 394: Rina Shinn, Owner and Medical Director of Adonis Cosmetic Surgery and Spa

“Our point is to become a psychiatrist with a knife, actually."  

A Harvard graduate, a trauma surgeon, and now the owner and medical director of Adonis Cosmetic Surgery and Spa, Dr. Rina Shinn was a real go-getter from the start.  She graduated Harvard in just two years and went on to have a successful career as a trauma surgeon and Chief of Surgery. When her hospital faulted, she was forced to make a tough decision: go back into trauma surgery, working up to 100 hours a week, and give up her personal life with a one year old at home or leave the familiar behind and open her own business.  Listen in as Rina and I discuss her education, her early career and how she ultimately made the decision to transition away from a guaranteed paycheck in order to open her own cosmetic surgery and spa center and balance her professional and personal responsibilities.

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Highlights:

5:58 Learning to recognize the truths behind why patients really wanted cosmetic surgery  
7:11 Dr. Maxwell Maltz coined the term "self image" in the 1960's  
7:19 Unless we change the self image that's inside, anything you do on the outside won't make a difference
7:43 Recently divorced?  Better to postpone cosmetic surgery   
9:29 The symptoms are being treated, but the cause is not (Kim Sutton)   
17:26 Hard work & long hours and still great job satisfaction   
21:50 A scary situation - transitioning away from a guaranteed salaried surgical position  
22:21 A spiritual transformation is necessary
22:46 Learning new things when you're 50 isn't easy  
23:23 No one's grading the entrepreneur
24:41 When it's your own business, make your own decisions
28:01 A psychiatrist with a knife
31:22 Having the correct team
35:44 Don't scare yourself