Some moments change how you see medicine forever. Once you see them, you can't unsee them.

For Dr. Haleem Mohammed, known as Dr. Hal, one of those moments happened at home. He was a chief medical officer managing thousands of employees, and he had reached 255 pounds. His wife, also a physician, asked him a question he couldn't ignore: would he be around after they had a baby?

He resigned, rebuilt how he lived, and rebuilt how he practiced. Today he's a board-certified internist, Chief Medical Officer of Gameday Men's Health, runs his own concierge practice, and serves on the FDA's Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee.

Leonard and Dr. Hal go from Wall Street to the FDA hearing room. They talk about how insurance shapes what doctors can and can't do, and why he tells some men they don't need testosterone. They cover what a network of hundreds of clinics reveals that a single practice can't, and what it was like to push back during a committee meeting on the future of compounded peptides.

In this episode: -His path from stockbroker to chief medical officer -The 255-pound wake-up call that changed his life and his medicine -How insurance shapes what doctors are allowed to do -The difference between a low testosterone number and testosterone deficiency -His advice for doctors who want out of the insurance model -What the FDA advisory committee actually does, and what it doesn't -What drives him now

This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Talk with your healthcare provider before making changes to your care.

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Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:58 From Wall Street to Medicine 10:07 Building Gameday Men's Health 12:35 Insurance Medicine vs. Whole-Patient Care 15:43 Who Your Insurance Company Really Works For 16:34 What Hundreds of Clinics Reveal 18:39 "You Don't Need Testosterone" 19:52 The Problem With Some HRT Clinics and Med Spas 22:36 "My Goal Is to Not Have Any Patients" 24:11 Advice for Doctors Stuck in the Insurance Model 25:37 Collaboration Over Competition 27:41 Separating Signal From Noise 31:01 Why He Still Sees Patients 31:28 Inside the FDA Compounding Committee 33:39 Old Guard vs. New Guard 35:04 "I Think We Did the Right Thing That Day" 36:33 What Drives Him 39:58 Where to Find Dr. Hal

Some moments change how you see medicine forever. Once you see them, you can’t unsee them.

Dr. Kris Wusterhausen was doing everything he’d been taught. He was running a county clinic, he was burned out, his weight had climbed to 199 pounds, and his A1C had reached 6.2. Fixing his own health changed how he practiced medicine. In his words, it took him from a widely accepted family doctor to “the kooky doctor in town.” Years later, some of the doctors who called him kooky became his patients.

Today he’s a board-certified family physician and founder of The Resurge Clinic in Weatherford, Texas. He trains physicians in hormone and peptide therapy and serves on the FDA’s Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee.

Leonard and Dr. Kris go inside the committee meeting where BPC-157 and other peptides were reviewed. They cover what the committee was actually asked to decide, and why real-world clinical data deserves a seat at the table. Dr. Kris also shares the financial reality of leaving traditional medicine, his keep-it-simple approach to hormones and peptides, and why he brings his entire staff to medical conferences.

In this episode: -The burnout and health crisis that pushed him out of traditional practice -The financial reality of transitioning to a new practice model -From “kooky doctor” to accepted: how the field has shifted -Inside the FDA Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee’s peptide review -Why the vote was about compounding safety, not FDA approval -Why great clinicians rely on a handful of peptides, not twenty -Nutrition, movement, and the 80/20 approach to longevity -Why every person in a practice should understand patient care

Learn More About Dr Kris: The Resurge Clinic: https://www.theresurgeclinic.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=organic Follow Dr. Kris on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/drkriswusterhausen/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=organic

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Learn more about the CALM conference :

https://calm.nubioage.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=organic

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https://www.instagram.com/leonardpastrana

This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Talk with your healthcare provider before making changes to your care.

Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:46 Introducing Dr. Kris 02:10 Burned Out at the County Clinic 04:41 Finding a Different Model of Medicine 06:19 The Hard Truth About Transitioning Practices 07:43 Why Doctors Should Share Their Failures 10:23 How He Stays Ahead of the Curve 13:58 From “Kooky Doctor” to Mainstream 17:10 Better Tools, Same Basics 18:50 Why Doctors Can’t Ignore Social Media 23:50 Too Pharma for the Gym Bros 25:05 Getting the Call From the FDA 28:23 Inside the Room: BPC-157 and the Vote 30:57 Real-World Data vs. the Regulatory Process 32:22 Best Intentions on Both Sides 33:22 Longevity Without the Neurosis 38:29 Why You Don’t Need 20 Peptides 39:57 Foundations First, Then Peptides 41:44 What Patients Actually Care About 43:43 Where Traditional Medicine Lost Its Way 45:44 Health as a Smart Bet 48:11 Ask Patients What They’ll Actually Do 49:23 Why He Brings His Whole Staff to Conferences 53:33 Building Your Community 55:13 Closing Thoughts

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