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

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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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