We are so excited to welcome Dr. Austin Chiang to Medical Morons! Austin trained at Columbia and Brigham and Women’s, became an interventional gastroenterologist, and then got a call from Medtronic asking him to be the first Chief Medical Officer of its GI business. He still sees patients part time in Philadelphia, built one of the earliest doctor followings on TikTok, and somewhere in there wrote a pop song.Most of us were taught there’s one way to be a doctor. Austin took a different path, spending most of his week in a nonclinical role at one of the biggest medical device companies in the world, and he’s proof the MD can open doors well beyond the clinic. With colon cancer rising in people under 50 and AI showing up in every corner of healthcare, there’s nobody better to ask. Austin breaks down what a medtech Chief Medical Officer actually does all day, how he built a huge social media following on his own, and which symptoms nobody should let get brushed off as hemorrhoids.In this episode we cover:*How Medtronic found Austin, and why he kept one foot in clinical medicine while moving into industry*AI in GI, from GI Genius spotting polyps during colonoscopy to the PillCam you may one day swallow at home*Getting on TikTok in 2019, right before the pandemic made doctors go viral*Austin’s income streams, and why he never monetized his social media*Colon cancer under 50, the symptoms to take seriously, and Michael asking when he can finally stop getting colonoscopies*The song he played 400+ times on Spotify that led to writing a song with a fellow doctor🎙️ Connect with Dr. Austin ChiangInstagram, TikTok, LinkedIn and X @austinchiangmdhttps://www.austinchiang.com/home🎙️ Connect with Medical MoronsInstagram @medicalmoronspodThis episode was recorded and edited by FourWebGroup.Instagram @fourwebgroupWebsite https://fourwebgroup.com/