Dr. Zachary C. Cohen is a physician, entrepreneur, and founder of Passive Income MD, a platform dedicated to helping doctors achieve financial freedom through investing and education. He is also the creator of PIMDCON, bringing together physicians to learn real estate, entrepreneurship, and wealth-building strategies beyond medicine.
Amanda Han, CPA & Matt MacFarland are nationally recognized tax strategists and co-founders of Keystone CPA, specializing in tax planning for real estate investors and high-income professionals. They help entrepreneurs and physicians legally reduce taxes and build long-term wealth through proactive tax strategies.
A visionary entrepreneur, investor, and AI strategist known for her work at the intersection of innovation, branding, and capital. She is the Founder and CEO of LunaX, a digital strategy firm that helps founders scale their businesses with smart, sustainable systems, and Venus Capital, a fund focused on empowering women-led and impact-driven ventures. With over a decade of experience building and advising high-growth companies, Vanessa specializes in brand development, investor communications, and the integration of AI into business strategy. She has raised and deployed multi-millions in capital and is recognized for her sharp ability to synthesize big ideas into actionable growth plans. Vanessa is passionate about helping founders lead with clarity, leverage cutting-edge tools like AI, and create legacies of wealth and impact. Her leadership style is rooted in vision, integrity, and execution.
Dr. Manju Dawkins of a board certified dermatologist who received her B.A. from Columbia University and her M.D. from the University of Maryland. She completed her dermatology residency and served as Chief Resident at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY. She was Assistant Professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine where she was twice named Teacher of the Year. She has practiced in academic, private, hospital based, and group practice settings in New York and Los Angeles. She is also the creator and co-founder of Thimble, the first easy, safe, and comprehensive solution for alleviating needle pain and stress. www.thimblehealth.com Fun fact: She is 5’2″ (on a good day. ) Even more fun fact: She played Division I basketball at Columbia University and served as captain her senior year. She is a founding and current member of the Columbia Women’s Basketball Advisory Board and a member of the Columbia Athletics Women’s Leadership Council.
Dr. Young H. An is a full-time Otolaryngologist – Head & Neck Surgeon, husband, father, and real estate investor. He has bought and sold over 80 properties, and has built a diversified portfolio of single-family and small multifamily properties, commercial triple net assets, mortgage notes, and hard money lending. Real estate investing has allowed Dr. An to generate substantial passive income, freeing him from sole reliance on his medical practice for financial security. With a deep-seated passion for real estate, personal finance, and estate planning strategy, Dr. An is dedicated to empowering fellow healthcare professionals towards achieving financial freedom. He also serves as a coach for the Passive Real Estate Academy, a comprehensive, physician-led course and coaching program designed to help doctors gain freedom and financial security through passive real estate investments, helping them diversify their income streams and secure their financial future beyond their medical careers.
Dr. Christina Kang is a nationally licensed cardiologist in Phoenix who transformed her identity from full-time physician to real estate investor and entrepreneur. Since 2021, she has been building a real estate portfolio through both active and passive investing. What started as a path to passive income became a journey of creating freedom, purpose, and designing a career around fulfillment and flexibility. She is now passionate about empowering other physicians to take control of their financial future and reimagine what’s possible beyond clinical medicine.
Austin Dean CFP®, ChFC®, CLU®, RICP® CEO & Founder of Waystone Advisors For the past 13 years, Austin Dean, CEO & Founder of Waystone Advisors, has challenged the views of traditional financial planning. As a real estate investor and entrepreneur, his focus has been on redeveloping the tools used by the ultra-wealthy to make them more accessible for people who want non-traditional financial outcomes, like you. A regular speaker at real estate and financial independence conferences around the country, he and his team are passionate about helping people pursue financial freedom.
Please join me in welcoming Dr. Larry Daugherty — a radiation oncologist, adventurer, and father of five from Alaska. Larry is a five-time Iditarod finisher, a high-altitude mountaineer who’s summited Everest and Lhotse in under 24 hours, and the founder of Rad Global Adventures and Radiating Hope. He’s also a successful real estate investor and coach, helping physicians scale their portfolios through his Freedom Physician program. Let’s give a warm welcome to Larry!
Alison Curfman, MD, MBA is a pediatric emergency physician, healthcare strategist, and founder who has helped build and scale clinical innovations across the healthcare ecosystem. After incubating her first company at a leading private equity firm, she launched Imagine Pediatrics—a value-based medical group serving high-needs children on Medicaid. In less than two years, she scaled the company to over 300 employees and 40,000 patients, achieving a multi-nine-figure valuation. She brings deep operational experience in clinical model design, value-based care, technology development, and physician leadership. Through her work, she has supported healthcare organizations in translating vision into execution—while improving outcomes for some of the nation’s most vulnerable populations. Now as the founder of Startup Physicians, Alison helps other physicians apply their clinical expertise in innovation, startups, and ventures. She advises early-stage companies and investors on clinical strategy, go-to-market planning, and regulatory alignment. Alison’s mission is to create pathways for physicians to shape the future of healthcare. She believes startups offer physicians powerful opportunities to apply their expertise in new ways—and that meaningful innovation must be rooted in clinical insight.
Takashi Nakamura is a board-certified, nationally licensed physician, entrepreneur, and digital health executive. He currently holds leadership and advisory roles at several digital health companies, including Measured, Daybreak Health, AristaMD, Mind Your Own Rx, Telegra MD, and NVP Medical Group. He oversees several hundred clinicians nationwide. Additionally, he is passionate about empowering physicians to build more flexible and fulfilling careers in telemedicine. He co-founded All in Remote (AIR) Physician Academy, a high-impact telehealth and entrepreneurship coaching program that has helped doctors successfully transition from brick-and-mortar practice to virtual care. Outside of work, he enjoys golfing with friends, frequent travel, and attending concerts and events with his wife, an avid BTS fan, and their two Disney-obsessed kids.
Sunny Smith MD is the Founder and CEO of Empowering Women Physicians. Her coaching program is the most effective physician wellness intervention documented to date. Dr. Smith spent her academic career as a Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the UC San Diego School of Medicine. She is the recipient of multiple teaching awards including Humanism in Medicine, Excellence in Teaching, and Outstanding Community Leader. Her work can be found in many peer-reviewed journals including JAMA & NEJM. You can also find her in the documentary Do No Harm currently streaming on Amazon Prime video. EWP has been featured in Entrepreneur magazine, Forbes, Inc 5000, and has been in the top 2% of female founded companies in the United States for the past six years.
Bonnie Koo, MD is master certified life coach, physician and founder of Wealthy Mom MD. She is the money coach for women physicians. She is a proud graduate of Barnard College and Columbia University’s College of Physicians & Surgeons. She is the host of the Wealthy Mom MD Podcast and author of Defining Wealth for Women: (n.) Peace, Purpose, and Plenty of Cash! She currently resides in Tampa, FL.
