Lizness School Special: Transitions Reimagined with Phil Pizzo

About this episode

Liz Dolan interviews Phil Pizzo about transitions and lifelong learning.

Today Liz Dolan interviews Phil Pizzo, the founder of Stanford's Distinguished Careers Institute , a deep thinker on transitions and lifelong learning. His career has taken him from pioneering pediatric oncologist to Dean of Stanford Medical School to rabbinical studies and chaplaincy training. He is a man who thinks a LOT about doing things differently.  Welcome to our sponsors:   Stanford Federal Credit Union .  To use their $620 New Member offer, go to  sfcu.org/lizness Welleco . To try The Super Elixir, go to welleco.com and use promo code sisters15 at checkout HOMEWORK: More on Phil Pizzo, his work and his contributions: The Doctor’s Art podcast: An episode called Courage and Curiosity  Discussion of what drew him to medicine in the first place with more about his work caring for seriously ill children and his pioneering work at the National Cancer Institute. Stanford Daily : Phil Pizzo moves from Stanford Medical School to rabbinical studies  https://stanforddaily.com/2022/04/10/from-stanford-to-the-rabbinate-phil-pizzo-moving-on/ The Atlantic  The New Old Age by David Brooks . What a new life stage can teach us about how to find…

People in this episode

Host: Liz Dolan

Guest: Phil Pizzo

Topics covered

• transitions
• lifelong learning
• healthcare
• personal development
• career change

Keywords

• transitions
• lifelong learning
• Phil Pizzo
• Stanford
• healthcare
• career change

Sponsors

Stanford Federal Credit Union, Welleco

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stanford's Distinguished Careers Institute, Stanford Daily, The Atlantic

Books & works: The Doctor’s Art podcast, T urn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering The Lost City One Step At A Time

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