"Diversify Your Life" with Dr. Fred Kency

OVERVIEW

One talk with Dr. Fred Kency, and you will appreciate not only a strong work ethic, but also ingenuity and a passion for all aspects of the field of medicine. Join EMRA*Cast host Dr. D'Monte "TP" Farley for a stimulating conversation on ways to stay inspired and motivated in your career.

Discussion

Part 1:

• Leadership and Advocacy Conference (LAC)
  • Initial involvement in LAC
  • The drive behind advocating every year.
• Was advocacy always part of the plan?
• The importance of being in the room to affect change

• The importance of mentorship
  • Connections are important and are often started in smaller intimate settings
  • Mentors and their impact on young learners

Part 2:

• What is success for you?
  • Celebrating the success of others/mentees
  • The existential question of “what’s next?” “What is left to achieve?”

Part 3:

• Getting involved in the other business aspect of medicine
  • Importance of having/creating other outlets in order to prevent burnout
  • Brief discussion on medical malpractice experience
  • Kency Medical Services - contracting medical services, medical cannabis, etc
• Pearls for changing careers
  • Using previous skills attained in other careers to impact medical career
  • General advice and inspiration
• Comparative nature between engineering and medicine
  • The drive to continue to teach regardless of career path
  • The art of making time-critical decisions and solving problems with limited information

Part 4:

• Connections to Social Emergency Medicine
  • Different examples of ways to use medical expertise and training to impact the community
• What advice would you give to a younger you? Or a young learner on their way through medical school/residency?
  • Importance of diversifying your life: travel, free clinic work, using your physician voice to advocate for other physicians, finding other ways to complement one's medical training

Publisher's note: This conversation was recorded at the ACEP Leadership and Advocacy Conference 2025, where emergency medicine visits Capitol Hill en masse to advocate for patients and practitioners. The EMRA Representative Council will hold its Spring Representative Council meeting in conjunction with LAC in April 2026. Join colleagues there: www.acep.org/lac

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