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Doctor Vollrath and the Multiverse of Doctor Jobs 🧠🪄

Every month we showcase a Baller physician. Doing cleft palate surgeries abroad? Baller. They started a sick side hustle? Baller. If you know of any Ballers in your life you want to nominate, let us know at staff@postcall.ca.

Are you tired of using faceless social media groups to find career opportunities? So was Dr. Jordan Vollrath, a family physician from Alberta. But, unlike the rest of us, Jordan found his Infinity Stone — by founding Cherry Health, the growing platform for medical jobs. 🍒

What problem are you trying to solve with Cherry Health?

“When I was locuming, I found it really fragmented and all over the place, which caused a lot of administrative headaches. I wound up with some poorly administered clinics — one place took more than a year to actually pay me. You'd show up at some clinics and just sit on your hands for a week of not doing anything, because they didn't have any patients showing up.”

“So, we had the idea of a central medical network:

• Everything is standardized and easy to use, so it’s easy for an MOA (read: not a professional recruiter) to populate it.

• Every clinic profile and role has the details we doctors care about, like payment model, EHR software, and patient information.

• It’s free to post roles, search for jobs, and send messages back and forth.”

How did you start Cherry, and how do you balance it with medicine?

“My partner Max Kerz and I had the idea for the app. He came back in a week with the most impressive-looking Excel spreadsheet I'd ever seen in my whole life. We thought through the business model, and we did it part-time, a few hours a week at first, and it grew from there. Now I do about 1.5 days each week of medicine. The rest of the week is on Cherry.”

What advice would you give a doctor interested in building or starting their own business? 

“Find a good co-founder for the project. As a physician, chances are high that you were not trained in the skill sets of running a business (which is definitely the case for myself). So, I have a partner on that, who actually was well-versed and had a very complementary skill set. 

We were able to do a ton in a very short period of time, and I know I've seen several other physician entrepreneurs doing things alone and slowly. Don't be afraid to give up a slice of the pie if it grows the pie a whole lot faster.” 🥧

This interview has been edited for length and clarity. If you’re interested in learning more, check out Cherry Health. 🍒

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