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Dr. Paul Shrogin was born and raised in central California, east of Santa Barbara, and went to the University of California, San Diego. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Human Physiology and Neuroscience and was a collegiate rower. While working in San Diego, he met his now-wife and they moved to Dallas in 2012 so Dr. Paul could pursue his doctorate in Chiropractic. He attended Parker University and graduated summa cum laude as the Valedictorian of my class in 2015. Dr. Paul completed his clinical rotation at a VA hospital, then worked his way up to Clinical Director of an integrated medical and rehabilitation facility focused on treating patients struggling with various physical and neurological conditions. In 2018, the Shrogins decided to move to Austin (his wife’s collegiate alma mater-Hook ‘Em) where he started his own practice and never looked back. The Austin community has felt like home from the beginning, and Dr. Paul is proud to serve it and raise his family here. How long have you been a member of TCA and what do you love most about it? I have been a member since Tri-1 of Parker University, May 2012. I definitely went for the free dinner the first time but I quickly developed relationships with local doctors offering wisdom, mentorship and advice, and got to know the executive team of the TCA and all that they do for Chiropractic in Texas. What they do to defend our rights as Chiropractors and promote us is one of the main reasons I continue to support them. What’s your biggest (or one of your biggest) professional accomplishment(s) so far? Aside from my practice surviving the pandemic (kudos to all who have) it would likely be earning my Diplomate in Neurology. The course work was challenging and deep but has made me a better clinician with all of my cases. The test was the most grueling test I have ever taken even when compared to the MCAT. What’s one thing — either industry/work-related or not — you learned in the past month? I read an interesting article about a bakery owner who had outsourced the development of an AI program to differentiate and price bakery items. He chose to do this because research showed people prefered a large variety of unwrapped pastries and having trained employees that could recognize all of those items was incredibly difficult. A doctor who read about the AI one day realized one day that some cancer cells resemble different pastries and that the same AI might be able to be used to scan biomedical samples for cancer. It now does the job with incredible accuracy at speeds far greater than any human could do. What’s the best piece of career advice you’ve ever received? Diversify your income stream. This can be both in and out of your clinic. Everything from cash, major medical insurance, personal injury, designated doctor work, supplements and products to real estate or investing. All of it makes you less likely to fail if one or two income streams change. Also, as a new doctor, someone told me not to undervalue my time. Early in practice, time is one thing you have plenty of. Spending it in the right ways to build your business and setting realistic patient treatment expectations can be difficult before you are established and busy. When you’re not working, how do you enjoy spending your time? I spend a lot of time playing with my kids and enjoy cooking, barbequing, hiking and working out, especially swimming. What was the last book you read? I have read a few recently: Dune purely for entertainment, Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey and Tools of Titans by Tim Ferris for self development. What did you want to be growing up? I wanted to be a doctor and eventually I decided on neurosurgery. I made it all the way through my undergrad, MCATs and first two rounds of medical school admissions before I realized that while it was intellectually stimulating, it didn't check any of the boxes I really wanted in life: time for family, reasonable work hours, and a deeper and more communicative relationship with my patients. I had seen a Chiropractor for most of my life and when I decided on it as a career everything just fell into place.
Dr. Paul Shrogin was born and raised in central California, east of Santa Barbara, and went to the University of California, San Diego. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Human Physiology and Neuroscience and was a collegiate rower. While working in San Diego, he met his now-wife and they moved to Dallas in 2012 so Dr. Paul could pursue his doctorate in Chiropractic. He attended Parker University and graduated summa cum laude as the Valedictorian of my class in 2015.
Dr. Paul completed his clinical rotation at a VA hospital, then worked his way up to Clinical Director of an integrated medical and rehabilitation facility focused on treating patients struggling with various physical and neurological conditions. In 2018, the Shrogins decided to move to Austin (his wife’s collegiate alma mater-Hook ‘Em) where he started his own practice and never looked back. The Austin community has felt like home from the beginning, and Dr. Paul is proud to serve it and raise his family here.
How long have you been a member of TCA and what do you love most about it? I have been a member since Tri-1 of Parker University, May 2012. I definitely went for the free dinner the first time but I quickly developed relationships with local doctors offering wisdom, mentorship and advice, and got to know the executive team of the TCA and all that they do for Chiropractic in Texas. What they do to defend our rights as Chiropractors and promote us is one of the main reasons I continue to support them. What’s your biggest (or one of your biggest) professional accomplishment(s) so far? Aside from my practice surviving the pandemic (kudos to all who have) it would likely be earning my Diplomate in Neurology. The course work was challenging and deep but has made me a better clinician with all of my cases. The test was the most grueling test I have ever taken even when compared to the MCAT. What’s one thing — either industry/work-related or not — you learned in the past month? I read an interesting article about a bakery owner who had outsourced the development of an AI program to differentiate and price bakery items. He chose to do this because research showed people prefered a large variety of unwrapped pastries and having trained employees that could recognize all of those items was incredibly difficult. A doctor who read about the AI one day realized one day that some cancer cells resemble different pastries and that the same AI might be able to be used to scan biomedical samples for cancer. It now does the job with incredible accuracy at speeds far greater than any human could do. What’s the best piece of career advice you’ve ever received? Diversify your income stream. This can be both in and out of your clinic. Everything from cash, major medical insurance, personal injury, designated doctor work, supplements and products to real estate or investing. All of it makes you less likely to fail if one or two income streams change. Also, as a new doctor, someone told me not to undervalue my time. Early in practice, time is one thing you have plenty of. Spending it in the right ways to build your business and setting realistic patient treatment expectations can be difficult before you are established and busy. When you’re not working, how do you enjoy spending your time? I spend a lot of time playing with my kids and enjoy cooking, barbequing, hiking and working out, especially swimming.
What was the last book you read? I have read a few recently: Dune purely for entertainment, Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey and Tools of Titans by Tim Ferris for self development. What did you want to be growing up? I wanted to be a doctor and eventually I decided on neurosurgery. I made it all the way through my undergrad, MCATs and first two rounds of medical school admissions before I realized that while it was intellectually stimulating, it didn't check any of the boxes I really wanted in life: time for family, reasonable work hours, and a deeper and more communicative relationship with my patients. I had seen a Chiropractor for most of my life and when I decided on it as a career everything just fell into place.