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Working at Kaiser Permanente as a Doctor

This is a rather simple article which I’ve been meaning to write for a few years. I left Kaiser Permanente in 2017 and it was a difficult decision at the time. I don’t have any regrets now. Here is my review of working at Kaiser Permanente as a doctor. Starting at Kaiser Permanente My journey […]

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Feeling Stuck in Medicine

You know that feeling of being stuck in a relationship? You aren’t ready to leave the relationship but if something happened and it ended you’d feel so relieved. That’s been my feeling towards my medical career – feeling stuck in medicine and not knowing what to do about it. I write a lot about medicine […]

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The Alternative Mental Health Care Space

As a young premed, I saw my future doctor-self as someone who would figure out what is wrong with the patient and suggest the right next steps. I suspect that’s the reason healthcare professionals go into the mental health space. But it’s the alternative mental health care space that is unique and is booming. As […]

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Changing Jobs Too Many Times For Physicians

I had a recent phone job interview with a telemedicine company (MDLive). The CMO had tried to reach me a few times over email, we finally connected and I was curious what questions they had for me. Her main concern with my application was that I had changed jobs too many times as a physician. […]

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Running From the Medical Boards

June 2020 I decided to take down my blog, my podcast, and my YouTube channel. Now, a year later, I’ve decided to start writing again. No more running away from the medical boards. Trouble with a Telemedicien Company I was happily working for a large telemedicine company out of the UK which was moving to […]