We came across an article on the QIPhysician website written by Muareen Glabman entitled “Some Pursuing Alternative Careers.”
Here is an excerpt from the article:
“James Noble Hendrix, MD, was one of the most respected general surgeons in South Florida in 1990 when, at age 46, he stunned his partners by announcing his intention to stop practicing. The former physician now operates Hendrix Farms on 20 acres south of Miami where he grows lychees, a tropical fruit, that he ships all over the world.
While in medical school, Edward Schneider, MD, 56, dreamed of being an old-style country doctor. After 28 years as a family physician in Stockton, Calif., he sold his practice last summer to teach science at a community college. “I absolutely don’t ever expect to go back to the practice of medicine,” he says.
Lorne Weeks, MD, 50, practiced orthopedic surgery for 17 years in Colorado and Kentucky until four years ago. That’s when he left medicine to become a consultant for CareerLab in Englewood, Colo., helping physicians transition into new occupations as he did. “Medicine is a different game than the one I contracted for,” he says. “There’s a sense of betrayal. The bases have been moved.””
To read the rest of the article, please visit the QIPhysician website.
