Table of Contents

Section 1. How to Choose a Balanced Career Path Ch. 1- Changing Landscape of Career Opportunities in Medicine in the 21st Century: A Brave New World David M. Center Ch. 2- Personality Type and Job Satisfaction Katharine M. Nicodemus Ch. 3- Career Decision Making in Medicine: Practical Approaches Shalini Reddy Ch. 4- Work-Life Balance Annekathryn Goodman Ch. 5- Avoiding Physician Burnout Steve A. Hyman Ch. 6- Combined Degree Opportunities Melvin Makhni Ch. 7-Finding Fulfillment Outside of Medicine Edward L. Amaral Section 2. Business, Consulting, and Industry Ch. 8- Managerial Development Stan N. Finkelstein Richard M.J. Bohmer Ch. 9- The Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Industry Jack T. Watters Ch. 10- Healthcare Consulting Jason Sanders Ch. 11- Physicians in Management Richard Marshall Ch. 12- Physicians and Entrepreneurship Peter R. Russo Section 3. Medicine at the Macro Level: Public Health, Global Health, &Public Policy Ch. 13- Public Health Paul Biddinger Ch. 14- Public Policy and Public Administration Rahul Sakhuja Palak Shah Ch. 15- Global Health Lena Ebba Dohlman Section 4. Academia Ch. 16- Careers in Academic Research Rebecca L. Aft Sheng F. Cai Ch. 17- Careers in Medical Education Simona Shaitelman Ch. 18- Medical School Deans and Other Senior Administrative Officers Kathleen Franco Section 5. Law, Advocacy, & Public Service Ch. 19- Legal Careers in Medicine Deeona Gaskin Ch. 20- Additional Opportunities in the Legal Field and Applying to Law School Gregory Dolin Ch. 21- Politics and Legislative Advocacy Alexander Ding Ch. 22- Organized Medicine Samantha Rosman David Rosman Ch. 23- Physician Opportunities in the United States Uniformed/Military Services Jeremy M. Huff D. Kiley Mortensen Section 6. Social Sciences, Journalism, Architecture, and the Arts Ch. 24- MD-PhD in the Social Sciences Erica Seiguer Shenoy Ch. 25- Journalism, Publishing and Writing Michael Axley Ch. 26- A Different Angle: Physician and Architect Ingrid Ganske Ch. 27- Enriching Your Career through the Arts Mary E. Thorndike Section 7. Bioethics, Spirituality, Alternative Medicine Ch. 28- Patient Safety Alex Arriaga Ch. 29- Bioethics Lisa S. Lehman Ch. 30- Spirituality and Medicine Mary Kraft Ch. 31- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Darshan Mehta Ch. 32- Volunteering in Your Community: Think Globally, Act Locally Jean Hess Section 8. Real-life Stories Ch. 33- Leaders in the Successful Pursuit of Non-Traditional Careers in Medicine N. Stephen Ober Christopher Baugh
Mark Bloomberg
Spencer Borden
Maria Chandler
Joseph Fastow
Jonathan Gertler
Richard Kalish
Lisa Bard Levine
Peter L. Slavin

About the Author

Richard D. Urman, M.D., M.B.A. Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School Director, Hospital Procedural Sedation Management and Safety Co-Director, Center for Perioperative Management and Medical Informatics Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA 02115 USA Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics Director, Center for Evidence-Based Anesthesia Director, Perioperative Data Systems Research Medical Director, Perioperative Quality Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN 37232 USA