Rebel With A Cause

Choose your path

Regardless of the path chosen, many yearn to have a practice flexible enough to accommodate their different interests.

Opinion & Editorial

Opinion/Editorial pieces from various sources regarding:

the disparities I encounter health care is delivered in community hospitals
deviations from evidence-based practices in non-academic settings

Building a network

I also work with a network of interventional pain specialists to evaluate and provide non-opioid treatments for patients with long-standing pain due to accidental injury.

Healthcare Consultant

Today, I am a solo anesthesiologist and healthcare consultant. Including my residency and fellowship training, I have provided more than 5,000 anesthetics for a diverse population, including:

general anesthesia for medically-complex patients at a large non-profit academic medical center
obstetric and regional anesthesia at community hospitals
outpatient anesthesia for elective and cosmetic surgical cases at local surgery centers
office-based anesthesia at pediatric dental clinics

The Post-Operative Handover

Harborview Medical Center

Anesthesiologists have traditionally taken one of two routes after finishing their residency (e.g. post-graduate) training in a specialty. Academic Medicine (e.g. university-affiliated hospital) or a private practice (e.g. group practice). Regardless of the path chosen, many yearn to have a practice flexible enough to accommodate their different interests and skillsets while allowing for a predictable schedule.
Anesthesiologists have traditionally taken one of two routes after finishing their residency (e.g. post-graduate) training in a specialty. Academic Medicine (e.g. university-affiliated hospital) or a private practice (e.g. group practice). Regardless of the path chosen, many yearn to have a practice flexible enough to accommodate their different interests and skillsets while allowing for a predictable schedule.

Latest Feeds

BLACK SHEEP.

My 14 years of training have been tough. Not necessarily because of our rigorous curriculums, but rather coming across certain individuals that are resistant to change and improvement.
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👿You will be told to shut up and keep your head down.. "Not happy with something? There's somebody who will do your job who doesn't complain." Your enthusiasm and empathy will be quickly squashed within the first few months of your real job. You will be told that you are burning out, or as you are just motivated to improve the situation.
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😈You will be asked to do more than your share. Very few people want you to succeed, and even fewer care for the financial struggles and the increasing costs that we have as professionals emerging out of training in our time. Even the most strict contracts cannot protect you. The only thing you can do is say a squeaky "no" and wait for nasty emails from the higher ups.
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👿You will NOT be encouraged to succeed outside of your profession. The second you talk about your extracurricular interests, you put yourself on the radar of your senior administrators. they're looking to keep things the same, because any variation means lost dollars for your institution. Recognize this problem earlier and stay away from this.
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But nobody, NOBODY, can take away your Independence. At the end of the day, you decide if you want to stay at a job or leave. Yeah, it sucks having to start from scratch, but the lessons you've learned from being in a less-than-amicable group, and the challenges that you had to navigate, will be valuable lessons for your future.
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Feeling violated? Contact me at anytime for a FREE consultation. I TAKE PRIDE IN THIS.
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*****STAND UP FOR YOURSELF*****

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