A tenured, top urologist and clinical professor retired from his full-time practice to pursue two passions: sociology and medicine as a locum tenens urologist.
Category - Physician Spotlight
Our lives don’t always follow the trajectory we’ve envisioned. This, of course, also applies to the career path to becoming a physician. There are those who...
Dr. Blaine Cashmore takes locum tenens assignments while working a full-time job as a way to keep his skills sharp and supplement his income.
Locum tenens gives physicians many things: work/life balance, fewer administrative hassles, extra income, professional independence, and the freedom and...
Life is short. But we plan for our future regardless, anticipating we’re going to live well into our twilight years — retirement plans, savings, 401(k)s, to...
Most of us at the age of eight were convinced we would be astronauts, or rocket scientists, or be a world-famous singer. Then as we grew up, it became apparent...
Island life suits Dr. Marye Lois McCroskey. But she only found tropical climates best suited her later in life. She began her training to become a family...
Locum tenens wasn’t as widely known in 1982, but neuro-hospitalist Dr. Andrew Wilner found himself working locums following a demanding residency program...
Right out of residency, emergency medicine physician Dr. Ali Chaudhary took a position at one of the top surgical centers in the nation. Two years later...
Being married to a Cyprian presented a unique opportunity at a very difficult time for Dr. Tina Passalaris. She was working in an academic institution in...