Dr. Kevin Arnold was enjoying semiretirement, but was presented a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take a locum tenens assignment in Guam. He jumped at the...
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Dr. Peter Kim was hit like a ton of bricks when a workaholic friend passed away from cancer. “He was an oncologist, and was involved in a lot of research and...
Dr. Tammy Allen is passionate about travel. And she’s passionate about being a locum tenens physician. Having worked locum tenens full time for 11 years –...
Did you know there’s an annual event when Mainers welcome spring by collecting the syrup from their maple trees? And that it’s known as “sugar shack”? Well, Dr...
Last year at the annual American College of Emergency Physicians show we had the chance to bring in two of our favorite locums doctors, Dr. Mandaar Gokhale and...
You could safely say that Dr. Eva McCullars was born to be a doctor. Growing up in Prague, she would answer the home phone – starting as early as five years...
LeaAnn Schroeter, MD would be the first to tell you that a physician working locum tenens is presented with a variety of challenges and even downsides. Dr...
When Dr. Sean Ryan, a psychiatrist, finished his residency at U.C. San Diego, he was already considering an international locum tenens position. What he didn’t...
Each year Medical Economics holds a physician writing contest where it asks physicians to write a short essay on a particular topic. This year’s topic was “How...
Dr. Ripal Patel, MD, M.P.H. nods with an understanding smile when fellow ER physicians chronicle the trials of their full-time positions. Working days they...
