10 Years On

In April of this year, I celebrated my 10th year of not actively practicing medicine. It was a great choice for me, given the frustrations I had with the health care system within academia 10 years ago. I can only imagine how much worse it must be now.

Essay – Fed Up With the Frustrations, More Doctors Change Course – NYTimes.com: “%u201CIt will take real structural change in the work environment for physician satisfaction to improve,%u201D Dr. Mark Linzer, an internist at the University of Wisconsin who has done extensive research on physician unhappiness, told me. %u201CFortunately, the data show that physicians are willing to put up with a lot before giving up.%u201D”

I’m glad that I was willing to take a chance on a change in career direction back then.

Author: James Vornov

I'm an MD, PhD Neurologist who left a successful academic career on the Faculty of The Johns Hopkins Medical School to develop new treatments in Biotech and Pharma. I became fascinated with how people actually make decisions based on the science of decision theory and emerging understanding of how the brain works to make decisions. My passion now is this deep explanation of what has been the realm of philosophy, psychology and self help but is now understood as brain function. By understanding our brains, I believe we can become happier, more successful people. View all posts by James Vornov