Clinician Profiles

“I spent three to four months of the year not doing a whole lot of activities. Not being able to enjoy the outdoors, and not being able to just enjoy my family. Moving to Florida took away those dreary days. My seasonal affective disorder is completely gone. I wear flip-flops every day. I love it.”

Honestly, work/life balance is the main reason I chose to become a hospitalist. At the end of this summer, I was able to take a two-week vacation with my family to backpack across Switzerland, and I have never been able to take a vacation that long before.

It’s nice not having to worry about all the office things that I used to have to worry about, to have a defined set of responsibilities. I get to work and do my job, and then I get to come home. ... It’s a wonderful fit for me.

I was 45. Fatherhood was something I always wanted but wasn’t sure would ever happen. The fact that I am able to — even at this ‘advanced’ age — means the world.

Doing this work makes me feel much more enriched and inspired when I return home, It is a chance to reinvigorate myself and remind myself of my valuable purpose as a physician.

I am happy that I have the kind of job where I can work hard and also have time to ride my bike.

I don’t see myself going back to another practice model. Life’s too short.

I think there are a lot of physicians who have an artistic side.

OBHG is a very physician-oriented group. They make us feel valued.

There is nothing like dancing, I have tried over the years walking and running. I have not found anything that I enjoy as much as Irish dancing. You get such a good workout.