A DOCTOR RETIRES–IS THERE LIFE AFTER MEDICINE? is the life story of a successful ear, nose, and throat specialist, Orel Friedman, M.D. He writes that his medical career came to a very abrupt and unplanned end at the age of sixty-six because of the sudden onset of a visual disability. He describes his forced retirement as the low point in his life. Now 25 years later he tells how he left this low point in his life to find happiness, personal growth, and fulfillment. The story is about aging with optimism and is a design for living the good long life.

Leaving the medical profession, whether through retirement, a planned career change or one dictated by circumstances, can be a difficult transition. There may be opposition from others and from inside themselves. They may be worried about what to do next and find their expertise and professional status hard to leave behind.Written by a retired doctor and now a life coach, this book helps and motivates doctors who are facing this transition. It offers simple yet comprehensive strategies, resources and reflections to explore where they are , where they want to be and how to get to a fulfilling life when they do leave Medicine.

Leaving the medical profession, whether through retirement, a planned career change or one dictated by circumstances, can be a difficult transition. There may be opposition from others and from inside themselves. They may worry about what to do next and find their expertise and professional status hard to leave behind. Written by a retired doctor and now a life coach, this book helps and motivates doctors who are facing this transition. It offers simple yet comprehensive strategies, resources and reflections to explore where they are, where they want to be and how to get to a fulfilling life when they leave Medicine.

A physicians' guide to navigating retirement

Life After Medicine provides truly unique insights, practical guidance, and strategies to ensure that your retirement will be worthwhile and enjoyable. It is based on input from 300 retired physicians (your retirement mentors) who share their experiences, impressions and advice on retirement. This research is current, unique and exclusive to Life After Medicine. It also includes our exclusive Life Goal Planning Workshop to ensure that satisfactions lost from work will be met in retirement. In addition, it provides the crucial link between Life Goal and financial planning, to truly personalize your financial plan, and and much, much more. It is a full color easy-to-read and practical book that reflects the needs of today's retirees and elevates retirement lifestyle planning to a new standard.

Twenty-five years after graduating from America's top medical schools, twenty-five physicians from a dozen specialties share the joys and struggles of learning and practicing medicine today. After studying at Brown, Cornell, Emory, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, Yale and a dozen more medical schools, these doctors went on to become emergency medicine physicians, family practitioners, gynecologists, internists, obstetricians, pediatricians, psychiatrists, and surgeons across the United States. Today, while working alongside the clinical soldiers and scientists protecting our citizens from this pandemic, these physicians tell us of the gratification, joy and fulfillment of their work coupled with their experiences of uncertainty, fear, and disappointment practicing medicine over three decades. Their essays, stories, drawings, and poems form a unique anthology, capturing their aspirations and struggles as students and their challenges and successes as physicians, parents, and teachers. Not surprisingly, when asked whether they would make the same career choice or whether they would recommend a career in medicine for their children, they reaffirm the decision to become doctors. Perhaps such predictability is best explained by an innovative thinker and gracious teacher from the past century, Albert Einstein, who said, "only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile." These physicians have done just that.

Because closing a practice takes more than turning out the lights and shutting the door, this comprehensive and easy-to-understand text offers practical advice on everything from establishing a timetable and handling medical records to fulfilling legal obligations and closing financial books. Designed to address scenarios that are unique to medical practices, it includes sample letters, forms, and checklists to make for a smooth, efficient, and problem-free transition.