SEAK faculty member answers the question: How should physicians go about getting their first non clinical job? The first job is always the toughest. I basically recommend that people start networking with either friends or colleagues or friends of friends who are working in industry to understand what other job opportunities there are, what the roles are like what they involve so that [...]
Physician Inventor: Saving Lives One Invention at a Time By: David Albert MD From childhood, I always wanted to be a physician. I watched Dr. Kildare but Dr. Ben Casey was my first hero and much later, I almost became a Neurosurgeon. However, from my father’s first heart attack in 1966, I became fascinated with Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery. From summer research in [...]
What is Pharmacovigilance? By: Barton Cobert MD, FACP, FACG So you’re considering a career in pharmacovigilance and drug safety? What exactly is it? It is a combination of medicine, Sherlock Holmes detective work, writing, analysis, judging the safety and efficacy balance of drugs and public health. It is, in a nutshell, a passionate career for a health care professional. It involves the collection [...]