SEAK faculty member answers the question: What advice would you give for physicians who are considering leaving clinical medicine? I think probably the biggest advice that I would give them is to think long and hard about it. Once they’ve decided it’s a route they want to take, to just enjoy it. Find the best possible job they can for themselves that fits [...]
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 [...]
SEAK faculty member gives advice for physicians who want to leave clinical medicine and get a Medical Director position in Pharma or biotech The first thing that I recommend is have a clear understanding as to why you are making the change. Are you really unhappy with your current job? Are you just looking for something that maybe is a little bit more [...]
SEAK faculty member who is an experienced physician in Pharmaceutical Industry answers the question: What does a medical science liaison do? The medical science liaison role is one that is more outwardly focused. It typically, is dealing with products that are already on the market that have received their FDA approvals or clearances are being utilized by physicians. A medical science liaison will [...]
SEAK faculty member who is an experienced physician in Pharmaceutical Industry answers the question: What does a medical director in a pharmaceutical company typically do? Typically, what a medical director does, is, it’s someone who focuses more inwardly on the company. They oversee clinical trial development in terms of protocol development. What endpoints are being looked at? Are those endpoints clinically meaningful? Meaning, [...]
Non-Clinical Opportunities for Physicians at Non-Profits Daniel Carlat MD, Project Director, The Pew Charitable Trusts While most of us went into medicine to treat patients, there may come a time in our careers when we want to explore other opportunities. Working at a non-profit is a great option to consider. Non-profits are organizations that have been formed to achieve a mission or to [...]
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 [...]
SEAK faculty member who is an experienced physician in Pharmaceutical Industry answers the question: What non-clinical jobs are there for physicians in the regulatory and medical affairs section of the pharmaceutical industry? There are lots of different opportunities. For physicians in the more medical oriented fields, there are jobs as medical directors, both for phase 1, 2, and 3 in clinical trials in [...]