Sure, the old standbys are still there: Pharma, Biotech, Insurance, and Healthcare Administration. Those are probably the first areas you thought of, and you're not alone. Those are the first areas most physicians initially consider for a nonclinical break. What does that mean to you? The candidate pool is deep. Those are crowded fields and fields filled with physicians who've worked in those industries and those roles for years. That's not to say you can't break into them, but most often, without past in-industry experience, you'll need to take some creative action to get noticed.

Beyond the usual, I've had clients focused on boxing, customized bullet manufacturing and sales, road-cycling, and custom cars. I've also had clients advising government agencies and elected representatives, leading high-profile LGBTQ health facilities, working as healthcare economists, and consultants and using their clinical knowledge to help inform and educate on the global stage. Frankly, the list of opportunities is endless. The only limit is your own range of interests.  

Today, however... let's add medical management, advice and consultation for all those things that aren't working right in managing global disease issues. Critical issues for the next decade include:

 

1. Pandemic Preparedness & Health Security: The threat of another major pandemic (Pathogen X) remains high. Building equitable, rapid-response systems, from surveillance to vaccine distribution, is paramount.

2. Climate Change as a Health Crisis: This is the defining threat. It acts as a multiplier, exacerbating malnutrition, infectious disease ranges (e.g., malaria, dengue), heat-related deaths, and health system disruptions from extreme weather.

3. Health Systems Resilience & Equity: Chronic underfunding, workforce shortages ("the great resignation" in health), and fragmentation leave systems vulnerable to shocks and fail to deliver universal health coverage, deepening inequity both between and within nations.

4. The Double Burden of Disease: Many low- and middle-income countries now face the concurrent crises of persistent infectious diseases (HIV, TB, malaria) and the rapid rise of non-communicable diseases (cancers, diabetes, heart disease), straining limited resources.

5. Political Will & Financing: Persistent underinvestment in primary health care, donor fatigue, and debt crises in many nations cripple sustainable progress. Health is increasingly politicized, undermining science and global cooperation.

 

These challenges are interconnected, requiring integrated solutions that move beyond siloed programs to build foundational, equitable, and adaptable health systems for a turbulent decade ahead.

So, what's out there is a combination of what you would like to be doing - your interests, and how your skills and knowledge can be re-imagined to be useful, to solve problems in a different business or industry. 

As I say to every client, don't limit your thinking. No one visits my web site because life and career couldn't be better. My clients are looking for "better," better than they are doing now, better lifestyles, better incomes, a better time in life. 

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So, if you want to know what's out there for you, Just Call or TEXT Me and We'll Talk About It. 720-339-3585.

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