aging doctors

AMA seeks clear path for doctors' re-entry into medicine

Recognition is growing that physicians' careers may involve time away from clinical practice -- and that they need a straightforward way to return.

By VICTORIA STAGG ELLIOTT, amednews staff. Posted Feb. 28, 2011.

Fifteen years ago, Mark Greco, MD, an internist in Yardley, Pa., left clinical practice to work for the pharmaceutical industry because he became a single parent and needed a more regular schedule than he had as a critical care intensivist.

After working in private practice, Brian Gould, MD, a psychiatrist in Minneapolis, became an executive for hospitals and the health insurance industry for 25 years./.../