Hippocratic Adventures Podcast

What if you moved abroad before you had a medical job lined up? That's exactly what Dr. Carrie Reynolds did. A pediatric gastroenterologist by training, Carrie packed up her life and moved with her family to Carcassonne, France, without a full-time clinical position waiting for her on the other side. Instead, she built a life abroad through a creative mix of U.S.-based locums work and as a real es...

American physicians are among the highest-paid doctors in the world. So by that logic, nobody should leave. And yet every year, physicians pack up their lives and move to Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, the UK, Portugal, and beyond. Often for less money. In this episode, we talk about the salary question almost every physician asks when they start thinking about practicing medicine abroad: “Okay, bu...

What happens when an American physician trades the East River for the Tiber River? In 1978, Dr. Susan Levenstein left New York City and moved to Rome. More than forty years later, the internist and primary care physician is still there. In this episode, we discuss her memoir, Dottoressa: An American Doctor in Rome , and what it has been like to practice medicine in Italy's universal healthcare sys...

When we moved to Portugal in 2020, I knew I wouldn’t be able to practice medicine locally anytime soon. The only Portuguese word I knew was obrigada . And the Duolingo lessons I’d been doing on my commute into Boston? Turns out they were Brazilian Portuguese. I had absolutely no idea European Portuguese was different. In this episode, I share what it actually takes to get licensed to practice medi...

Dr. Hayley Parsley, a U.S.-trained family medicine physician, moved to Ireland to work as a GP. They weren’t looking for a short-term adventure. They were looking to build a life. In this episode, Hayley shares what it actually took to make that move, from navigating the licensing process to adjusting to a new healthcare system and culture. Moving abroad as a physician isn’t fast or straightforwar...

Dr. Andrea DeMets, a pediatrician, moved her family to the Netherlands for a year. Now she’s back in the US. In this follow-up conversation, she shares what it was really like to take a sabbatical abroad and what it felt like to return home. Because leaving is one thing. Coming back to the same life, as a different person, is something else entirely. In this episode, we talk about: ✔️ What the sab...

We were about to buy a house in Boston. Four bedrooms. Long commute. The “right” next step. And still, something felt off. A few days later, a trip to Spain changed everything. In this first episode of the Hippocratic Adventures podcast, we share the real story behind our move to Portugal and how two U.S.-trained physicians walked away from the default path and built careers that allowed us to liv...

When you bring up moving abroad, do people say: “Wait… you can’t do that?” Meet Dr. Shailvi Gupta. A trauma surgeon who built a life in Barcelona while continuing to operate in the U.S. Plenty of people told her it wasn’t possible. She did it anyway. In this episode, we talk about what it actually takes to create a life abroad while still practicing clinically. The real version. You’ll learn: ✔️ W...

Think leaving clinical medicine feels impossible? Think again. Meet Dr. Jill Monteiro, an internist who walked away from primary care in the U.S., moved to Switzerland without a job, and built a nonclinical career at AMBOSS. Her first “job” abroad? A vegetable garden and a lot of “Danke.” Now she’s a Director. In this episode, we talk about what it really looks like to pivot out of clinical medici...