Do A “Financial Fellowship” After Residency
Every internal medicine resident has to decide in the middle of their residency whether to go into primary care or become a specialist. This...
Completing A Financial Fellowship
In many areas of medicine, there is the ability to undergo additional training for specialization. For most specialties, additional training via fellowship usually means...
To Boost Happiness, Trade Your Money For Time
A major focus of this blog is to help improve your finances and increase your net worth through shrewd, but simple investing techniques. But...
Building Wealth: What’s Your Threshold For Penny-Pinching?
Back when I was a resident, I lived in a high cost of living area. About one and a half of my paychecks went towards...
For Medical School, Would You Go To A More Prestigious Private School or A...
It's a question that reverberates in the minds of premeds around the country.
If you have a choice between multiple medical schools, should you go...
Understanding The Medicare Physician Payments Database
In an era of increasing transparency in medicine, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicaid Services (CMS) has been publishing data on payments to individual...
The High Cost of Living In A HCOL Region
When I worked on Wall Street, I lived in the Financial District neighborhood on the southern tip of Manhattan. The Financial District is actually...
It’s Not All About The $$$: Endpoints in Personal Finance
Every physician, especially those who work in oncology, have read their fair share of clinical trials. In order to advance the field of medicine,...
Debt Is The Great Equalizer
Imagine we are on a desert trip. Every 2 weeks we come across an oasis with a spring full of fresh water. We replenish...
How To Calculate Your Savings Rate
The savings rate in America is abysmal. As a result, many Americans rely on Social Security and pensions to fund their retirement.
However, physicians would...