“Do you regret going into medicine?” read a text from a former co-worker within the first few weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic.
At the time, I had been in medical school for only about eight months, having recently transitioned out of a consulting job in the financial services industry. I had grown into that role after graduating from college with a degree in biology and psychology and, before I left, was managing revenue systems and clinical data repositories for pharmaceutical companies. But ultimately, my growing interest in patient engagement and advocacy — coupled with my desire to do research in the neurobiology of addiction — had motivated me to switch careers and pursue a physician-scientist track in my early 30s.
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