Are there Doctors who don't practice?

[868651]

Meaning, are there people with MD degrees (or DO, DDS, MD/PhD, etc) who don't practice in a clinic or hospital?

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[HomeSkool]

Meaning, are there people with MD degrees (or DO, DDS, MD/PhD, etc) who don't practice in a clinic or hospital?

Of course! There are researchers, legislators, lobbyists, expert consultants, media ******, businesspeople, product representatives, felons...the list goes on and on.

 

[wysdoc]

Of course! There are researchers, legislators, lobbyists, expert consultants, businesspeople, product representatives, felons...the list goes on and on.

yikes, my state medical board did revoke a license last month for felony murder...

 

[LizzyM]

Sometimes people get sick such that they can't practice their chosen field (particularly specialties that involve surgical interventions). Some get sick of medicine.
Some become authors, tv executives or grab a law degree and become plaintiffs attorneys.
I've even known an MD or two who became stay-at-home moms.

 

[buckoh24]

I forgot where I saw it (may have been school specific stats) but about 10-20% of the graduates went on to not practice clinical medicine. More and more people are going into biotech, education, administration, and consult for businesses and court cases.

 

[Pathdocmd]

Then there is Slomo:

 

[Deleted member 737595]

My supervisor was a pathologist and is now just a research associate in biotech.

 

[Pathdocmd]

My supervisor was a pathologist and is now just a research associate in biotech.

One of my residents went directly from his molecular pathology fellowship to industry.

 

[Goro]

Meaning, are there people with MD degrees (or DO, DDS, MD/PhD, etc) who don't practice in a clinic or hospital?

I've seen a few who ended up in teaching. Usually it's due to illness.

 

[stickgirl390]

Some of them write books about bringing dinosaurs back to life.

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

Of course. More than you would think

 

[JustaDO]

Larry Nassar