Voices of Physicians
Real stories from physicians who've made bold career moves and transformed their professional lives
Break Into The Board Room: Navigating the Uncomfortable Path to Your Next Career
Physicians must embrace being bad at new skills to grow beyond medicine’s perfectionism. Climbing "Cringe Mountain" leads to success through failure and persistence.

My Experience Working with Mercor Intelligence Training AI Models
Physicians collaborate on AI prompts to enhance clinical nuance in models. The project is engaging, supportive, and requires no AI background.

Bridging Tech, Community Care, and Policy Across Meta, Clarify Health, Wider Circle, and Stanford
Leadership shaped by diverse sectors emphasizes mission, transparency, and kindness for impact. Scaling community care blends equity with systemic challenges, requiring cultural humility and flexible models.

You Don’t Go to Medical School Thinking You’d Be Working at Google
Physicians are bridging medicine and tech, shaping AI-driven healthcare at companies like Google. This shift redefines care beyond hospitals, blending clinical insight with innovation.

Effective leadership isn’t about titles—it’s about impact.
Great healthcare leadership requires more than clinical training—it demands adaptability, collaboration, and vision. Both clinicians and non-clinicians can drive change by focusing on impact, not just credentials.

My Journey from the Clinic to the Kitchen
Dr. Linda Shiue transformed her medical career by pioneering culinary medicine, leading with passion to create patient-centered programs, influence medical education, and inspire healthier lives through the power of food.

From Burnout to Balance: How Occupational Medicine Helped Me Reclaim My Purpose
I entered medicine to help people, but in Internal Medicine, I found myself treating the same issues without addressing root causes. In Occupational and Environmental Medicine, I found a path that aligns with my values—focusing on prevention, work...
Dr. Margaret Neale, Stanford Negotiation Expert, on the Power of Anchoring
At Mozibox Research, we recently explored insights from Dr. Margaret Neale, a Stanford negotiation expert, whose teachings on the anchoring effect offer powerful strategies for salary negotiations. Her approach reinforces that setting the first nu...

The Courage to Pivot: You Too Can Find Freedom, Fulfillment, and a New Way to Heal
After two decades in pediatrics, Dr. Jessie Mahoney realized that even a fulfilling career can feel misaligned when your inner voice says, “This isn’t it anymore.” Through coaching, mindfulness, and yoga, she found the clarity to leave clinical me...

Doctors need to help other doctors be happy
Despite a slight dip in burnout rates, many physicians feel disillusioned, undervalued, and trapped at a career crossroads, questioning the profession they spent over a decade training for. With broader workforce confidence declining and tradition...

How One IMG’s Hustle Turned Into a Global Movement
Dr. Vidya Kollu, an IMG and oncologist, transformed her personal struggles—from match-day uncertainty to burnout and rebuilding after rock bottom—into a mission-driven career empowering over 4,000 international medical graduates through Empower IM...
