Leonard Laster, M.D.

Life After Medical School

Thirty-Two Doctors Describe How They Shaped Their Medical Careers

Doctors tell of obstacles encountered, the ever-more demanding business of practicing medicine, and mid-career decisions to pursue something else.

Dr. Leonard Laster presents revealing interviews with both practicing doctors and those who have pursued alternative careers, such as Roy Vagelos, CEO of Merck; Howard Dean, governor of Vermont; and Jocelyn Elders, former surgeon general.

Dr. Leonard Laster is founder and chancellor emeritus of the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. He has written for the New York Times, Hospital Practice, and the New England Journal of Medicine. He lives in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.