Hippocratic Adventures Podcast

14 - Why Wait Until Retirement? A Family Doctor’s Life Between the U.S. and the Philippines

Dr. Thomas Goforth spent 17 years practicing family medicine in Harlem and the Bronx and had no particular desire to leave New York City. Then he and his wife took a tri

13 - 11 Years as an ER Attending. Then She Started Over in Norway

Dr. Targhee Øverås had been an emergency medicine attending for 11 years when she and her family finally decided to move to Norway. They made the decision in April 2023.

12 - How Long Until It Feels Like Home? Six Years in Portugal

Six years ago, we boarded a one-way flight to Portugal with a three-year-old, a ten-month-old, and most of our life packed into a few bags. We were making the same move.

11 - 7 Lessons We’ve Learned From Physicians Moving Abroad

When we started Hippocratic Adventures, we assumed every physician’s move-abroad story would be completely different. Different countries. Different specialties. Differe

10 - Burned Out OB/GYN to Expat Physician: Dr. Carmen Brown's Australia & New Zealand Journey

What if a one-year locums assignment changed the course of your entire career? For Dr. Carmen Brown, that's exactly what happened. An OB/GYN in the United States, Carmen

9 - This Pediatrician Moved to France Without a Full-Time Medical Job

What if you moved abroad before you had a medical job lined up? That's exactly what Dr. Carrie Reynolds did. A pediatric gastroenterologist by training, Carrie packed u

8 - The Salary Question Every Physician Asks About Moving Abroad

American physicians are among the highest-paid doctors in the world. So by that logic, nobody should leave. And yet every year, physicians pack up their lives and move

7 - Dottoressa: An American Doctor in Rome

What happens when an American physician trades the East River for the Tiber River? In 1978, Dr. Susan Levenstein left New York City and moved to Rome. More than forty ye

6 - How to Get Licensed to Practice Medicine in Portugal

When we moved to Portugal in 2020, I knew I wouldn’t be able to practice medicine locally anytime soon. The only Portuguese word I knew was obrigada. And the Duolingo le

5 - What It's Really Like to Practice Medicine in Ireland as a US Family Doctor

Dr. Hayley Parsley, a U.S.-trained family medicine physician, moved to Ireland to work as a GP. They weren’t looking for a short-term adventure. They were looking to bu

4 - Physician Sabbatical in the Netherlands: What No One Tells You About Coming Back

Dr. Andrea DeMets, a pediatrician, moved her family to the Netherlands for a year. Now she’s back in the US. In this follow-up conversation, she shares what it was real

1 - We Almost Bought a House in Boston… Then We Moved to Portugal

We were about to buy a house in Boston. Four bedrooms. Long commute. The “right” next step. And still, something felt off. A few days later, a trip to Spain changed ev

2 - “You Can’t Do That”...How a Trauma Surgeon Built a Life in Spain Anyways

When you bring up moving abroad, do people say: “Wait… you can’t do that?” Meet Dr. Shailvi Gupta. A trauma surgeon who built a life in Barcelona while continuing to ope

3 - Doctors CAN Pivot: She Left Primary Care and Built a NonClinical Career in Switzerland

Think leaving clinical medicine feels impossible? Think again. Meet Dr. Jill Monteiro, an internist who walked away from primary care in the U.S., moved to Switzerland w