Neurology Nuts and Bolts: Constructing Your Career, About Face: Academics to Industry

Listen here to Neurology Nuts and Bolts: Constructing Your Career, a podcast from Creator and Executive Producer Sara Schaefer MD MHS about all the things that you wish you were taught about the practice of neurology. The podcast covers types of careers, contracts and worth, promotional development and CV building, continuing medical education and maintenance of certification, visas, billing and coding, challenges on the job, work/life balance, and more.

Originally released: June 26, 2023

Sana Aslam discusses a transition from academic clinical medicine to industry with Dr. Rita Gandhi, Senior Medical Director of Huntington's Disease Clinical Development at Genentech. They discuss types of industry jobs, the appeal of a career in industry, how to be prepared for an industry job, and the learning curve of making the transition.

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