Physician Family Financial Advisors Blog

You've heard the pitch. It came from the attending in the lounge who talks about "doors," from a conference booth, or from an ad on your drive home. "...

The call doesn't come with a warning. Your mom mentions she's been having trouble with the stairs. A neighbor says your dad doesn't seem to be opening...

Your signing bonus landed. Or maybe it was the quality bonus, or the year-end productivity payout you've watched accrue since spring. You opened the p...

You started at the hospital, sat through forty minutes of benefits onboarding, checked a box next to a contribution percentage, and moved on to creden...

You are four years into a hospitalist job at a nonprofit medical center. Forty-eight certified payments are sitting in your Federal Student Aid accoun...

You out-earn almost everyone you went to high school with. But you can still feel a small jolt in your chest when a $4,000 bill lands with no warning....

You accepted the new position. The offer looked good, the commute is shorter, and the group seems like people you would want to work beside. Then some...

The Question That Shows Up Every March

You and your spouse have filed jointly since the year you got married. Nobody questioned it. Then one of you l...

Congratulations! You just brought your new addition to the family home! You are also, in all likelihood, running on four hours of sleep and a granola ...

You are in the last year of training. The signing bonus conversation is finally happening, the credentialing paperwork is stacking up, and somewhere i...

There is money left over at the end of the month. Maybe not a lot, but it's there. And every few weeks the same question comes back to you: should tha...

The Paycheck That Arrives Whole

The first locum shift payment, or the first medical-director stipend, or the first expert-witness fee, tends to land ...