In her sixth year practicing locum tenens, Hema Padmanabhan, MD, FACP, relishes being able to provide services in stimulating locations, experience new communities, and care for the people who need it most—all without tying herself to long-term commitments.

Michael Luce, CRNA, has spent years moving about the country as a full-time locum tenens provider.

One physician explains how both his professional and personal situations improved once he finally traded in his practice for a locum tenens lifestyle

Phillip Macy, MD, practiced as an anesthesiologist and intensivist for 12 years, until a health scare—requiring emergency open-heart surgery at the age of 41—led him to reconsider his specialty...and alternative career paths.

It is no secret that there are certain disadvantages to being an employee, but owning a practice has its downside as well. The best solution? For Michael Ivory, DO, it turned out to be a locum tenens lifestyle.

Three OB/GYNs join forces to maximize the locum tenens experience

Making time for international travel can be a challenge for healthcare professionals who maintain a permanent position. But practitioners wanting to immerse themselves in different cultures do have options.

Offering flexibility and the chance to visit interesting locales, locum tenens is also a solution for practitioners with more specific personal needs. Such was the case for Donald Bley, MD, a family physician from the Mid-Atlantic who could rarely find time to visit his new vacation home up North.

After more than three decades of practicing orthopedic surgery in various settings both in the U.S. and abroad, Carl Unsicker, MD, FACS, is a seasoned practitioner, to say the least. Not surprisingly, he cites his time as a locum tenens physician as a contributing factor to his long and successful medical career.