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asked by Boston University to set up a These days, I usually practice 6 to 9 residency program for physicians weeks annually.” trained in radiation therapy. Dr. Feldman, who has taken more “Also at that time,” he continues, than 100 opportunities—many of those “I became involved in what we called ongoing arrangements—has fond memcooperative clinical research. I was the ories from his experiences on the road, only radiation oncologist who was a including one particular contract in the principal investigaSouthwest. “The city tor for the federally “If you do not know had a sophisticated f u nde d Nat iona l cancer center, and as where you want to Su rg ica l Adju nc t it was the only radiaBreast and Bowel tion oncology pracpractice, locum Project (NSABBP), tice in the area, it was tenens gives you the quite busy. Personnel which was created to find new methods flexibility to test out a and equipment were of treating breast very good, and I resetting to see if it fits turned repeatedly. and bowel cancer. While I was volunMy relationship with you and vice versa. teering as a memthe staff was very Furthermore, you can strong. I loved the ber of that executive committee, I was town—it was interdevote your entire also consulting for esting and charming. attention to the care My wife would come the National Cancer Institute and serving with me often, and of the patient.” on one of its major we enjoyed a lot of parent committees outdoor activities. that funded facilities such as the Dana“What has been gratifying about Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, the locum tenens lifestyle,” he muses, Massachusetts, and Yale Cancer Center “is traveling throughout the country in New Haven, Connecticut. We made and finding practically every facilvisits to these sites to determine whether ity to be very professional and up-totheir work was up-to-date and of good date. Whether universities, teaching quality. It was an arduous task but very centers, or community hospitals, they gratifying.” offer a level of care that I never would have encountered during my fellowship THE LOCUM TENENS LIFE years. It goes to show you that when Eventually, Dr. Feldman became inter- Americans decide to do something, we ested in trying something different. “In really do it. We caught up to what the 1986, while I was the department head Europeans could teach us about radiaand professor of radiation oncology at tion oncology and then moved well the university,” he states, “I decided above it.” that I wanted to see what was going For a number of years, Dr. Feldman on around the country and learn some has served as the radiation oncology other ideas. So, I signed on as a locum medical director with CompHealth. tenens physician through CompHealth, “Part of my role involves quality assurbased in Salt Lake City, Utah.” ance,” he explains, “which includes For the next 3 years, Dr. Feldman helping with program design, accrediaccepted part-time contracts through tation, and recruiting.” Dr. Feldman the staffing firm. In 1989, he ended his adds, “It also includes attending permanent practice and began provid- major meetings to provide informaing locum tenens services full time. “I tion and advice to physicians who may tried retirement for a couple weeks but not have decided where they want to did not like it, so I provided 20 to 30 live and practice or who are looking weeks of temporary coverage per year. to cut back, visit interesting parts of FEBRUARY 2009 Circle Career Card No. 605 Circle Career Card No. 604 LocumLife 23 http://www.locumtenens.com/life http://www.locumtenens.com/life http://www.jacksoncoker.com http://www.jacksoncoker.com

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