Hippocratic Adventures Podcast
Hippocratic Adventures is a podcast hosted by two U.S.-trained physicians, Dr. Ashwini Bapat and Dr. Emeric Bojarski, who moved to Portugal and built unconventional careers. Each week, they share real stories from physicians living abroad, working remotely, pivoting into non-clinical roles, or designing unique paths in medicine. The show goes beyond the highlight reel to explore the uncertainty, logistics, identity shifts, and creative solutions involved in leaving the traditional medical path. It aims to help listeners who wonder if there is more to their careers discover a way that works for them.
Episodes
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.But we experienced it very differently.For Emeric, Portugal felt like home almost immediately.For Ashwini, not so much. In this episode, we look back on six years of living abroad and talk about what the transition actually felt li
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. Different families. Different reasons for leaving.And in many ways, they are.But after six years, more than 14,000 physicians in our community, hundreds of conversations, and our own move to Portugal, the same lessons keep showing up.In th
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 to Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, the UK, Portugal, and beyond.Often for less money.In this episode, we talk about the salary question almost every physician asks when they start thinking about practicing medicine abroad: “Okay, but wh
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 found herself increasingly burned out by the realities of modern medicine."I was over the encroaching EMR. I was getting to the office early just to finish notes from the night before and staying two hours late..."A vacation to New
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 up her life and moved with her family to Carcassonne, France, without a full-time clinical position waiting for her on the other side.Instead, she built a life abroad through a creative mix of U.S.-based locums work and as a real estat
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 years later, the internist and primary care physician is still there.In this episode, we discuss her memoir, Dottoressa: An American Doctor in Rome, and what it has been like to practice medicine in Italy's universal healthcare system
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 lessons I’d been doing on my commute into Boston? Turns out they were Brazilian Portuguese. I had absolutely no idea European Portuguese was different.In this episode, I share what it actually takes to get licensed to practice medicin
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 build a life.In this episode, Hayley shares what it actually took to make that move, from navigating the licensing process to adjusting to a new healthcare system and culture.Moving abroad as a physician isn’t fast or straightforward, a
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 really like to take a sabbatical abroad and what it felt like to return home.Because leaving is one thing.Coming back to the same life, as a different person, is something else entirely.In this episode, we talk about:✔️ What the sabbatica
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 everything.In this first episode of the Hippocratic Adventures podcast, we share the real story behind our move to Portugal and how two U.S.-trained physicians walked away from the default path and built careers that allowed us to live ab
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 operate in the U.S.Plenty of people told her it wasn’t possible. She did it anyway.In this episode, we talk about what it actually takes to create a life abroad while still practicing clinically.The real version.You’ll learn:✔️ Why she
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 without a job, and built a nonclinical career at AMBOSS.Her first “job” abroad? A vegetable garden and a lot of “Danke.”Now she’s a Director.In this episode, we talk about what it really looks like to pivot out of clinical medicine a
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