Changing Career Paths Within The Same Industry (Healthcare)

An Interview with Neil P. Patel, Senior Program Manager at Episource and former medical doctor, on pivoting careers within healthcare using advanced degrees.

Imagine being on a path to become a doctor. You go to medical school, your parents are happy, and you think you've found the right career. Then you wake up one day and realize it's not quite what you thought it was. You start to explore your options and decide to go back to school, taking your knowledge as a medical doctor and applying it to MBA and MPH degrees.

This is the story of Neil P. Patel, who now works as a Senior Program Manager at Episource, a healthcare-adjacent company, using his two advanced degrees and medical background every day.

Neil shares a lot of tips that worked well for him in his career advancement, as well as his graduate school experience and how to maximize it.

About Neil:

Neil Patel opens the line of communication between internal and external partners to push initiatives forward. With over 16 years in both clinical and non-clinical sectors, Neil has experience with team building, professional development, networking, and collaboration. He has managed projects at healthcare companies such as IEHP, Prime, Kaiser Permanente, and Episource, where he is a Senior Program Manager for the strategic operations team.

While at Claremont Graduate University, Neil attended Drucker for his MBA in Strategy and SCGH for his MPH in Leadership. He completed a fellowship with the Randall Lewis Health Policy and received a C.V. Starr Scholarship and Hillcrest Transdisciplinary Award.

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