7 surprising careers that led top advisers to their current calling
Today Carolyn McClanahan is director of financial planning at Life Planning Partners, but she practiced family medicine and emergency medicine for about a dozen years until 2005. She's actually still a board-certified physician, however, after failing to find a suitable financial adviser for herself and her husband, she went back to school to learn how to plan herself.
“I loved medicine and helping patients, and financial planning provides many of those same rewards, plus I get to help bridge the two professions. Understanding health issues helps tremendously with financial planning, from more refined longevity projections and better insurance preparation, to better estate planning results.”