Hi! My name is Peter Baum, D.O.

I am a husband, dad, family medicine physician, and physician coach.

I help physicians find fulfillment and create a sustainable life and career path. I’ve helped more than 90 physicians do just that! I look forward to helping you and others.

My family and I live in the San Diego area, and I work as Clinic Medical Director at a federally qualified health center (FQHC) in a rural area outside of the city, where I also completed service through the National Health Service Corps.

Like many of you, I’m an idealist at heart and want to make a positive difference in the world.

Prior to medicine...

...I ran volunteer programs for at-risk youth, then lived and worked in Quito, Ecuador, at an international development organization working with USAID in Ecuador, Haiti, and Sierra Leone. Then I became a high school biology teacher at an American school in Quito. After trying those fields first, I was ready to commit to my childhood dream of becoming a physician.

In residency and my early years as an attending...

I gave what felt like everything to become the best physician I could be. I was striving to serve my patients with 120% of what I had to give; trying to address nearly all the needs of every patient in the short 15- to 20-minute visits we were allotted. Working at a federally qualified health center, my patients have complex medical and socioeconomic needs that make my line of work both rewarding and challenging.

Like many physicians, I became disenchanted with medicine and experienced burnout and moral injury early in my career, first in residency and later as an attending.

I was struggling to maintain work-life balance, and was not showing up at home as the husband and dad I wanted to be.

I was always preoccupied with work or my never-ending to-do list. Unconsciously, I was blaming my job for my discontent, blaming myself for not being able to be an “efficient” physician, and even believing that I wasn’t a good husband and dad because I couldn’t seem to find a way to get home earlier after work. At times, I felt powerless and that I lacked autonomy in my career. I felt trapped in a dysfunctional healthcare system.

Through physician coaching, I began training my mind to become more intentional and think in ways that generate the feelings, actions, and results that I want in my life.

Rather than reacting and indulging in the overwhelm that I felt consumed by, I transformed my life and became empowered to begin crafting a sustainable career path for myself.

I can help you do the same. I’m happy to help you and others!

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More About Me

Where I find fulfillment:

I find fulfillment in serving patients no matter what their circumstances are.

I am fulfilled in my current job and love what I do.

I am fulfilled by spending time with my family and friends.

I am fulfilled by traveling, experiencing different places and cultures, and learning new things every day.

I am fulfilled by being in nature and doing things like hiking, camping, and surfing.

I am fulfilled by working to empower others to reach their potential.

What I hope to do:

I am in the early stages of creating Sustainable Physicians, a place for physicians to find fulfillment and create a sustainable career path with the support of coaching.

I hope to help other physicians here find fulfillment and begin the journey of creating a sustainable career path—whatever that path may look like.

I hope to grow and empower others to grow at the same time.

I hope to empower others who feel stuck and powerless, yet don’t know where to start.

You can become the empowered physician you are destined to be.

We all have choices to make. We get to decide to either stay stuck, or we get to decide to grow and move forward, even when it may feel hard.

My SUPERPOWERS:

Perseverance, connecting with others, and finding positivity in the face of adversity.

Are you fulfilled in your practice of medicine?

Are you happy in your current job?

Do you feel like you can continue on the same career path you are on now?

Are you looking and ready to make a change?

You are in the right place!