You spent a decade becoming a doctor. You're allowed to want something else more.

I'm Inês: physician, computational neuroscientist, mother. I've changed careers twice and lived in three different countries. I help doctors who feel stuck figure out what's next, and help them get there.

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Zurich, 2026

Notes from the way here

2010
Lisbon
Degree at the NOVA Medical School & Charité University Hospital in Berlin. I was sure I'd be a neurologist for life.
2016
Berlin
Neurology residency, in a language I was still learning. It was intense. Then my partner sent me a link to a webpage about computational neuroscience.
2018
Zurich
Left the clinic for a master's at ETH Zurich, then a PhD on MRI, brain connectivity and chronic fatigue.
2025
Clinical AI
Clinical AI at a healthtech startup: one foot in medicine, the other in product, sales and engineering.
Now
My own terms
Helping other doctors find their way out of the clinic, or back in, on their own terms.

What we can work on

"If I leave medicine, did I waste the last ten years?"
"What else could I even do with an MD?"
"Everyone tells me to push through. I'm not sure I want to."
"I don't hate medicine. I hate how I'm living it."

Choosing a direction

Research, industry, a startup, part-time clinic, a different specialty. Which paths fit you, and what each really asks of you.

Changing country

Recognition, language levels, applications and the unwritten rules in Portugal, Germany and Switzerland.

Doing it with a family

Changing course with children, or while planning for them, without waiting for a perfect moment.

An honest conversation

Every good consultation starts with an anamnesis: you tell me where you stand and what you're weighing up. Then we map out your options. In English, German, French or Portuguese.

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Dr. Inês Pereira

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Notes and videos

Non-clinical careers for doctors: what they involve and who they suitComing soon
Moving to Switzerland as a doctor: what it actually takesComing soon
What I wish I'd known before leaving residencyComing soon