Finding the Right Work/Life Balance

By Matt Kalaycio, MD

My experiences as a leukemia doctor and bone marrow transplanter contributed to changes in my outlook. My clinic includes many younger people whose lives are interrupted with horrible consequences, and the treatment we give them (even if it cures them) irrevocably changes their life story. It didn’t take me long to figure out that my original priorities – career reputation above all – were misplaced. I needed to find a way to spend time with my family, while still managing to develop my career to provide for their needs. Does that mean I couldn’t have it all? I suppose that depends on your definition of “all.”

Read the full ASH Clinical News column by Dr. Kalaycio, Chairman of Cleveland Clinic’s Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology.