Daniel Aragón, MD, MBA | Stop being recruited. Start choosing.

Everyone else just signed.

While the rest of them

Signed Blind.

Open your eyes.

A map for the PGY-Final-Year physician walking into their first attending job.

Roadmaps

Build Great Physicians.

Every step from pre-med through fellowship handed you a map. The transition to attendinghood is the first time in 15 years no one is. Daniel walked this exact path - and built the map he wishes he had.

53,000+

Vetted private practices across 51 jurisdictions

28

Physician specialties indexed in the directory

15 yrs

Of training - then no one hands you the next page

$0

Spent on courses or lawyers before the boilerplate lands on your desk

You would sign better...

...if you could see what you are signing.

When it comes to the first attending job,

Order Matters.

STEP 01

See every option.

Browse 53,000+ vetted private practices. Most PGY-Final-Year physicians look at 3 to 5 jobs. Look at 30. You cannot choose what you have not seen.

Open the Practice Directory →
STEP 02

Read what you are signing.

The Real Contract is a 2-hour video course that decodes every clause, every red flag, every leverage point. RVU formulas, non-competes, tail coverage, bonus clawbacks.

Open The Real Contract →
STEP 03

Sign with a guide.

Find a physician-friendly attorney who has read a hundred physician contracts. Not your cousin who does real estate.

Open the Lawyer Directory →

You are not behind. You were never given the next page.

Step 01

See every option.

Most physicians look at 3 to 5 jobs.

The recruiter sends two. Your program nudges one. You ask a co-fellow and they share one of theirs. That is the full menu most PGY-Final-Year physicians ever see.

The Practice Directory shows you all of them. 53,000+ vetted private practices across 51 jurisdictions and 28 specialties. Filter by city, by setting, by specialty. You cannot choose what you have not seen.

Compare offers side by side.

Knowing the practice next door pays 30% more, or carries the call you would not, is the difference between negotiating from leverage and negotiating from gratitude.

The Directory lets you see every offer in your target metro before you respond to the first one. That changes the conversation.

Step 02

Read what you are signing.

Every clause has a meaning.

The recruiter says "this is standard." Sometimes it is. Sometimes it costs you a decade of your hometown.

The Real Contract is a 2-hour video course that walks every clause that matters. Non-compete language, RVU formulas, tail coverage, bonus clawbacks, productivity floors, termination-without-cause. Plain English.

The 90-day window.

Most contracts land 6 to 12 months before start. You have time. The Real Contract is designed to fit between two ICU service weeks. 2 hours, on your own pace, before you respond to the first offer.

Read the document the recruiter handed you the way the lawyer who wrote it does.

Step 03

Sign with a guide.

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A physician-friendly attorney in every state.

Not your cousin who does real estate. Not the generalist your bank uses. Someone who has read a hundred physician contracts and knows which clauses are negotiable in your state.

The Lawyer Directory lists physician-friendly attorneys jurisdiction by jurisdiction. Pick yours. Send the contract. Then sign.

Sign once. Sign right.

Every term you accept becomes the floor for the next time you negotiate, at this institution or your next one. Sign with a guide and the document on your desk in year 3 looks nothing like the one your co-fellow signed alone.

The boilerplate, decoded.

What lands on your desk

Section 7.2 - Restrictive Covenant "For a period of twenty-four (24) months following termination of this Agreement for any reason, Physician shall not, directly or indirectly, render Professional Services within a fifty (50) mile radius of any office at which Physician provided Services. Physician acknowledges that this restriction is reasonable in scope and necessary to protect the legitimate business interests of Employer."

What you actually need to know

"24 months in a 50-mile radius" means you cannot practice in your city for two years after you leave.
In some states, this clause is unenforceable. In yours, it might be.
"Any office where Physician provided Services" - does that include the satellite where you covered once?
Yes. Which is why the satellite list matters. Negotiate it down to your primary location.
"Reasonable in scope" is the employer's language, not the law's.
Negotiate the radius. Negotiate the duration. Negotiate the list of offices. All three are on the table.

Open the map.

Browse 53,000+ vetted private practices across 51 jurisdictions. Free. No email required.

Browse the Practice Directory

Built by Daniel Aragón, MD, MBA - a physician who just walked this path.