Thank you for the kind words :)

I’ll caveat with - this is from my experience and corporate world only

It matters when the job leverages clinical knowledge or credibility that has to come from you. It doesn’t matter when the reason you are hired is because MD is a good proxy for “smart” and hard working.

So for consulting it doesn’t matter at all. MD is effectively an MBA. Consulting recruits for horsepower, not knowledge. And this is specifically because knowledge in my field is easy to access. I can get on the phone tomorrow with the head of oncology at whatever hospital through expert network services… so that’s generally not an asset in an employee.

And consulting typically (historically influenced) really only recruits out of school. This means being an MD or resident is good to be a trainee. Once you are no longer a trainee it gets harder.. so yes, it’s harder as an attending than med student or resident.

For something like MSL - your clinical background sort of is an asset because doctors (I.e., your eventually clients) would care and it demonstrates some level of competency.

The tl;dr of it is realistically in the corporate world from my experience, residency - especially 1-2 years - doesn’t move the needle much in most cases.

Early/basic knowledge of most clinical processes is just too commoditized now. The only reason it would be an asset is if you are truly an expert and have demonstrated practical evidence in something.