Students who aspire to become medical directors because they think it's a laid-back desk job are in for a rude awakening. Unlike the clinical executives of the past, today's medical directors and chief medical officers (CMOs) have enterprising issues on their desks, sprawling out to the remotest edges in the continuum of care.
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