Attend for Doctors

05/18/2026

The 2026 401(k) contribution limit is $24,500. For physicians earning $300,000 or more, that's less than 8 percent of gross income. It’s a solid starting point, but not a complete picture on its own.

Maxed out your 401(k)? Consider also building:
✔️ Backdoor Roth IRA: tax-free growth and tax-free withdrawals in retirement
✔️ Taxable brokerage account: no contribution limits, no restrictions on withdrawals
✔️ Health Savings Account: triple tax advantage when invested for the long term
✔️ Deferred compensation plan: Allows high earners to defer income and reduce current tax exposure

The 401(k) is the foundation; these are what you build on top of it.

05/15/2026

Financial stress doesn't stay in the spreadsheet.

Financial pressure is one of the leading contributing factors to burnout, anxiety, and career dissatisfaction in medicine. For physicians carrying significant student debt alongside the demands of a high-stakes career, that pressure is compounded.

Addressing that stress changes what you carry. A physician with a clear financial picture, a plan that accounts for their actual life, and income protection in place has one less thing to juggle when life gets busy.

That matters more than you might think.

05/13/2026

For first-generation physicians, the attending salary arrives with a unique set of pressures. Significant debt, financial decisions made without a personal reference point, and often the added weight of being the first high earner in a family that's counting on you.

That starting point deserves honest, specific guidance, not advice built around a life that looks nothing like yours.

If you're a first-generation physician figuring out where to start, we'd love to be in your corner: https://attendwealth.com/

05/11/2026

The standard employer policy covers one to two times your annual salary. For a physician earning $300,000, that's $300,000 to $600,000 in coverage. That number sounds substantial until you measure it against what it would actually need to replace.

For a physician with a young family, $600,000 in coverage can disappear quickly. What remains isn't a safety net, but a bridge that doesn't quite reach.

➡️ An individually owned term life policy fills that gap. It travels with you regardless of where your career goes, locks in your rate while you're young and healthy, and gets sized around what your family would actually need.

If you'd like to review your current coverage and talk through what the right amount looks like for your situation, reach out: https://go.attendwealth.com/consult-7584

05/10/2026

Between rounds, charts, and bedtime stories, you carry the weight of two callings. Today, we celebrate you. Happy Mother’s Day. ❤️

05/08/2026

Reviews like this make our day. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thank you, Katie, for sharing your experience.

Taking the time to truly understand each family's priorities and being available for them is at the heart of what we do.

If you're a physician looking for a financial partner who actually gets your career, your goals, and your life outside the hospital, we'd love to talk.

*Testimonial provided by a current client of Attend Wealth Management. No compensation was provided in exchange for this testimonial. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Individual experiences may vary.

05/06/2026

Dr. Max Epstein could have chased the biggest paycheck. He didn't.

He was on the orthopedic surgery track, the high-volume, high-prestige, highest-paid route, when he asked a question most physicians don't ask until it's too late: "I know I could be happy doing this in 5 years. But will I be happy in 30?"

He picked the 30-year answer. He became a pain medicine physician. He moved to Utah. He built a four-day work week. And he started saving in a Roth as a resident.

Five years into attending life, he's one of the steadiest physician voices on our advisory board, because the principles he lives by are the ones Attend was built on:

"Live like a resident as long as you can." "Spend money on memories, not things." "It's not what you make. It's what you keep."

He gets it. That's the point.

04/30/2026

In residency, "defer" is a survival strategy. As an attending, it’s a financial trap.

Residency trains you to put your life on hold, including your finances. You defer your student loans, your savings, and your strategy because you’re focused on the finish line.

But when the attending paycheck hits, that "deferral habit" doesn't just switch off. The income is finally there, but the big decisions get pushed to the back of the line again.

The physicians who navigate this transition best aren't necessarily "math people." They’ve simply realized that the rules of the game have changed. As an attending, time is your greatest asset. The transition is realizing that and acting on it.

04/27/2026

If you're a physician counting on PSLF, the rules just changed. Here's what's different, who it affects, and what you should be doing right now.

PSLF rules are changing in 2026. Attend Wealth, a physician-focused wealth advisor in Atlanta, explains what doctors need to know and do right now.

04/24/2026

Thinking about going locum?

The ability to choose where and when you practice is incredible, but when you leave a staff position, you'll find that you're picking up a to-do list without a how-to guide, including:
✅ Quarterly tax filings
✅ Buying your own benefits
✅ Handling malpractice tail coverage

These extra tasks aren’t dealbreakers, but it helps to have a plan before you hit the ground running.

Thinking about making the move? Let's make your financial foundation as flexible as your new schedule.