Editing Freida McFadden (section)

=== Medical Career ===

McFadden became a practicing physician, specializing in brain injury. For many years, she maintained a full-time hospital position while simultaneously developing her writing career. However, she made the unconventional choice to keep her two careers completely separate—her patients were largely unaware that their physician was also a bestselling author. As she has explained, she did not want her medical practice and her creative work to intersect, viewing them as distinct parts of her professional identity.

As her author career expanded and gained momentum, she gradually reduced her clinical work. She currently practices medicine part-time, working one to two days per week. This shift has allowed her to dedicate more time and energy to writing while maintaining her connection to the medical field that has always been important to her.