Activating Take This Job and Shove It Guy

We all know this person but it's rarely a bright doctor in his late 30s who probably just finished paying off his medical school loans.

Yesterday my internist at a prestigious academic medical center — a guy who I've gotten to know much too well over the last four years for reasons I'll one day explain on my www.ihavenothingbettertodothanbitchandmoanaboutmy
healthproblems.com blog — told me he's "hanging it up" in May.

Turns out he's sick of dealing with overwhelming amounts of paperwork ("Bush's ridiculous new Medicaid plan made the cluster**** ten times worse than it was.") while earning a smaller salary than the constant parade of drug reps peddling their wares in his office.

"And my wife and I didn't grow up in St. Louis, so we're tired of not being able to answer the, 'Where did you go to high school?' question (strategically used to measure a person's socioeconomic upbringing by provincial locals) at parties."

So, my (ex) doctor is moving with his wife and two young children to Portland, Oregon.

"Do you have family ties there?" I asked.
"Nah. Couple friends."
"Are you going to practice medicine?"
"I don't think so," he said.
"What are you gonna do?"
"I don't know, but I really love the outdoors so a city in the west seems like a good place to be."

Fed Up Doctor Who Took Action and Moved To a Cool Place: Activated.

Anybody know of a good internist?