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Life After Lehman Brothers: Banker-Turned-Doctor Reflects On Financial Crisis, 10 Years On

Published August 23, 2018 at 12:20 PM CDT
A man enters an annex office for Lehman Brothers on Sept. 12, 2008 in New York. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
A man enters an annex office for Lehman Brothers on Sept. 12, 2008 in New York. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

The investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed 10 years ago this September. Bhavin Patel was laid off just a few months before it went bankrupt.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson met Patel five years ago when Patel had just become a doctor. Now, a decade after the financial crisis, Patel is a chief resident at Richmond University Medical Center in Chicago.

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