The Studio was founded in 2026 by Diana Montalvo, a former NHS surgeon who left clinical medicine, rebuilt her career and now works as a career coach for doctors. For months, doctors messaged her with the same worries: not knowing what else was out there, and feeling guilty for wanting something different.

The Studio grew out of those conversations. Its approach is that doctors do not need a plan or a big decision to begin, only a place to think out loud with others who have been where they are. It is open to doctors anywhere in the world.