A couple of “short stints” in two continents is all it took for Associate Professor Marco to realise his medical calling. Working in the Amazon early in his career left a deep impression, as did Australia’s Northern Territory a few years later. North East Arnhem Land is now where Marco Briceno calls home. As a clinician with a private practice and with substantial additional roles in Northern Territory medical administration and academia, Marco  has a fulfilling and very definitely full-on life.