I'm finished with vascular surgery

[hopkins_student]

Originally Posted by fareau

Seven years? You must be including a fellowship in that calculation? Residency is a grind (especially internship), but fellowship is pretty enjoyable.
Nope, my peds fellowship will make it 8 years. There were a few 6 year neurosurgery programs left but they're all going to 7.

 

[hopkins_student]

Originally Posted by chuckseabreeze

Little off topic, but what has been your experience with Orthopaedic surgeons thus far?
Typically pretty pleasant. They're not as entertaining as the urologists though.

 

[Pezzaturra]

Originally Posted by Jumbie

Hospital I did rotations at used a service in Australia at night for this reason. Thing is they were always effing up the readings and had to be officially read when the in-house docs came in the next day.

Those bastards down under were making a killing though. One of the ICU docs used to ***** about why the hospital was wasting so much money using them.

In any case, I'm not going anywhere near those lucrative fields. For now, I love plain old steak and potatoes medicine. May change my mind when I have to work on my own and deal with all the bullshit hours/billing but that's my chosen path.



Are you lazy? Do you want to make money? You don't want to be on-call much?
Anesthesiology is your field.

NSG is a very lucrative field.
Neuros with private practices make 600 to a mill per year . I know a couple of them from a car-club and they are rich and well respected bastards.

 

[Jumbie]

Originally Posted by Pezzaturra

Are you lazy? Do you want to make money? You don't want to be on-call much?
Anesthesiology is your field.

Then you do a fellowship in pain management and really rake it in.

NSG is a very lucrative field.
Neuros with private practices make 600 to a mill per year . I know a couple of them from a car-club and they are rich and well respected bastards.

Well, of course.

I think the respect thing partly stems from the association of neurosurgery with statements of "it's not rocket science" or "brain surgery" i.e. you've got to be pretty smart to do it. Hell, it's even ingrained in me. I hear ortho or plastics or whatever and I think $$ but when you say neuro my initial "internal response" is smarts.

The 3 neurosurgeons I know are pretty cool though. Helps that they're younger guys as well.

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by Pezzaturra

Are you lazy? Do you want to make money? You don't want to be on-call much?
Anesthesiology is your field.

What's the difference between an anaesthesiologist and a urologist?

 

[Douglas]

Originally Posted by RJman

What's the difference between an anaesthesiologist and a urologist?

you only know when the uroligist has his finger in your ass?

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by Douglas

you only know when the uroligist has his finger in your ass?

Close. A urologist spends all day with someone else's dick in his hand.



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[fareau]

Originally Posted by Jumbie

In any case, I'm not going anywhere near those lucrative fields. For now, I love plain old steak and potatoes medicine. May change my mind when I have to work on my own and deal with all the bullshit hours/billing but that's my chosen path.

I am a specialist but the Dean has me Attending general medicine wards these two weeks. Our team is post-call today and with the new work hours rules, the residents and interns have to be out of the hospital by noon (which leaves me taking care of things that can't be cleanly signed out to the cross covering team). It is very different from what I remember as a resident (staying in until 7 or 8 pm post call to get everyone "tucked in"). I spent much of this evening sorting out a delirious end-stage liver disease patient (who is accusing me of running a cult)....... no work hour rules when you become an attending

Good luck with general medicine if that is the path you end up taking. It really is one of the hardest (and probably most under respected) fields of medicine.

 

[Aus_MD]

Originally Posted by lee_44106

While it's true that most orthopedic surgeons are large/muscular in stature, they are also quite brainy. In fact, it's a very very difficult/competitive residency to get into.

Strong as oxen and twice as clever.

 

[Pezzaturra]

Originally Posted by RJman

Close. A urologist spends all day with someone else's dick in his hand.



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[bigasahouse]

Originally Posted by Jumbie

I'd personally go into dermatology if I wanted something highly paid that's in demand due to the lifestyle.

Good luck getting in- it's one of, if not the most, competitive residency to get in to.

 

[Jumbie]

Originally Posted by bigasahouse

Good luck getting in- it's one of, if not the most, competitive residency to get in to.

I was responding to lee's comment that the "smart people" choose Ortho as a highly compensated field.

Once again, I am doing IM because it's what I like even though it's bottom of the barrel so to speak. Well, maybe better than FP (this was second on my list) or Peds depending on who you speak with. So don't need any luck getting into derm cause I have no interest other than a little bit of jealousy (I admit) at their lifestyle and, to a lesser extent, earning power.