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Interesting article on Google about what doctors make

151949 — Sun, 09 Apr 2017 21:23:55 GMT

Broken down by speciality. Of course it is a national average so the highest COL areas and the lowest are all taken into consideration. Highest specialty - ortho $489,000 a year and lowest pediatrician at $203,000 a year. Really a huge difference. Internal med does a little better at $209,000. Anyway , if your interested google What doctors make.

The article also discusses that doctors incomes have dramatically risen in the last 7 years due to a scarcity of people going into the field.

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QVCkitty1 — Sun, 09 Apr 2017 21:29:39 GMT

In the hospital where I worked ,I saw it go from being cardiac surgery centered, to an explosion of ortho. The aging population and there bum hip, knees and shoulders are big business.

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151949 — Sun, 09 Apr 2017 21:34:40 GMT

I think it is more due to the fact that they are able to replace more and more bad joints that ortho is exploding.One of my neighbors just had a partial wrist replacement after she fell and broke her wrist..Here in Florida they are really on the cutting edge of these joint replacements. Too bad they aren't doing spines - I could use about 10 replaced.

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151949 — Sun, 09 Apr 2017 21:36:46 GMT

Thoracic surgeons (open heart surgeons) weren't as high on the list as I expected. The hospital where I worked when I retired was doing about 6 to 8 heart surgeries every day.

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ROMARY — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 16:11:24 GMT

Years ago (maybe in the 80's or 90's (?), I knew an orthopedic nurse who worked for an ortho surgeon for many years. I recall her saying that ever since the immense jogging craze (back then), many ortho surgeons were making millions. ......... Also, I've said this many times: Because of all of the over-use of thumbs while texting by children/tweens/teens (who started at a very young age), that it will be very lucrative, in the future, to become a hand surgeon. .............. Or a neck surgeon. Keeping our heads looking down couldn't be a very good idea for our necks, either. Especially when doing so starts at a very early age (children).

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Reba055 — Sun, 09 Apr 2017 22:19:19 GMT

Highest paid also have the highest malpractice insurance premiums and they can be very steep!

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Noel7 — Sun, 09 Apr 2017 22:24:11 GMT

That's not a lot of money, comparatively. Especially when you consider what they owe in college and med school loans, plus ongoing education.

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GenXmuse — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 00:54:07 GMT

The Crossfit craze is also increasing the need for orthos and PT.

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sidsmom — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 01:18:25 GMT

@Bonanzajellybean wrote:
The Crossfit craze is also increasing the need for orthos and PT.

Boy, that's the truth.

The idiocy of CrossFit almost deserves a whole thread into itself.

Don't want to throw the baby out with the bath water...CF has helped many get off the couch....but the way they bast*rdize simple safe movements into this craziness....it's a shame it's gotten to this stage.

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151949 — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 16:56:48 GMT

@Noel7 wrote:
That's not a lot of money, comparatively. Especially when you consider what they owe in college and med school loans, plus ongoing education.

Actually, I've worked with a lot of doctors over a lot of years and for the most part , most of them either come from wealthy families, go to school in other countries where it is much cheaper than in the USA, or have some sort of schlorship or grant or something to pay for it. Seldom does anyone try to pay to go to med school in the uSA using college loans. The debt would be disabling. Most are smart enough to know that is not how to pay for med school. Most go outside the USA. Most students who graduate med school in the US are aliens from wealthy families.

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Irshgrl31201 — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 17:03:10 GMT

@Noel7 wrote:
That's not a lot of money, comparatively. Especially when you consider what they owe in college and med school loans, plus ongoing education.

I agree @Noel7 especially considering the insurance they need to cover them.

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Sooner — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 17:23:01 GMT

@151949 wrote:
@Noel7 wrote:
That's not a lot of money, comparatively. Especially when you consider what they owe in college and med school loans, plus ongoing education.
Actually, I've worked with a lot of doctors over a lot of years and for the most part , most of them either come from wealthy families, go to school in other countries where it is much cheaper than in the USA, or have some sort of schlorship or grant or something to pay for it. Seldom does anyone try to pay to go to med school in the uSA using college loans. The debt would be disabling. Most are smart enough to know that is not how to pay for med school. Most go outside the USA. Most students who graduate med school in the US are aliens from wealthy families.

We are fortunate to have a very good medical school in Oklahoma, and a DO program at the other state university. We have lots of excellent doctors in the area who graduated from these programs. And we have lots of PA's too from programs in-state--and I think that is a great field and use of resources. I use them often for the flu or something like that.

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CANDLEQUEEN — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 17:35:43 GMT

I can see where Anesthesiologists and Cardiologists make very good money..........Specialty doctors in general seem to make much more.