hi,

could someone post the link to the salaries for optho subspecialties (i.e. retina, cornea, glaucoma, etc.) thanks. i remember seeing it awhile back but cna't find the link agian.

hi,

could someone post the link to the salaries for optho subspecialties (i.e. retina, cornea, glaucoma, etc.) thanks. i remember seeing it awhile back but cna't find the link agian.

Retina docs tend to work harder and make more then general ophthalmologists. The allied physicians page lists them separately from the rest, I think they found the average salary to be in the 400's (remember that these ranks lists aren't always so accurate).

I'm also very curious what the other types of subspecialists tend to make though, like occuloplastics/orbital, neurophtho, glaucoma, etc.

speaking to some retina fellows who are finishing this month, they say that in the Northeast (Mass/CT/VT), starting salaries are around 175-200K in private practice. At height of career (at least currently) salaries max out at 500K, 600K if you work really, really hard.

In the academic setting for retina, salaries are about 2/3 of those figures, both start and max.

In northern CA, I've heard that Kaiser starts retina docs at 275K, but that is pretty much fixed at that for as long as you're there. No chance to buy-in .
Same thing for southern CA Kaiser, except salary is a little bit lower.

retina apparently has a very good job market right now.

A retina doc posted here about a year or so ago and wrote a long description of his lifestyle, income, job market, etc.

He said he was making $800k working ~50 hours/week.

I might be able to dig the post up somewhere on my hard drive.......

A retina doc posted here about a year or so ago and wrote a long description of his lifestyle, income, job market, etc...

Here: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=67862

a retina doc i worked with told me he bills around 1 to 1.5 million a year. granted, this is billing, and he will probably only recieve 40% of this. still 400K to 600K a year is pretty good.

a retina doc i worked with told me he bills around 1 to 1.5 million a year. granted, this is billing, and he will probably only recieve 40% of this. still 400K to 600K a year is pretty good.

Yea......somehow I think one could find a way to make ends meet.

Yea......somehow I think one could find a way to make ends meet.

Yes, even for the general ophthalmologist. I think few people realize how much $100K - $200K per year will buy.

Yes, even for the general ophthalmologist. I think few people realize how much $100K - $200K per year will buy.

Money be damned. It's a pretty cool specialty without even considering the money. :D

I'm thinking of doing plastic surgery, but some optho's do plastics I think. It might get a bit boring doing eyelids all day but how much money would a good eyelid plastic surgeon make?

Not too sure about money, but many oculoplastic surgeons really branch out to do facial plastics. The nice part is that they still do interesting orbital cases, definitely not bread and butter.

if they branch out to do other facial plastic procedures...where do they get the training to do those?

Most ASOPRS fellowships involve surgery on the entire face, including endoscopic brow/midface lifts and liposuction, including all the other surgeries you would associate with oculoplastics.