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Old 04-11-2012, 09:26 AM   #12
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Unfortunately, he doesn't realize that internists and family docs rarely make as little as ODs, especially at the starting point. Starting pay for new ODs in a private setting is around 70-80K IF you can find a FT position somewhere. I think you'd have a hard time finding an MD internist working for that amount unless he/she were working 2 days per week.
Hi Jason K, I see you are an Optometrist yourself, so you're trying to say the pay isnt good at all? Or no where comparable to a doctor?
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