what ever you chose make sure you enjoy it even if the salary takes a big hit. Rads took a huge hit this past year, and it will likely get worse. Before anyone says after a 16% or so cut that will be it, it won't go down more. That's what a lot of ophtho guys thought when cataracts took a 50 % hit late 80's to early 90's and since then almost another 50% cut not adjusted for inflation. we get about 30% of what a cataract paid, in the 80's. Ask almost any surgeon and they will tell you the same. Rads will probably get many more cuts as CT and MRI's which were viewed as new technology by insurance companies a few years ago become devalued. Ask a radiologist what they get for reading a chest x ray.
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