I have no idea. I don't expect much. Most things have already been tried and failed. A lot of radiologists actually made a lot of money with boarderline fraudulant billing practices. The government cut down on all of this and they lost a lot of salary. That caused a lot of whining. I personally didn't make the big salary before the reforms, so it didn't afffect me.
I am at work right now sitting in my condo looking at a great view of the tall buildings and I havn't had back pain in 1.5 years. I never even think about it.
It was in Neuroradiology. That is by far the best fellowship for tele
My impression only includes what an ED doctor would actually care about. Some people put renal cysts and stuff like that. Who the F cares about that?? I don't even include cholecystectomies in the impression of CT scans
I do teleradiology, so none. I did a heavy IR fellowship in Neuroradiology, so I used to do a ton of angiograms and kyphoplasties. I loved those. I almost got a part time job with Medtronic teaching kyphoplasties.
I didn't go to GU. I interviewed there for fellowship. I LOVE the location and would have probably loved being there for med school or fellowship. If you seriously think you would like going to GU and are from the northeast, by all means you should apply there. But if GU is a second teir school for you, you should save your money.
I havn't talked to a patient in 2 years
Glorious.
Well, it used to be that you made $1,000,000 a year working 40-50 hours a week. Now you are making $300-$350 a year doing the same thing. That is why the competition went down a bunch. I still think it is a great field. I have a better life than most of my friends and make more than most of them. But not everybody would be lucky enough to get my job or do it as good as I do it.
Thanks for the insight. I'm on their waitlist and would like to go there, but I am wondering if I should just withdraw and be happy with the other school I was accepted at. I'll stick it out on the waitlist some more.
You totally can, but you have to be near the top of your class.
Honestly, it is only the first day. I start Friday at 10 PM. On Thursday I stay up until 3 or 4 AM and binge watch movies or TV series. I then sleep in until noon to 1 PM. From there, I just have to be awake for 19 hours, which isn't bad. After that, smooth sailing. One out of every 5-6 weeks I have sleep problems.
AI Reading: I don't think of it much at all. It will never be usefull in normal radiology. Maybe in Mammo and maybe as something that we can use to overbill people. But I don't think it will happen in my career.
I did a Neuro fellowship because it was open in the area that I wanted to be. A body fellowship is pretty much useless because there isn't much you learn that you will encounter in the real world that other people can't do. Only Neuro and MSK do you get stuff that other peopel don't do.
Tips for macro organization? I've only got 200-300 and can't quickly call them up.
3.21 undergrad GPA. I had a 2.1 as a sophomore and 3.7 my last two years. And I would say extracurrics help more than honors. People want to know they like being with you as a person and human being.
Part of that is just me and being able to remember stuff. Have an organization system. For me, the first word is always the modality, the second is the exam, the third is the contrast. I also have about 200 common diagnosis, so I have those, too. So I have "CT Appendicities without" and "X-ray Torus left."
Can IR docs still do reads if their procedures dry up? It seems like at my hospital IR docs get all the difficult cases for patients that wouldnt tolerate open procedures or the other proceduralists wouldnt touch.
