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Everywhere I look I see average salaries for family docs around $140K. However, many people have told me that with FM, the sky is the limit! If you tailor your practice the right way then you have the potential of making a lot of money. For example: performing laser hair removal and other cosmetic procedures, and maybe having more than one clinic.
I don't want to sound like I'm in this for the money. I'm not. Its just that I have over $300K in student debt. Yeah I could pursue a specialty that is better reimbursed, but I love family medicine. So, is it possible to make over $200K/yr? I don't want to live in a rural area either.
I spoke with a practicing FM doc who told me that he made $400K last year because he performs his own biopsies on his patients and he does some endscopies. And he practices in the suburb of a big city. Is this realistic for future family docs?
I don't want to sound like I'm in this for the money. I'm not. Its just that I have over $300K in student debt. Yeah I could pursue a specialty that is better reimbursed, but I love family medicine. So, is it possible to make over $200K/yr? I don't want to live in a rural area either.
I spoke with a practicing FM doc who told me that he made $400K last year because he performs his own biopsies on his patients and he does some endscopies. And he practices in the suburb of a big city. Is this realistic for future family docs?