5000 surgical accessions/yr (more with total specimens per case). Full mix of 88302's -09's. 500 non-gyn cytologies. 100 frozens. ALL grossing of big cases (this is a major time occupier and I wish I had a PA). No autopsies, No BM's anymore (sent out), and no FNA adequacies (diagnosis only).
Each pathologist should be signing out at least 10,000 surgicals a year
Highly variable and certainly not applicable to any and every pathologist. If you're in a GI pod lab, sure. If you're in a hospital based setting where you have large cases, grossing responsibility, committee meetings, clinical duties, etc.: impossible.
Anyway, I have my $300k job for next year and this will rise to $500k the year after that
I exclusively do dermpath and signout 20,000 - 24,000 accessions per year with an additional approx. 1,000 consults per year and some resident teaching. I don't gross or do frozens.
You're earning every penny!
I was hired a couple of years ago at a private practice group...Salary when I make partner: around $500K.
We have about 2700 SP cases per pathologist, about 70% biopsies, 15% 88307s, and 15% ditzels. We also spend one day a week just grossing and doing frozen sections and have a pretty busy FNA service, but it's clear from this thread that we could be busier. I definitely feel like the skinny guy at the beach.
Dude, 2700 surgicals for $500K/yr. I'd be proud to be the skinny guy at the beach.
Pathology goals have already been met and I honestly Im getting to the less interested in "making yet even more bank" phase of my life..
Understandable. The older you get, the more you realize there's more to life than making bank and how to make the remaining years in life worthwhile. Many of us don't think about this in the gunner phase of med school/residency or the early stages of our careers, when many want to get their piece of the pie. Although even after some people achieve financial stability, there's still some workaholic types out there who are willing to die at the scope like it's they are on a kind of pathology jihad and they're doing it for the field. Not me...
Who does your bone marrows? IR? Or the heme/oncs?
Prior to my arrival at my current institution, the pathologists here performed BM's and interpreted them. When I arrived, the heme-oncs were doing the procedure and we would issue an adjunct report in conjunction with flow that had to be sent out. Now, the reference lab we use does everything. And with the procedure aspect already being done by the heme-oncs, our involvement is next to nil.
Around 25K specimens last year. Derm only. No grossing.
I hope you're also getting paid around $500K/yr...
