Finishing up 4th year as a neurosurgery attending, ask me anything

[hopefulraddaddypls]

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pay + lifestyle or just lifestyle?

is there a site that shows pay per hour for specialties (and actually accurate, not just user reported with sample size of like 5)?

Well trained breast rads can produce a ton of rvus per day with minimal mental burden, the con is you're reading mammos, but you're also less likely to face a lawsuit because breast rads are in high demand, you have the proper credentials to read screening mammos, and you're seen as a net + to society even if you do miss a cancer- all of this was told to me by multiple brads

 

[mmmcdowe]

Missed the draw by a couple months since I technically finished up 4th year as an attending. Promoted to Vice Chair of Education and associate PD, swung and missed (but relatively favorable score for the next time) at my first R grant, first two patents finally made it all the way to being granted. AMA

 

[VA Hopeful Dr]

Missed the draw by a couple months since I technically finished up 4th year as an attending. Promoted to Vice Chair of Education and associate PD, swung and missed (but relatively favorable score for the next time) at my first R grant, first two patents finally made it all the way to being granted. AMA

What did you patent?

 

[vm26]

Well trained breast rads can produce a ton of rvus per day with minimal mental burden, the con is you're reading mammos, but you're also less likely to face a lawsuit because breast rads are in high demand, you have the proper credentials to read screening mammos, and you're seen as a net + to society even if you do miss a cancer- all of this was told to me by multiple brads

Any rad (MQSA) can produce tons of wRVUs by reading screener tomo's. Diagnostics/biopsies, not so much.

The job market or demand (which has substantially cooled for breast imagers, not so much for the rest of radiology), has zero impact on medical legal liability, CMS reimbursements, or anything else aside from the cost to recruit/retain physicians.

In general, most radiologists shy away from breast imaging specifically due to perceived increased med-legal liability (unsure if the data supports this or not, but many breast cancers are retrospectively present on screeners if you look closely enough).

 

[mmmcdowe]

What did you patent?

A drill specifically for craniofacial surgery and a blood test for aneurysm detection

WO2023183067A1 - Surgical drill for craniosynostosis and endoscopic procedures - Google Patents

A surgical drill system for use with a drill bit includes a base and a drill head positioned forward of the base which is operatively connected to the base. The drill head includes a drill bit interface to which a shaft of the drill bit is attachable so that an axis of the shaft of the drill...

patents.google.com

 

[Dragonite7]

Thanks for keeping this thread up.
How much of your time do you spend on research vs clinical vs teaching/admin? I'm curious about how hard it is to run a lab while maintaining active neurosurgery practice.

 

[mmmcdowe]

Thanks for keeping this thread up.
How much of your time do you spend on research vs clinical vs teaching/admin? I'm curious about how hard it is to run a lab while maintaining active neurosurgery practice.

Ultimately, everyone's balance is going to be different. I prioritize institutional roles over basic science and do not have a lab. Instead I rely heavily on collaborations with full time basic scientists. Most of my work in that sector is discussing strategy/ideas, writing/reviewing grants, and reviewing manuscripts. My clinical obligations fluctuate based on call and clinic/OR schedules. Pure clinical responsibilities probably are 40-60 hours depending on the week. The other time left goes to my other duties and research.