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Hi SDN, I need some candid advice. I'm a cardiology fellow and I'm trying to decide if it's worth doing an advanced echo/CT year. I go back and forth on a daily basis if I should or not. Part of me thinks it's a good idea, the other part of me thinks it is probably a waste of time.
I'd like to split my work 80/20 non-invasive/clinical. Mainly echo and CT. It can be an academic or private setting, I dont care. What I really need advice on is:
1. What is the job market like for grads with level 3 echo and CT boarded? Good, bad? Has the explosion of structural procedures increased demand for 'interventional echo' guys?
2. Do echo/imaging guys work harder, make less then the general cards attendings?
3. Should I suck it up and include CMR and do a 2 year super fellowship of echo, CT and CMR? Would that make me a lethal candidate for any echo/imaging job at a half decent hospital or be a royal waste of time?
4. Are echo/imaging guys happy? it is hard to tell at my program. When I ask they say yes, but I'm skeptical...
5. Is non-invasive (echo/ct/mr) a path to a balanced lifestyle as a cardiologist or is that a pipe dream?
6. Is an interventional echo year a better path to a job than general echo?
thanks everyone!
I'd like to split my work 80/20 non-invasive/clinical. Mainly echo and CT. It can be an academic or private setting, I dont care. What I really need advice on is:
1. What is the job market like for grads with level 3 echo and CT boarded? Good, bad? Has the explosion of structural procedures increased demand for 'interventional echo' guys?
2. Do echo/imaging guys work harder, make less then the general cards attendings?
3. Should I suck it up and include CMR and do a 2 year super fellowship of echo, CT and CMR? Would that make me a lethal candidate for any echo/imaging job at a half decent hospital or be a royal waste of time?
4. Are echo/imaging guys happy? it is hard to tell at my program. When I ask they say yes, but I'm skeptical...
5. Is non-invasive (echo/ct/mr) a path to a balanced lifestyle as a cardiologist or is that a pipe dream?
6. Is an interventional echo year a better path to a job than general echo?
thanks everyone!