Are you a private practice doc about to lose your contract?

[JeSuisPathology]

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We have a PGY-8 who has been hired by a corporation known to buy small hospitals, dissolve existing pathology contracts at the respective hospitals (effectively firing the house pathologists), and bringing on board salaried employee pathologists.

I would be very interested in hearing your comments if you've either been at the unfortunate firing end, or on the employee end, of such a practice setting.

 

[coroner]

I'd be interested in hearing why did it take a UCSF grad eight years of pathology training to land a job?

 

[Sulfinator]

I'd be interested in hearing why did it take a UCSF grad eight years of pathology training to land a job?

How'd you know the grad was coming from UCSF?

 

[JeSuisPathology]

How'd you know the grad was coming from UCSF?

It seems that coroner may have mistakenly- albeit understandably- correlated my first post regarding the VA position with me being associated with it.

This is not the case.

 

[coroner]

I'm an attending prof at what folks refer to as a "top tier" academic institution.

Ok, so you're not from UCSF but a "top tier" institution as you say...I'm guessing Stanford maybe if you're posting an ad for the San Francisco VA.

Regardless, a graduate of "top tier" institution or for that matter any pathology graduate spending eight years in training to land a job is overkill and screams incompetence or serious social issues that would frighten most private groups...no wonder they took an admin job.

 

[JeSuisPathology]

Ok, so you're not from UCSF but a "top tier" institution as you say...I'm guessing Stanford maybe if you're posting an ad for the San Francisco VA.

Regardless, a graduate of "top tier" institution or for that matter any pathology graduate spending eight years in training to land a job is overkill and screams incompetence or serious social issues that would frighten most private groups...no wonder they took an admin job.

The SF-based ad was merely used to initiate mature, respectful dialogue.

The PGY-8 is an accomplished MD PhD.

Everyone has their own unique reason for having undertaken their particular life/academic journey.

I'd like not to detract from the purpose of this thread, as I am genuinely hoping to hear from parties affected by the thread subject.

 

[yaah]

Referring to someone as a "PGY-8" is clearly designed to convey some sort of point. No one when hiring someone references their PGY year. A more adequate way of listing someone's qualificiations would be to state what they trained in. That is, "completed internal medicine residency followed by pathology and a surg path fellowship" or "Completed pathology residency and did 3 years of research" or something like that. If they did 4 fellowships then it would say "completed fellowships in x, y, z..."

 

[path24]

Seen contracts lost due to consolidation of hospitals. Just transport all the specimens to a central location...less pathologists needed. No doubt a future of hospital systems and pathology.