In your opinion, what specialties would be the best for a MD couple?
Taking into mind, family income, time to spend with kids, etc.
Taking into mind, family income, time to spend with kids, etc.
Well, you should also take into account the needs of the relationship- if one spouse cannot deal with the other working 100 hour weeks, that'll be pretty fatal to the relationship as well...Whatever fields you'll both be happy in. If one of you isn't satisfied in his or her job, it will follow you home every day of the week. That's more detrimental to a marriage than 100 hours a week in hospital.
In your opinion, what specialties would be the best for a MD couple?
Taking into mind, family income, time to spend with kids, etc.
Do stark laws apply to married couples? As long as you arent getting kickbacks for the referrals you should be fine, right?specialities where you can self referal. Jk
Do stark laws apply to married couples? As long as you arent getting kickbacks for the referrals you should be fine, right?
Do stark laws apply to married couples? As long as you arent getting kickbacks for the referrals you should be fine, right?
I was being facetious. I was also implying that sex could have possibly been categorized as quid pro quo for said referrals.Stark laws especially apply to married couples
Surgery and medicine. It feels like west side story.
Ob/gyn and urology = power couple. Think of all those sweet ureter transection referrals.
What specialty would pair best with PM&R?
For me it maybe IR and vascular surgery. Might be able to provide all aspect of vascular care.
There was a couple at my school who couples matched this combo when I was an M1. She looked like the captain of the cheerleading squad. He looked like the captain of the football team. It was unreal.Ortho and derm: they would have the most beautiful children
FTFY.Might as well just have IR and homemaker.
You mean vascular surgery as home maker?Might as well just have vascular surgery and homemaker.
There was a couple at my school who couples matched this combo when I was an M1. She looked like the captain of the cheerleading squad. He looked like the captain of the football team. It was unreal.
Sports med and a ChiantiWhat specialty would pair best with PM&R?
It's like they were born to be the parents of 90s teen movie villainsThere was a couple at my school who couples matched this combo when I was an M1. She looked like the captain of the cheerleading squad. He looked like the captain of the football team. It was unreal.
Sports med would be paired with a tall, cool Bud.Sports med and a Chianti
Doesn't matter how good your marriage is, when you're working together, there is far more opportunity for friction in medicine than I'd recommend, and if they're your partner at work, you have no one to point fingers at but each other when a lawsuit inevitably pops up, leading to stress emotionally and financially.Depends on how happy the marriage is, and if they want to see more or less of each other
This I agree with; my post was in response to OP's question.Doesn't matter how good your marriage is, when you're working together, there is far more opportunity for friction in medicine than I'd recommend, and if they're your partner at work, you have no one to point fingers at but each other when a lawsuit inevitably pops up, leading to stress emotionally and financially.
Ah, yeah, that I can agree with.This I agree with; my post was in response to OP's question.
Really though, my advice is that husbands and wives do not share a practice. It opens up a lot of areas for tension and liability, just don't do it. Find two separate specialties or practices that work well for you and the life you want.
I actually know if a couple where one is an orthopedic surgeon in his own practice and she is an acute pain partner in a different practice (PM&R trained). They refer to each other frequently, making sure every patient knew their relationship. Patients actually absolutely love it.I was being facetious. I was also implying that sex could have possibly been categorized as quid pro quo for said referrals.
Agreed. My father-in-law is an OB and we do the same (I'm FM). As long as you're up front about it with patients, they do tend to like it.I actually know if a couple where one is an orthopedic surgeon in his own practice and she is an acute pain partner in a different practice (PM&R trained). They refer to each other frequently, making sure every patient knew their relationship. Patients actually absolutely love it.