Endocrine superspecialty

[bochaw]

just wondering, anyone have any idea about life / job market / salary as an endocrine superspecialty such as endocrine oncology, obesity, or nutritionist? would there be any improvement on those aspects after finishing the training?

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[rokshana]

just wondering, anyone have any idea about life / job market / salary as an endocrine superspecialty such as endocrine oncology, obesity, or nutritionist? would there be any improvement on those aspects after finishing the training?

Money isn’t very different per se…it’s the ability to focus on an area of interest.
Obesity medicine currently doesn’t require a separate fellowship ( those that are out there are usually through GI… UAB and MGH I believe are endo) to become BC.
Nutrition isn’t really an endocrine sub specialty per se, that is a different route per se, though some endos will get certified as a CDE.
There are only 2 endo oncology fellowship out there I believe, MD Anderson and Michigan, so endos that do the onc aspect do so from experience and focusing their practice in that.
Thyroidology ( which you didn’t mention) again is something that one develops a a focus through practice and not additional fellowship…and money is prolly the same as a gen endo, just get to focus on the subject matter that interests you.

 

[NewYorkDoctors]

There is the CME pathway for ABOM for obesity medicine. Ive seen some GIs do it but also seen some PMDs do it. They have informed me that it has helped their practice as they feel more comfortable in handling obesity more directly.

 

[Blue_sky_endo]

I considered doing this, and considered the ABOM fellowship. It's essentially remote fellowship - read and then take a test.

At the end of the day, I think the jobs are somewhat limited and this limits where you can live and practice. You have to be in a large enough area to need a sub-subspecialist, or superspecialist as you put it. I may still get that fellowship, as I would be better informed, but I don't think it would change my job much. I don't want to live in a large enough city that it would make sense to do anything besides general endo. My impression is that pay is the same - as rokshana said, it just comes down to how you want to spend your day.

 

[dozitgetchahi]

There is the CME pathway for ABOM for obesity medicine. Ive seen some GIs do it but also seen some PMDs do it. They have informed me that it has helped their practice as they feel more comfortable in handling obesity more directly.

Agreed…there was someone from my IM residency who did this straight out of residency with no fellowship training, and is now leading up the “obesity medicine” division at a well known academic institution.