General cardiology and imaging

[eheart]

I would really appreciate your input.
I noticed that many fellows going into general cardiology /imaging track in 3 years.
I know that EP job market is not perfect. Interventional is relatively stable.
What is the status of job market for general cardiology /imaging.
Level 3 echo, level 2 in nuclear ,CT, and CMR, vs level 2 in cath, echo, nuclear +/- CT.
I was told that most hospitals employed model prefer pure non-invasive instead of invasive non-interventional , since they the interventional cardiologists do the interventional calls and cover cath lab for diagnostics and interventional cases.

Again I would really appreciate your input.

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[hookaman]

What role does cardiac MR play in a private practice setting? Is it basically a modality that's relegated to the academic setting?

 

[josephf1]

went into cards to do ep, colleagues now lamenting the 2 year required EP fellowship, lowered reimburesments, and lack of jobs in desirable areas. CATH paying best in the boonies still rather than normal places to live. So thought about general cards +/- imaging. From what Ive garnered only academic places want 'imagers' per say, there is no real market for private practice MRI, most hospitals have rads doing it, maybe some for CT with Ca scoring and CT coronary but again getting nto turf war with rads. Main domain still ECHO/Nuchs, certainly DO NOT need to be level 3 in either. Basically the $$$ seem pretty much the same (mid 300s in the normal places to live) and in the boonies CATH seems to pay a bit more but that's a big lifestyle hit, colleagues have returned from interviews impressed with the money and the pampering but concerned the only thing in town is a Walmart, so think hard, the good old days are over...

 

[eheart]

Thank you josephf1