I find this hard to believe. Opinions

[daelroy]

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My soon to be brother in law is a physiatrist. I personally think he is full of it. He said that he and many physiatrists earn in upwards of 500K and make more than the orthopedic surgeons they work with. I find this hard to believe.

 

[normalforce]

If you think about it, outpatient PMR is all about procedures, esp if you are pain or interventional. SO, EMG's + pain injections + flouroguided techniques = big bucks. Dems da facts.

NF

 

[drusso]

I think that's a little inflated. I'm certain that some procedurally oriented physiatrists make over 500K, but that's not the average. Please see the post on "physiatrist salaries" for more realistic data.

 

[paz5559]

Please see the following link refereced by drusso below
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=84961

 

[DrGucciGal]

If you think about it, outpatient PMR is all about procedures, esp if you are pain or interventional. SO, EMG's + pain injections + flouroguided techniques = big bucks. Dems da facts.

NF

Which residency programs have outpatient>inpatient focus?

 

[axm397]

I think the ACGME has requirements about how much time you have to spend doing in-patient rehab during your residency.

If you want to know which residencies have good MSK training or interventional fellowships - there are threads on that on this forum.

For example: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=124029

and

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=124988

 

[drvlad2004]

Which residency programs have outpatient>inpatient focus?

The minimum required months of inpatient rehab is 12 months. More programs are now moving towards having just 12 months of inpatient. I find that the larger and older programs tend to have greater inpatient emphasis (i.e. Baylor, Seattle, Mt. Sinai, NYU).