In Memoriam: Radiation Oncology 1969-2019-A Tribute

[RickyScott]

Total Pay
2019	$995,060
2018	$971,915
2017	$949,976
2016	$953,180
2015	$954,990
2014	$975,031
2013	$992,520
2012	$993,265
2011	$973,108
2010	$958,795
2009	$960,844

hasn’t cracked a million

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[RadOncDoc21]

Total Pay
2019	$995,060
2018	$971,915
2017	$949,976
2016	$953,180
2015	$954,990
2014	$975,031
2013	$992,520
2012	$993,265
2011	$973,108
2010	$958,795
2009	$960,844

hasn’t cracked a million

He was pretty close in 2019... I’m routing for him! I hear getting that first million is a milestone for rad onc.

 

[RickyScott]

Sue Yom is way behind at under 500k, but then again she is a woman.

 

[medgator]

Getting another cold email from CompHealth, locums physicians looking for work!

 

[hal9k]

Getting another cold email from CompHealth, locums physicians looking for work!

Rad onc ppl really need to learn how to let it go...just retire and enjoy life

 

[medgator]

Rad onc ppl really need to learn how to let it go...just retire and enjoy life

boomers gonna boom

 

[Ray D. Ayshun]

with that last batch of pardons from the president, should only add to the locums market.

 

[Radonc90]

I thought Trump pardoned radonc?

 

[Ray D. Ayshun]

i got an email from lil wayne about locumsing, but he's got no varian experience so i passed.

 

[seper]

Getting another cold email from CompHealth, locums physicians looking for work!

Retired with no malpractice claims... Very good doc indeed

 

[Radonc90]

Well,

The group from Zurich (a la Suisse) will hold a session on 5 fractions: is it the future?
You guys/girls should register to see what they have to say.
If the future is 5 fractions, we only need to train some 40-50 residents/yr, just enough to do
the contouring volumes.

Once A.I. is out, you only need 25 residents/yr, just to supervise the Artificial Intelligence machine
(sorry about my sarcasm...):

 

[WingZeroMD]

Reimbursement increased significantly and lagging not too far behind was competitiveness of the specialty. Nearly two decades of highly qualified residents followed the reimbursement increase.

Willing to bet my life if Congress signed a law that mandated increased payouts to PCP's such that PCP's were now earning 500K minimum that FM competitiveness would go through the roof overnight. All of a sudden PD's that would take multiple failures candidates would start taking only 250's Step 1 minimum and start grandstanding about "how hard their specialty is." smh

Lets Face it Money is at the root of all EVIL, even the incorruptible, wholesome practice of Medicine

 

[RickyScott]

Willing to bet my life if Congress signed a law that mandated increased payouts to PCP's such that PCP's were now earning 500K minimum that FM competitiveness would go through the roof overnight. All of a sudden PD's that would take multiple failures candidates would start taking only 250's Step 1 minimum and start grandstanding about "how hard their specialty is." smh

Lets Face it Money is at the root of all EVIL, even the incorruptible, wholesome practice of Medicine

geography is a much greater concern than money.

 

[w00tz]

Willing to bet my life if Congress signed a law that mandated increased payouts to PCP's such that PCP's were now earning 500K minimum that FM competitiveness would go through the roof overnight. All of a sudden PD's that would take multiple failures candidates would start taking only 250's Step 1 minimum and start grandstanding about "how hard their specialty is." smh

Lets Face it Money is at the root of all EVIL, even the incorruptible, wholesome practice of Medicine

Not quite....
Neurosurgery makes a ton of money, but you don't see that being overly competitive (although they are very smart and hardworking).
Rural FM makes 500k.
Geography and lifestyle also matter a lot.

 

[RickyScott]

Not quite....
Neurosurgery makes a ton of money, but you don't see that being overly competitive (although they are very smart and hardworking).
Rural FM makes 500k.
Geography and lifestyle also matter a lot.

Majority of radoncs I trained with would take 250k job in nyc/SoCal over 500k job in kansas.

 

[RickyScott]

Majority of radoncs I trained with would take 250k job in nyc/SoCal over 500k job in kansas.

Academics would love to turn this portray oversupply as 1) problem with greedy radoncs wanting high salaries or 2) geographic maldistribution.