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Hey Everyone,
Current CA-2 at a midwest anesthesia program currently applying to pain. I am originally from Southern California and my goal is to get back there after fellowship.
I keep hearing about how saturated the job market is in Southern California for pain. The chairman from my medical school back home flat out told me not to do pain if I want to come back home for this reason. He said most pain fellows he sees end up doing general anesthesia because they couldn't get pain jobs. Obviously that's one opinion. I'd like to have more information on the subject. Being out in the midwest makes it difficult to know what's going on back home.
Bottom line question is, if I do a pain fellowship, will I have a difficult time getting a pain job in Southern California after I finish? Is it true that gas pays the same or less than pain out there? Ideally I would love to have a mixed practice with OR and pain but I really just want to know if doing the fellowship is worth it if my priority is coming back home. If I knew pain would not help my chances at landing a job, I would think twice about doing it because I still love OR.
Thanks in advance.
Current CA-2 at a midwest anesthesia program currently applying to pain. I am originally from Southern California and my goal is to get back there after fellowship.
I keep hearing about how saturated the job market is in Southern California for pain. The chairman from my medical school back home flat out told me not to do pain if I want to come back home for this reason. He said most pain fellows he sees end up doing general anesthesia because they couldn't get pain jobs. Obviously that's one opinion. I'd like to have more information on the subject. Being out in the midwest makes it difficult to know what's going on back home.
Bottom line question is, if I do a pain fellowship, will I have a difficult time getting a pain job in Southern California after I finish? Is it true that gas pays the same or less than pain out there? Ideally I would love to have a mixed practice with OR and pain but I really just want to know if doing the fellowship is worth it if my priority is coming back home. If I knew pain would not help my chances at landing a job, I would think twice about doing it because I still love OR.
Thanks in advance.