Hi everyone, currently a fellow at a more academic focused program and really liking malignant heme. Was hoping to get some insight on what kind of jobs are available for this disease group. I'm more familiar with large academic institutions, you can be on a research track vs more clinical track - but the salaries are potentially 200-300 depending on location but benefit is likely more specialization. I like research but would be happy with a more clinically focused career. Was wondering if there are many heme malignancy jobs in peri-academic/ hybrid or community setting and what these jobs would entail? Potentially see more "indolent" disease like MM, lymphoma, MDS, Im guessing acute leukemias would be referred out. And likely would have to see more disease types and prob some benign heme too. Would appreciate people's input just to see if there are community oriented jobs in heme malignancies and what kind of compensation it would be? Thanks in advance.
Jobs in Heme Malignancies
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Most practices are able to handle their own lymphomas, MDS, MPNs and myelomas out side of transplant and acute leuk patients.
A general Oncologist in most hybrid and non-academic groups are expected to do so.
However there are private groups and hospital employed places where you can primarily focus on leukemias, transplant etc where then you can be the one seeing those above patients as well and not assigned any solid onc. Salaries tend to be higher.
A general Oncologist in most hybrid and non-academic groups are expected to do so.
However there are private groups and hospital employed places where you can primarily focus on leukemias, transplant etc where then you can be the one seeing those above patients as well and not assigned any solid onc. Salaries tend to be higher.
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I’m an inpatient leukemia doc, love what I do btw. You are definitely correct in terms of academic compensation 200-300k is fair with the caveat that some academic practices offer rvu based bonus that could greatly elevate that base salary.
I encountered 1 hybrid heme malignancy position that was essentially as you described everything non acute leukemia and transplant. Those latter two were referred to the main academic hub. The pay was excellent (375k plus bonus) back in 2020 so suspect that compensation is even higher now. It was a very cool position that I strongly considered but turned down due to geographic considerations
I encountered 1 hybrid heme malignancy position that was essentially as you described everything non acute leukemia and transplant. Those latter two were referred to the main academic hub. The pay was excellent (375k plus bonus) back in 2020 so suspect that compensation is even higher now. It was a very cool position that I strongly considered but turned down due to geographic considerations
Thanks for your reply!! Sounds like it's less common to find community/ hybrid positions and especially if generalists are seeing heme malignancies as part of their practice as well. @MD46 So is it correct to say that heme malignancies focused jobs outside of academia are pretty rare?
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Yep, they are out there but rare.
There are definitely some big community or quasi-academic hospitals that support full-time mostly-malignant hematologists. Off the top of my head, I know of people or recent job postings at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Cristiana Care in Delaware, Vidant in North Carolina, INOVA near Washington DC, and NorthShore near Chicago. Salaries are higher than academics, but still in the hospital-employed range, not private practice.
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This is the truth. There are a fair number of quasi academic places out there that will have heme only jobs and pay better than academics (but not quite as well as a true PP). Some of these also do transplant if that’s something you’re interested in.
Looking at the other half of the country, places like Providence in WA/OR/MT/AK, Kaiser all along the West coast, Inter Mountain Health in UT and Sutter in CA have setups like this. I suspect Florida Cancer Specialists and Texas Oncology do as well (but don’t have firsthand information on those).
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I‘m in a hybrid setting as a transplant/cellular therapy attending but see a fair bit of new acute leuks and R/R lymphomas and myelomas. No benign heme, even though I’m double boarded.
Do multiple myeloma, specialize in cellular therapy, +/- transplant training. You will be quite employable.
