On the interview trail, a resident mentioned signing with a private practice group that paid off his loans. Of course he had to commit a number of years and if he left the practice early would be reponsible for paying the group back x amount of dollars subtracted from the length he was in the group.
I do remember him also mentioning his loans were in the 200K range.
Has anyone heard of simiular situations???
I also think there are loan Forgivness programs for academic folks looking to do some research...