so i would love to do peds, the concern is that i may max out at a salary way below what i was hoping for...what are the more lucrative subspecialities that deals with kids...like peds cardio or what about surgical sub spec.
this may sound shallow, but its an important factor for me. thanks
Okay, I'm curious, what is the salary (in 2008 dollars) that you are "hoping for" and how much lower would you be willing to go?
Surgical sub spec are surgical fields, not pediatric, so questions about them should be addressed in the surgical forums.
With regard to pediatric subspecialties, it depends on whether it is academic or private, how much night-call you are willing to do, where you are willing to work, etc. Furthermore, no one has any idea what the salaries will be like in 8-10 years when a current 2nd or 3rd yr med student will be starting practice or what the impact of health care reform, the purchasing of specialty practices by large for-profit groups, etc will have on salaries. We can't guess if you will be eligible for loan-repayment programs or other special financial programs which are or might become available.
In other words, we don't have any idea what the most lucrative pediatric subspecialties will be
for you since we don't know enough about your plans or the future of medicine.
Well, actually, the answer to your question is probably neonatology, pediatric cardiology and pediatric EM
🙂. Maybe pedi GI and PICU but that's more variable.
