Nephrology

[HolyMoly]

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What is the pay and lifestyle like in nephrology? What does clinical practice entail? Is it common for nephrologists to open up dialysis centers? What sort of practice is most common? I am very interested in it as a field from an academic standpoint (i.e. the subject matter is very interesting to me) and was just curious about the actual practice, etc. Thanks!

 

[HolyMoly]

Anything at all? 🙂

 

[Atlas]

Anything at all? 🙂

I am interested in nephro as well. From what I understand, as it stands now (and everything could be totally different by the time we are out practicing), nephro is in the middle of the pack in terms of pay for IM subs. The lifestyle varies from relatively good to bad. Mostly, call is probably better than GI or Cards, but more than rheum or endocrine. Practice settings vary too based on the number of other docs in the group, academic vs. private, etc. Obviously, in private practice, you'll make more than in academics (but again this can change in the blink of an eye...thanks to the increasingly overwhelming control by the government on reimbursement in the field). Sorry, but its true.

Atlas

 

[maxpower75]

I am interested in nephro as well. From what I understand, as it stands now (and everything could be totally different by the time we are out practicing), nephro is in the middle of the pack in terms of pay for IM subs. The lifestyle varies from relatively good to bad. Mostly, call is probably better than GI or Cards, but more than rheum or endocrine. Practice settings vary too based on the number of other docs in the group, academic vs. private, etc. Obviously, in private practice, you'll make more than in academics (but again this can change in the blink of an eye...thanks to the increasingly overwhelming control by the government on reimbursement in the field). Sorry, but its true.

Atlas

Hello, I am starting a nephrology fellowship next year, and have been talking to various people within the field. It appears that compensation varies quite a bit depending on size of your practice, as well as the size of the group you are in (in private practice), One fellow from my program is joining a large group, with potential ownership, his starting salary is about 75K over a hospitalist salary with the opportunity to make >350 once he becomes a partner. Anyone else heard any different? Good luck

 

[Atlas]

Hello, I am starting a nephrology fellowship next year, and have been talking to various people within the field. It appears that compensation varies quite a bit depending on size of your practice, as well as the size of the group you are in (in private practice), One fellow from my program is joining a large group, with potential ownership, his starting salary is about 75K over a hospitalist salary with the opportunity to make >350 once he becomes a partner. Anyone else heard any different? Good luck

That doesn't sound too bad. It's not as stellar as Cards or GI, but if you love it the money is just icing on the cake! SO is that $75k + 150K = 225K??? (and that's starting out of fellowship?) Just curious. Thanks for your feedback.

 

[HolyMoly]

Yea, I'm curious as to what other job offers people have heard of...and also, I'd like to know what exactly goes on in a day in the life of nephrologist (I understand that it probably varies, but tell me what you've heard🙂

 

[HolyMoly]

bumpity bump

 

[Atlas]

Yea, I'm curious as to what other job offers people have heard of...and also, I'd like to know what exactly goes on in a day in the life of nephrologist (I understand that it probably varies, but tell me what you've heard🙂

Just from what I've seen online, a lot of jobs are starting around 140-150K. Not too impressive. Although, the BEST jobs are rarely advertised on the internet nor do they need to be...or else they wouldn't be the BEST! 🙂

 

[maxpower75]

That doesn't sound too bad. It's not as stellar as Cards or GI, but if you love it the money is just icing on the cake! SO is that $75k + 150K = 225K??? (and that's starting out of fellowship?) Just curious. Thanks for your feedback.

From what I understand, his offer was 180K +30K signing bonus, it seem in Nephrology you really don't make too much until you become a partner in dialysis ownership. Average starting salary is btw 150-180, but becoming partner you can easily double that. At least this is what I have heard.....

 

[alysonheather]

I work with an advertising agency in NYC who is looking for a Nephrologist or a PharmD with nephrology fellowship to fill a Medical Director role. If someone is interested in careers outside of the clinical side of nephrology this could be a consideration. Can anyone tell me where I might get a list of candidates who fit those requirements?

Thanks,
Alyson

Just from what I've seen online, a lot of jobs are starting around 140-150K. Not too impressive. Although, the BEST jobs are rarely advertised on the internet nor do they need to be...or else they wouldn't be the BEST! 🙂

 

[modelslashactor]

bumping this one to get a better feel for the lifestyle if anybody knows...obviously it varies based on your practice, but what i'd like to know specifically is about emergencies. are there a lot of nephro emergencies a la cards?

 

[Qtip96]

bumping this one to get a better feel for the lifestyle if anybody knows...obviously it varies based on your practice, but what i'd like to know specifically is about emergencies. are there a lot of nephro emergencies a la cards?

emergencies are usually calls for emergent dialysis (hyper k, volume with arf, occ. cvvhd in icus). these calls can get almost as busy as cards or gi (endoscopy for gib) depending on the nature of the practice. but, you can make your practice pretty cush. also depends on the geography. like people living in border states get a lot of revolving-door emergent hd because there are a lot of immigrants without insurance with esrd. they don't get chronic hd, and have to get hd thru eds.