I was briefly talking to an ortho surgeon the other day and we were talking about PAs. he said hes had his own pa since day 1 and that becauase of his PA he barely touches paper work. I know another ortho surg. whose PA opens and closes for him, does his dictations, does half of his call, and sees patients in the clinic.
From various websites it seems that the reported hours that most surgeons, including ortho, work about 55-60 hour weeks (or so). what i'm really wondering is - if you have your own PA - by how much can you cut down your hours / week. Could you get down to like 40 hours a week with half call?
Also, - are most PAs contracted through groups, or (more likely) do you, as the surgeon, personally contract your PA and pay him/her out of your own salary (tax deductible??)??
I'm thinking - if your making 375k as a surgeon - take out 90k for a PA and knock your hours down substancially = 👍👍👍
anyone have any background info here?
From various websites it seems that the reported hours that most surgeons, including ortho, work about 55-60 hour weeks (or so). what i'm really wondering is - if you have your own PA - by how much can you cut down your hours / week. Could you get down to like 40 hours a week with half call?
Also, - are most PAs contracted through groups, or (more likely) do you, as the surgeon, personally contract your PA and pay him/her out of your own salary (tax deductible??)??
I'm thinking - if your making 375k as a surgeon - take out 90k for a PA and knock your hours down substancially = 👍👍👍
anyone have any background info here?
