Private/Non academic jobs following Neurocritical care fellowship

[Neurocritical]

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Hi there all!
I am currently in a Neurocritical care fellowship and just started to think about where do I want to end up after this. Most of the folks I know have ended up doing some sort of academic jobs after this fellowship but I do want to explore what's outside. Would love to talk with someone who has done this in the past i.e. moving beyond academic setting, going into private/hospital employed Neurointensivist job after the NCC fellowship. Thanks!

 

[kchan99]

I'm not in neurocritical care, but I do know a few fellows from my institution who have gone to work in large community hospitals right after fellowship.

 

[typhoonegator]

There are certainly non-academic jobs out there, or jobs that offer some mix of neuroICU and hospitalist work. There aren't many community hospitals out there that can support entire neuroICUs, so the practice model is different from academics. Neurosurgery practice is quite competitive in some areas, and some private surgical hospitals are hiring neurointensivists to manage post-op neurosurgery patients in a sort of boutique-ish atmosphere. Some of these neurointensivists are employed by a neurosurgery group, others by the hospital to attract the surgeons. In most of these cases, you are the only one looking out for yourself, and much of the job is babysitting.

Don't forget that not all 'academia' is the same as the rat-race academics you see in huge training programs. There are university hospitals with large catchments where you don't have to spend all your time worrying about promotions and teaching obligations and such.

 

[Neurocritical]

There are certainly non-academic jobs out there, or jobs that offer some mix of neuroICU and hospitalist work. There aren't many community hospitals out there that can support entire neuroICUs, so the practice model is different from academics. Neurosurgery practice is quite competitive in some areas, and some private surgical hospitals are hiring neurointensivists to manage post-op neurosurgery patients in a sort of boutique-ish atmosphere. Some of these neurointensivists are employed by a neurosurgery group, others by the hospital to attract the surgeons. In most of these cases, you are the only one looking out for yourself, and much of the job is babysitting.

Don't forget that not all 'academia' is the same as the rat-race academics you see in huge training programs. There are university hospitals with large catchments where you don't have to spend all your time worrying about promotions and teaching obligations and such.

Thank you Typhoonegator! Also thanks for the encouraging words 🙂. Yes, I haven't completely given up the dreams of an academic job!