Specialist salaries?

[snoopy69]

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I was wondering if anyone could give me some numbers on the salary difference between a general vet and a specialist (particularly dermatology). How competitive is it to get into these programs?

 

[brooke104]

I found some information about veterinary pathologist salaries on the American College of Veterinary Pathologists web site. You can see the salary survey if you go to: http://www.acvp.org/

Then click on, 2003 ACVP Salary Survey. I also looked at the American College of Veterinary Surgeons web site: http://www.acvs.org/flash.html
But, I didn’t find any salary information. Another web site to look at would be the American College of Veterinary Dermatology at: http://www.acvd.org

I didn’t find any information about salaries on this web site either, but maybe you will be able to find something that I didn’t.

I don’t know how competitive specializing is, but I hope that the pathologist salary information helps you out a little bit.

 

[dvm]

😉 http://www.aclam.org/gen_economic_survey.html

 

[verbal_kint]

This isn't totally on topic, but I was wondering if anyone knew whether a person who specialized in say surgury would be pigeon holed into doing surguries all the time, or could they still maintain and flexible and balanced schedule involving more areas of medicine?

 

[brooke104]

This is something I have wondered myself. I have never worked for a specialist but the only ones that I have seen in action all work at specialty clinics. From what I understand that is what they do all day long. I have talked to a specialist that also wants to teach and is trying to find a balance between the two. I wonder if it would be possible to work at a practice with a general practitioner and somehow do all of the complex surgeries or chemotherapies or ophthalmology cases or whatever your specialty is, and also have clients as a GP. I haven’t seen this myself, but I think that it would be a very interesting career opportunity.

 

[cudvm2005]

This isn't totally on topic, but I was wondering if anyone knew whether a person who specialized in say surgury would be pigeon holed into doing surguries all the time, or could they still maintain and flexible and balanced schedule involving more areas of medicine?

That's the beauty of becoming a veterinary GP. You can do all kinds of specialized surgeries and also do all the medicine stuff (and other stuff as well.) You do not need to become a board certified veterinary surgeon to do surgery as vet. You can certainly have a much more balanced life as a GP than a specialist.

 

[verbal_kint]

That's the beauty of becoming a veterinary GP. You can do all kinds of specialized surgeries and also do all the medicine stuff (and other stuff as well.) You do not need to become a board certified veterinary surgeon to do surgery as vet. You can certainly have a much more balanced life as a GP than a specialist.

Is it a similar case with a human GP or?

 

[cudvm2005]

Is it a similar case with a human GP or?

I don't know for sure, but I doubt that human GP's do much surgery. My own GP has at times done things like an ECG or other type exams (pelvics, etc.), but I don't think she would every do surgery! I don't even know if she would do biopsy's, which GP vets do all the time. Once again, another reason it's better to be a vet than a physician, and another reminder of how sad it is that we make so much LESS money than they do (but we do so much more) When clients complain to me about fees, I like to tell them your referring veterinarian is your pets GP, dentist, pharmacist, radiologist, surgeon, therapist (behavior), repro specialist, dermatologist, ophthalmologist, oncologist, and neurologist, all wrapped in one! Imagine what the fees of an equivalent human doctor would be!