Transfusion Medicine Salary Range

[futuredoc331]

Can anyone help me out by giving a range for what a TM doc might expect coming out of residency? The south would be a preferred region. Thanks!

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[octopusprime]

Most TM only jobs are with academics or local blood banks or the red cross, they're not crazy well paying. unless you have TM fellowship and do general AP/CP as well, i'd anticipate most are on the lower end.

 

[deleted314957]

I can not comment on today but a number of years ago the red cross bb med directors in this state were making what was considered a scandalous amount of money. and it WAS a boat load. it was in the papers as an “expose” type of article. it was well over $500k.

 

[Guest8]

I can not comment on today but a number of years ago the red cross bb med directors in this state were making what was considered a scandalous amount of money. and it WAS a boat load. it was in the papers as an “expose” type of article. it was well over $500k.

Yes, how scandalous of them to make . . . what many specialist physicians make. Crazy!

 

[deleted314957]

Yes, how scandalous of them to make . . . what many specialist physicians make. Crazy!

I agree. We all deserve to make a minimum of 750k/yr.
That STILL represents a significant pay cut in real/ today dollars compared to 30 years ago for most paths I knew.

 

[SunBakedTrash]

Can anyone help me out by giving a range for what a TM doc might expect coming out of residency? The south would be a preferred region. Thanks!

I had some co-residents go into TM. These were ranges for 2016-2017 applicants.

ARC medical directors in the south were offered just shy of 200k. Academics in a major southern city was in the 180k range. Midwest academic was around 220k. A PP job also covering AP in the midwest was starting 200k with a partnership increase to 400k but this really was a surg path job with added blood bank call. Academic in a major west coast city was 150k.

 

[TrojanRaggy]

So, these academic blood bankers who get 150K are the people living in those blue tents in LA!!! 😈

 

[deleted314957]

So, these academic blood bankers who get 150K are the people living in those blue tents in LA!!! 😈

They need to be close to their plasma donor base.

 

[SunBakedTrash]

In defense of the crap academic salaries, these all seemed to be essentially come in at 10 leave at 2 with an extended lunch mommy-track jobs where residents did all the actual work, whatever that usually was.i bet it was a sweeter gig than the assistant professor in surgical pathology pulling a similar salary for ten times the work and responsibility. I have zero idea what an ARC medical director actually does.

 

[deleted314957]

In defense of the crap academic salaries, these all seemed to be essentially come in at 10 leave at 2 with an extended lunch mommy-track jobs where residents did all the actual work, whatever that usually was.i bet it was a sweeter gig than the assistant professor in surgical pathology pulling a similar salary for ten times the work and responsibility. I have zero idea what an ARC medical director actually does.

I don’t either. But they DID make big bucks in this state. Today?

 

[SunBakedTrash]

I don’t either. But they DID make big bucks in this state. Today?

Executive Compensation at the American Red Cross (2020)

The American Red Cross (ARC) is one of the most recognized charities in the world. Based in Washington, DC, ARC works to “prevent and alleviate human suffering” by mobilizing employees and voluntee…

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This doesn’t look that impressive to me unless there is significant non-reportable income involved.

 

[deleted314957]

Executive Compensation at the American Red Cross (2020)

The American Red Cross (ARC) is one of the most recognized charities in the world. Based in Washington, DC, ARC works to “prevent and alleviate human suffering” by mobilizing employees and voluntee…

paddockpost.com

This doesn’t look that impressive to me unless there is significant non-reportable income involved.

Not too good. Less than their chief tech.

 

[gbwillner]

I had some co-residents go into TM. These were ranges for 2016-2017 applicants.

ARC medical directors in the south were offered just shy of 200k. Academics in a major southern city was in the 180k range. Midwest academic was around 220k. A PP job also covering AP in the midwest was starting 200k with a partnership increase to 400k but this really was a surg path job with added blood bank call. Academic in a major west coast city was 150k.

In 2014 a buddy of mine got a TM job in an academic NYC hospital and he got $250K.

 

[dacrocytestorm]

what is the average workload for full time TM job in academia? can you get away with working from 10am-1pm every day like you can in molecular?
I imagine the techs are doing most of the grunt work for any thing in the blood bank / cell therapy lab and residents handle any testing for transfusions. So the attendings just need to round with the residents for a few minutes each day?
If that is the case, $250K for that type of work is a good deal. Better than $300K for a 60-hour/week surg path gig.

 

[Napoleon1801]

what is the average workload for full time TM job in academia? can you get away with working from 10am-1pm every day like you can in molecular?
I imagine the techs are doing most of the grunt work for any thing in the blood bank / cell therapy lab and residents handle any testing for transfusions. So the attendings just need to round with the residents for a few minutes each day?
If that is the case, $250K for that type of work is a good deal. Better than $300K for a 60-hour/week surg path gig.

Depends on what you sign on for. If there's an apheresis obligation, expect call and off-hour consultations.

 

[Guest8]

Depends on what you sign on for. If there's an apheresis obligation, expect call and off-hour consultations.

Ugh. That brings back some horrible memories from residency of pheresing transplant patients in the middle of the night. I had completely blocked that out of my memory. Yes, if your academic center does liver/kidney transplants regularly you might deal with apheresis at all hours.