Comments on: SDN Salary Expectations Survey

By: stv

stv — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:42:20 +0000

Salary is one thing, but everybody knows that if you don’t have MD/DO after your name……well…..you’ll never really be the real thing

… you’re a moron if you went into medicine to make money…..and obviously, you went to medical school to ‘try’ and make up for something… you’re jus like my roommate.. lmao

By: min

min — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:39:49 +0000

Liking what you do is more important than how much you make. I want to be a dentist and I think I would enjoy that while many others would hate it. Skill and ambition are things that cannot be calculated and put into a table like this. Same with location, if you are a plastic surgeon in LA, you will make a lot more than one in south dakota.
And why is this a competition??? It’s information, are you trying to compensate for where you lack? all these professions are prestigious and not everyone can do them

By: BA

BA — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:49:48 +0000

“Salary is one thing, but everybody knows that if you don’t have MD/DO after your name……well…..you’ll never really be the real thing”

You detract from your imagined prestige with a comment this blatantly stupid. The real thing? I suppose then that a doctor of dentistry is not the real thing when it comes to care of the teeth and mouth? Each of these professions are geared to a specific purpose. Tell me how the mouth or eye are any less a part of your body than your skin or hair? Try to show some respect for your fellow professionals (if that is what you are).

By: GV

GV — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:12:00 +0000

I make about 300K in Emergency Medicine working about 35 hours per week. I think if you look at the number of hours worked, it’s a hard specialty to beat.

By: bellguilly

bellguilly — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:44:29 +0000

Salary is one thing, but everybody knows that if you don’t have MD/DO after your name……well…..you’ll never really be the real thing

By: jack

jack — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:29:35 +0000

well said Peter

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:11:02 +0000

Yeah, I know many dentists who make close to half a mill. easy, many also have half days. M.D.s get screwed in comparison.

By: NYDerm

NYDerm — Tue, 19 May 2009 04:05:59 +0000

The average doctor salaries posted seem reasonable, but many doctors today have used their business skills and established major practices, with several physicians, nurses, PA’s, NP’s ect… I know of a few plastic surgeons and Derms that take home 2.0 mil+ from their practices on gross revenues of anywhere from 5 to 10 mil. Clearly they are not making this by working solely by themselves so it cannot truly be considered to be a doctors income.

By: john mafnn

john mafnn — Sun, 17 May 2009 07:48:04 +0000

i’m a dentist in a small town doing just pediatric dentistry. I graduated dental school 1 year ago and am on track to make $450,000 working as an associate 5.5 days per week. . .half days on Saturday and Mon-Fri 9 hours per day.

My other friend from dental school was our valedictorian and he is on track to make $700,000 this year in another small town.

Key to making a lot in any health profession is GO TO A SMALL TOWN!
These numbers are not inflated; they are reality. I never thought these types of numbers would be possible as a dentist, working as an associate at a practice. . . but it is.

By: Gina

Gina — Fri, 15 May 2009 02:57:21 +0000

Previously, salary meant absolutely nothing to me. I just wanted to be the best OB/GYN I could be. That was until, I completed my first two years of medical school, which proved to be quite a challenge. Knowing that I will be in just about $400,000 debt when I finish, year, I am definitely going to specialize based on my earning potential. I want more than anything to work with the undeserved, but that is going to be put off for a few years until I can get some debt off my back. Sad, but very true.