Hello all,
I'm a hospitalist in NYC interested in a career in global health (med-ed, humanitarian work) and have been considering a pulm/ccm fellowship based on these goals, but more recently, with some more consideration of finances. In brief, I've realized I've been naively idealistic about money and combining my goals of living a comfortable life in CA (buying a mid-sized home in LA/Bay Area, etc) while also giving up income to work in South Asia one day. I think pulm/ccm might be a sustainable career in a way that hospital medicine (currently first year as hospitalist at my residency institution) will not be, and perhaps in my 'off time' allow me to explore my non-clinical interests/hobbies in a way that cards/GI may not be able to.
I was wondering if people here could briefly speak to the ways in which pulm/ccm is a better financial option than hospital medicine? I currently make 180k full time in NYC as an academic hospitalist before moonlighting (total ~200-220k), and am looking to move to CA and practice medicine there for much of my career. Do you know/have a sense of the starting and mid-career pulm/ccm salaries in SF/LA based on your or your colleagues' experience? I was curious about both the 7 on/off models and the hybrid ICU/clinic models and the pay differentials, esp ones that involve a 'week off' and have the option of pulm consults and clinic.
I hate to be crassly asking about money but I've regrettably realized at this stage in my life (I'm 32) that my generation's world will be a lot more complicated with regard to living a decent life in an expensive state and doing meaningful global health work. I'm asking this question because I actually enjoyed my time in the ICU, am fairly analytical/math minded and for that reason might enjoy pulmonology as well.
Thank you so much for your thoughts.
I'm a hospitalist in NYC interested in a career in global health (med-ed, humanitarian work) and have been considering a pulm/ccm fellowship based on these goals, but more recently, with some more consideration of finances. In brief, I've realized I've been naively idealistic about money and combining my goals of living a comfortable life in CA (buying a mid-sized home in LA/Bay Area, etc) while also giving up income to work in South Asia one day. I think pulm/ccm might be a sustainable career in a way that hospital medicine (currently first year as hospitalist at my residency institution) will not be, and perhaps in my 'off time' allow me to explore my non-clinical interests/hobbies in a way that cards/GI may not be able to.
I was wondering if people here could briefly speak to the ways in which pulm/ccm is a better financial option than hospital medicine? I currently make 180k full time in NYC as an academic hospitalist before moonlighting (total ~200-220k), and am looking to move to CA and practice medicine there for much of my career. Do you know/have a sense of the starting and mid-career pulm/ccm salaries in SF/LA based on your or your colleagues' experience? I was curious about both the 7 on/off models and the hybrid ICU/clinic models and the pay differentials, esp ones that involve a 'week off' and have the option of pulm consults and clinic.
I hate to be crassly asking about money but I've regrettably realized at this stage in my life (I'm 32) that my generation's world will be a lot more complicated with regard to living a decent life in an expensive state and doing meaningful global health work. I'm asking this question because I actually enjoyed my time in the ICU, am fairly analytical/math minded and for that reason might enjoy pulmonology as well.
Thank you so much for your thoughts.