Comments on: What if I became an emergency medicine doctor? http://www.moolanomy.com/81/what-if-i-became-an-emergency-medicine-doctor/ Personal Finance. Investing. Wealth Building. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:13:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: PTC http://www.moolanomy.com/81/what-if-i-became-an-emergency-medicine-doctor/comment-page-1/#comment-12155 PTC Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:45:48 +0000 http://www.moolanomy.com/81/what-if-i-became-an-emergency-medicine-doctor/#comment-12155 Oh please numbers here are so off. I have a ton of friends who are doctors now in their late 20s and 30s. My best friend's wife is actually an ER doctor like you're talking about and she started at over $400k after her residency two years ago. I have friends who are specialists making mid/high six figures and a friend who is a surgeon who had offers for over $1mm from hospitals in the midwest (he stayed in NYC though and earns mid/high six figures). Medicine is weird like that, while most jobs pay much more in the big cities versus smaller cities, in medicine you actually make a lot more if you move out to the midwest or south because of the lack of talent there. Oh please numbers here are so off. I have a ton of friends who are doctors now in their late 20s and 30s. My best friend’s wife is actually an ER doctor like you’re talking about and she started at over $400k after her residency two years ago. I have friends who are specialists making mid/high six figures and a friend who is a surgeon who had offers for over $1mm from hospitals in the midwest (he stayed in NYC though and earns mid/high six figures). Medicine is weird like that, while most jobs pay much more in the big cities versus smaller cities, in medicine you actually make a lot more if you move out to the midwest or south because of the lack of talent there.

]]> By: Pinyo http://www.moolanomy.com/81/what-if-i-became-an-emergency-medicine-doctor/comment-page-1/#comment-8239 Pinyo Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:49:17 +0000 http://www.moolanomy.com/81/what-if-i-became-an-emergency-medicine-doctor/#comment-8239 @Financialgal -- That's great. Do you think $200k and 35 hours work week is typical for an ER doctor? I think your brother got a great job. @Financialgal — That’s great. Do you think $200k and 35 hours work week is typical for an ER doctor? I think your brother got a great job.

]]> By: Financialgal http://www.moolanomy.com/81/what-if-i-became-an-emergency-medicine-doctor/comment-page-1/#comment-8227 Financialgal Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:17:41 +0000 http://www.moolanomy.com/81/what-if-i-became-an-emergency-medicine-doctor/#comment-8227 I just stumbled across this blog entry, so my comment is a little late. My brother is an ER doctor and his yearly tuition at the medical school was a whopping $60,000 a year. He went through his residency and got a job as the chief attending at an ER in the Boston area. His yearly salary is north of $200,000, but it is very expensive to live in the Boston area. On the plus side, he only has to work a total of 35 hours a week in shifts, albeit with some overnighters and holidays. I just stumbled across this blog entry, so my comment is a little late. My brother is an ER doctor and his yearly tuition at the medical school was a whopping $60,000 a year. He went through his residency and got a job as the chief attending at an ER in the Boston area. His yearly salary is north of $200,000, but it is very expensive to live in the Boston area. On the plus side, he only has to work a total of 35 hours a week in shifts, albeit with some overnighters and holidays.

]]> By: Pinyo http://www.moolanomy.com/81/what-if-i-became-an-emergency-medicine-doctor/comment-page-1/#comment-512 Pinyo Sun, 09 Sep 2007 14:56:06 +0000 http://www.moolanomy.com/81/what-if-i-became-an-emergency-medicine-doctor/#comment-512 That's a great comment. I think you are right, not just about medicine, but about every jobs and careers. If you do it for the money, you are much less likely to succeed. The doctor who interviewed me still owed student loans. I think he was over 50. May be they are so busy, it's difficult for them to think about other matters. That’s a great comment. I think you are right, not just about medicine, but about every jobs and careers. If you do it for the money, you are much less likely to succeed.

The doctor who interviewed me still owed student loans. I think he was over 50. May be they are so busy, it’s difficult for them to think about other matters.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.moolanomy.com/81/what-if-i-became-an-emergency-medicine-doctor/comment-page-1/#comment-505 Jonathan Sun, 09 Sep 2007 09:00:21 +0000 http://www.moolanomy.com/81/what-if-i-became-an-emergency-medicine-doctor/#comment-505 The main thing is that if you go into medicine for the money, you'll be much less likely to succeed and the money won't be worth it. Most of the doctors I know are doing fine even with lots of debt, although many of them aren't the best at handling money. The main thing is that if you go into medicine for the money, you’ll be much less likely to succeed and the money won’t be worth it.

Most of the doctors I know are doing fine even with lots of debt, although many of them aren’t the best at handling money.

]]> By: Pinyo http://www.moolanomy.com/81/what-if-i-became-an-emergency-medicine-doctor/comment-page-1/#comment-470 Pinyo Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:21:54 +0000 http://www.moolanomy.com/81/what-if-i-became-an-emergency-medicine-doctor/#comment-470 CFO - welcome to Moolanomy. Wow, that's a whole lot of money. Are you a doctor? I thought you are a lawyer from reading your blog. CFO – welcome to Moolanomy. Wow, that’s a whole lot of money. Are you a doctor? I thought you are a lawyer from reading your blog.

]]> By: Chief Family Officer http://www.moolanomy.com/81/what-if-i-became-an-emergency-medicine-doctor/comment-page-1/#comment-463 Chief Family Officer Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:14:00 +0000 http://www.moolanomy.com/81/what-if-i-became-an-emergency-medicine-doctor/#comment-463 One of the young-ish (30's) women doctors in my OB/GYN's practice group has to pay $300K in med mal insurance every year. She probably pays less now since that figure is from a few years ago, but still! I don't know how much she makes but it must *a lot* to be able to afford that kind of malpractice insurance. One of the young-ish (30’s) women doctors in my OB/GYN’s practice group has to pay $300K in med mal insurance every year. She probably pays less now since that figure is from a few years ago, but still! I don’t know how much she makes but it must *a lot* to be able to afford that kind of malpractice insurance.

]]> By: Pinyo http://www.moolanomy.com/81/what-if-i-became-an-emergency-medicine-doctor/comment-page-1/#comment-462 Pinyo Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:52:00 +0000 http://www.moolanomy.com/81/what-if-i-became-an-emergency-medicine-doctor/#comment-462 I think it did. I'd say a $800,000 difference is very hard to make up. I am very happy with my current job, family situation, and financial situation. I think it did. I’d say a $800,000 difference is very hard to make up. I am very happy with my current job, family situation, and financial situation.

]]> By: Lynnae @ Being Frugal http://www.moolanomy.com/81/what-if-i-became-an-emergency-medicine-doctor/comment-page-1/#comment-456 Lynnae @ Being Frugal Wed, 05 Sep 2007 18:01:32 +0000 http://www.moolanomy.com/81/what-if-i-became-an-emergency-medicine-doctor/#comment-456 It sounds like things have turned out well for you, even though you didn't become a doctor. And you probably work fewer hours than you would have had you become a doctor, too! It sounds like things have turned out well for you, even though you didn’t become a doctor. And you probably work fewer hours than you would have had you become a doctor, too!

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