I know it’s sensitive subject , but can you please talk about how much you get paid from first year residency program until you become specialist and when you finish your fellowship.... thanks
Speaking of my experience with my ex-gf who was a cornea specialist. She made roughly $50k as a resident and a fellow. It may have been slightly less... may have been slightly more (its been a couple of years). Then once she graduated she moved to a small town in an underserved area and her starting salary was $450k. I think her salary may have been artificially inflated due to certain extraneous circumstances. But from my time around her and her friends it seems like $200-300k per year is within reason for your salary. And it can go up quite a bit if you getting into stuff like lasik. She estimated once she got her personal clinic up and running that she would be making $1M+ per year. Especially with lasik, as the doctors in the area were known to knock out lots and lots of patients in one day. Note - she made a lot of money... but it seemed like an extremely stressful job (maybe that was just her - I always thought it sounded fascinating) and having to live in that underserved area was pretty awful too.
Hi Doc, What's the likelihood of the vitreous detaching completely / retina undergoing tears during REM sleep when the eye involuntarily darts back and forth rapidly in an already highly myopic eye with weak retinas and degenerated vitreous ?
You'll get probably 25-30% of the interviews of your MD counterparts with the same scores. Just how it is. I am applying this year as a DO and it is really rough
Since you just matched into oculoplastics fellowship match, do you have more insight on how compensation is there? Or just compared to other subspecialties like retina
I think it can vary widely but the potential to do very well financially is there because it's alot of out of pocket / cosmetic procedures and it's almost entirely a surgical subspecialty- much less medical management than something like glaucoma. But I do not have specific numbers at this point.
I did a transitional year. But programs are switching to a categorical model now which will mean more exposure to ophthalmology during the intern year and likely a smoother transition into being a pgy2.
I read an article saying depression is highest among Ophthalmologist after psychiatrist,3rd is anaesthetist in our country...Can you come up with a reason for the finding?
I think the most important thing to remember is that surveys and articles paint with a broad brushstroke. It's up to the individual to find his/her own fulfillment, to have healthy self esteem and to foster meaningful relationships. All of these qualities combat the psychosocial component of depression and are characteristic of happy people in general (not just ophthalmologists). Still, I'd encourage you to check out Medscape Physician Lifestyle & Happiness Report. Ophthalmologists in the US seem to be very happy doctors relative to their colleagues in different specialties.
