Pain Medicine Physician Salary
Overview Pain is a complex beast. People can have chronic pain from cancer, arthritis, injuries, or just plain back pain. The Institute of Medicine issued a report stating that about 100 million Am...
Category Archives: Non-Surgical Specialties
Geriatrics Physician Salary
Overview Baby boomers are defined as those born during the post World War II baby boom between 1946 and 1964. 2011 minus 1946 equals 65 years old. We are at that time period where the baby boomers ...
Radiation Oncology Physician Salary
Overview Cancer is often approached by a multi-disciplinary team : medical oncologist, surgical oncologist, and radiation oncologist. Radiation oncologists are different from radiologists and medica...
Genetics Physician Salary
Overview Medical genetics, different from human genetics, is a recognized primary medical specialty by the American Board of Medical Specialties. It comprises the practice of medicine with a particu...
Rheumatology Physician Salary
Overview Did you know there are over 100 forms of arthritis? Rheumatologists do. They are the specialists of non-surgical joint disease, soft tissue disorders, vasculitis’, and autoimmune dis...
Radiology Physician Salary
Overview Radiologists are often touted as the best lifestyle job of all the medical specialties. You sit in a dark room and look at images all day long. There are no late hours or call to do becaus...
Psychiatry Physician Salary
Overview Psychiatrists are physicians specializing in the treatment of mental disorders. It’s a huge field. Have you seen how big the DSM-IV book is? Can you believe there is finally a DSM-V...
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician Salary
Overview Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation doctors are often called Physiatrists for short or PM&R docs for even shorter. They specialize in rehabilitation medicine which focuses on improvi...
Pathology Physician Salary
Overview The first time I met a pathologist was when I was in pre-medical school in the caribbean. We were standing in line to get through customs when the doctor noticed my alma mater’s t-shi...
Nuclear Medicine Physician Salary
Overview Nuclear medicine involves the use of radioactive materials aka tracers in order to diagnose and help treat a disease. An x-ray and ct-scan can identify abnormalities because of difference in...