What is a University Health Physician?  These are the physicians that work at universities serving the medical needs of that university’s student body.  The majority of the patient population would be 18 years to 22 years old but keep in mind there are older students as well.

Universities often have clinics staffed with nurse practitioners and physicians to offer subsidized medical care to students.  Students can get cheaper prices for office visits, laboratory workup, and xray images.  Some universities are staffed with NPs only and lead by physicians.  Other universities have physicians seeing patients as well.

Some of the salaries I’ve been able to find on the subject matter are thanks to the Texas Tribune and their data on government employee salaries.

• Jeff Paxton, MD – Staff Physician of Student Health Services at Texas Tech University – $125,557
• Miguel, Villareal, MD - Staff Physician of Student Health Services at Texas Tech University – $122,901
• Emilio Carranco, MD – Director of Student Health Services at Texas State University – $150,515
• Lenore DePagter, DO – Chief Medical Officer of Student Health Services at Texas State University – $124,481
• Mary Rae, MD – Chief Physician of Student Health Services at University of Houston – $150,000

Doesn’t sound like a lot.  But I would venture to bet that the benefits are pretty good and that the call is insignificant especially if they have Nurse Practitioners available.  Let’s not forget the kind of pathology you would get treating this small subset of patients.  I am guessing that the majority of the patient illnesses is run of the mill.  If it were anything more serious, they would probably be utilizing their own health insurance instead of their university’s health plan to seek specialist care.

If there are any university student health doctors reading, share your experience in the comments below!

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Below are the top seven highest earning academic physicians at the University of California, San Francisco.  Figures were reported in 2008 and made public here due to the Freedom of Information Act.

You’ll notice that the trend is

• having an MD
• all male
• trained as a specialist
• more so trained as a surgical specialist
• and in some sort of leadership role such as being a director or chairman

Philip E Leboit, MD
Professor of Clinical Pathology and Dermatology
Co-Director, UCSF Dermatopathology Service
$1,574,392

Timothy H. McCalmont, MD
Professor of Clinical Pathology and Dermatology
Co-Director, UCSF Dermatopathology Service
$1,573,493

Anthony Azakie, MD
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Surgical Director, UCSF Pediatric Heart Center
Surgical Director, Adult Congenital Heart Program
Director, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Research Labs
$1,098,588

Christopher P Ames, MD 
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery
Director of Spine Tumor & Spinal Deformity Surgery
Co-director, Spinal Surgery and UCSF Spine Center
Director, Spinal Biomechanics Laboratory
$945,406

Michael T Lawton, MD
Professor in Residence of Neurological Surgery, Tong Po Kan Endowed Chair
Chief, Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Surgery Programs
Director, Cerebrovascular Disorders Program
Principal Investigator, Cerebrovascular Research
$821,468

Stanley B Prusiner, MD
Director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Professor of Neurology
$795,574

Thomas P Vail, MD
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
$780,000

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Take a look at this infographic that depicts the top 18 highest paid staff at Howard University and it’s hospital.

In that list, here are the ones that are physicians and their job function :

• $752,424 - Dr. Edward Cornwell, III, HUH Surgeon in-Chief
• $604,504 - Dr. Clairmont Griffit, Assistant Prof, Anesthesiology – School of Medicine
• $551,550 - Dr. Wayne Frederick, director HU Cancer Center & division chief of HUH
• $550,135 - Dr. Oscar Streeter, chair of Radiation Oncology Department and professor ‘09
• $535,611 - Dr. Andre Duerinckx, chair of Radiology Department

Click here to go to the original article where the author goes into more detail about it and keeps the graphic updated.

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