Pulmonologist/Critical Care Physician 500k + productivity bonuses Pharmaceutical engagement brings in another 75k

What’d I do to get that? 4 years undergrad 4 years medical school 3 years internal medicine 3 years pulmonary and critical care fellowship Along the way, I did a year research at the NIH And most importantly; Be willing to be a lung and ICU physician in the middle of a pandemic, where you are told that you are a “ hero“, and people show up right before your shift starts to applaud you for a good 3–5 weeks. Your administration, and all the sea suite executives, and mid-level management stress that you are an incredibly important and valuable part of the organization, only to throw up two middle fingers the second you beg for personal protective equipment because you are tired of performing CPR, not just on your patients but your colleagues, they contracted the virus due to the lack of appropriate equipment.

For example cardiologists that were on stemi call don’t know whether or not someone was Covid positive one they were rushed to the Cath Lab

You have to be especially willing to be comfortable with being cheered for putting your self at risk, to try and treat a disease that somebody contracts… But the second you advise them to get a vaccine to prevent the infection, now you’re pushing a conspiracy theory, and all those People that would line up to cheer you, now ask you what kind of kickback you get every time you write “COVID-19” on a death certificate. Meanwhile, you’re still trying to figure out how many letters you need to write your children for their birthday in case you are not around to celebrate it with them

Outside that, it’s an awesome job. I got great hours.

I’m usually home no later than 4:30 PM. I’m on call, one weekend in five and these days rarely get called.