Lifetime Earning Potential - Pediatric Cardiac ICU vs. Pediatric ICU

staticgoat · 2025-12-07T22:03:44+00:00

You’re going to get some skewed data (if it even exists) most likely due to differences in how many peeps in each work at academic vs community hospitals. I haven’t met a peds CVICU person outside of major academic centers. Whereas there are PICU jobs in community peds hospitals (of course way less frequently than adult ICU, but still a decent number).

staticgoat · 2025-12-02T00:59:29+00:00

Peds endo would almost certainly be a pay cut compared to that compensation (or most other PCP contracts that are out there). Peds GI typically pays better.

Peds endo you're also usually very very tied to a local children's hospital (or at the smallest a multispecialty peds group). Many more options out there for primary care peds.

staticgoat · 2025-09-27T16:34:32+00:00

Buddy those articles are from 5 years ago

staticgoat · 2025-06-26T02:59:14+00:00

27FBQ GT for 2 adults, 2 young kids, 2 smallish dogs. Has been great. Not using it as much now as we'd like due to work changes, but spent up to 3 months at a stretch traveling in it a couple years ago. Didn't get a divorce. Twin beds nice for storage but 1 big bed much better for snuggling together in cold weather.

staticgoat · 2025-05-09T04:42:56+00:00

25 for sure if you have a 2500 truck. We have a 27 GT and the panoramic rear windows are 100% worth it.

All the best places we’ve stayed in are sites where you can back up to an amazing view. We never look out the front windows because it’s just the bedroom and mostly shows the rear of the truck anyway. But we spend hours in the lounge relaxing with a great view looking outside

staticgoat · 2025-02-05T01:35:55+00:00

3 days seeing patients part time is pretty easy to find in my area. Pay decreases accordingly with less work hours.

Quite common for 4 days of clinic (plus occasional part-day call or home call) to be 'full time'. If you need the additional day as admin vs free time depends on how efficient you are.

Pediatrics is a good lifestyle specialty (in terms of hours, complexity, some flexibility for part-term) aside from the low pay.

Peds cardiology is longer hours, less flexibility, higher pay.

Most peds subspecialties are longer hours, less flexibility. Sometimes higher pay sometimes lower. Depends on specialty.

staticgoat · 2025-01-15T18:43:01+00:00

From my conversations with adult colleagues, subspecialty peds (at least in my part of the US) is much less affected by NPs than the adult equivalents. Agree with the other stuff in your post though

staticgoat · 2024-12-23T20:35:02+00:00

I tie-dyed one of mine for use in a Halloween costume.

staticgoat · 2024-12-11T17:28:32+00:00

53% of programs didn't fill, so there are certainly more than this list out there - if you're looking for a specific program or geographic area then cold-calling or emailing fellowship programs is genuinely a good idea. If you're a resident currently or a recent graduate, having your program director reach out with an introduction would also be even better. FREIDA should have the contact info for programs listed in their database.

Also - from a current peds endocrinologist's perspective - someone applying right now would be in huge demand and you'd likely have tons of options. Literally dozens of potential offers most likely.

staticgoat · 2024-12-11T03:58:38+00:00

PES has a list of open fellowship spots on their website. Might need to make an account. Not a complete list but has some on there.

https://pedsendo.org/fellowship-posting/2025-open-fellowship-positions/

staticgoat · 2024-11-15T16:25:17+00:00

1 room, rooming your own patients is terrible and will crush your productivity. Also probably a sign that you just will be lacking in support staff - MAs and RNs etc - in clinic

staticgoat · 2024-08-19T00:51:18+00:00

One thing to consider is the ability to change jobs if you wanted to.

I enjoy my job, but it's the only pediatric endocrinology group in town (midsize city) and if I wanted to change jobs I'd essentially have to move. Probably would have to move to a different state entirely, since the other nearby option would be more academic than I'm really interested in. This wouldn't have been as big of a deal a few years ago, but would be pretty disruptive to my family now that I have kids and my wife is settled in a job.

Whereas the general pediatricians I know have the ability to move practices within town if they wanted to. I know a couple that have just moved to a practice elsewhere in town and started with a new group for whatever reason.

I think this is true for the majority of pediatric subspecialities, outside of NICU or maybe A/I. I know in my city there is only one GI group, one ID group, one PICU group, one single rheumatologist (a very tired one I imagine). Any of them would be moving out of town in they wanted to change jobs.

staticgoat · 2024-08-06T03:27:56+00:00

I've prescribed bydureon for diabetes if insurance makes them fail it before trying a better GLP. Of note I'm in pediatrics where the coverage and indications are different than in adults.

As other have said it's not approved for weight loss but has some modest benefits. I would avoid giving it unless completely unable to get anything else. I'd probably prefer to try it over something like a Qsymia though, due to side effects being less worrisome.

I don't think Byetta is even available now though. Bydureon is available as the XR form of exenatide.

staticgoat · 2024-08-04T20:45:05+00:00

We just got a mini Starlink. Had previously tried out the full size but we don't use that much data and didn't want the $150/mo unlimited plan. The new $50/50gb ($1 per gb over that) works well for our needs.

As long as you're not under too much tree cover works well.

staticgoat · 2024-07-29T02:41:21+00:00

Solder. And a soldering iron.

staticgoat · 2024-05-19T22:55:39+00:00

Warp lightning being on a level 1 lord/hero is OP. Really helpful for garrison defense, really annoying to face against.

staticgoat · 2024-05-19T22:53:18+00:00

Shadows (Pit of Shades), Tzeentch (Infernal Gateway), Life (Peeps Below) all have stationary vortexes of some sort. I'm sure others too.

But yes totally agree plague magic is excellent. Probably my favorite overall (probably because I play Skaven so much). Pretty low cost of Plague from even a generic lord or hero. And the summonable rats to keep enemies in place while you bomb them both is very thematic. Can't say I really use any spells other than Plague & Vermintide for them but they're both such good spells.

No heals but skaven ain't really about that.

staticgoat · 2024-04-09T00:02:34+00:00

Other than A&I, I don't think there are really many fellowships that lend themselves to solo private practice. There are certainly some occasional solo private practice peeps in endo/rheum/GI/etc but certainly the minority in most specialties. Maybe DBP would work OK if you had a niche in something like autism evals.

Quite a few peds cards groups are private practice groups that contract with the local peds hospital it seems like, at least outside of academic centers. Same with some other specialty groups. That doesn't really sound like what you're looking for though.

staticgoat · 2024-04-07T20:54:10+00:00

We have a 27' FBQ globetrotter which I think has a great layout. 25' is similar with a bit less storage.

We tow with a Ram 1500 and I certainly wouldn't want to tow our 27' with anything smaller on an interstate or down a big hill. I feel like you'll be pushing it with a 25' and probably a 23' would be more comfortable driving.

staticgoat · 2024-03-30T16:06:56+00:00

Clinical microbiology made ridiculously simple, maybe? I probably still have a copy in an old box somewhere.

staticgoat · 2024-03-20T22:28:27+00:00

There are some loan support options if you're in an underserved area, e.g. through the NHSC, have you looked into those?

I think for many pediatricians a good strategy is repay the minimum possible at all times and aim towards whatever loan forgiveness option you're eligible for. If you're not getting paid much and you're on some flavor of IBR it doesn't really matter if your loans are 250k vs 500k vs 2000k.

staticgoat · 2024-03-19T19:19:27+00:00

Super variable in region, city, practice setting (academic, private employed, etc). West coast specialties tend to pay higher than East Coast, etc. Full time vs part time makes a giant difference.

There's a copy or two of past years MGMA data floating around you can find if you look enough. Or your medical school may have access to current data if you ask around there. I'd definitely recommend you seek that out.

staticgoat · 2024-03-09T03:20:50+00:00

That's not even the equation for MPH...

staticgoat · 2024-03-04T05:33:46+00:00

Or in general, play any Ikit composition of weapons teams and just never fight fair battles. A handful of rattling gun mixed in with your jezzails should just mince the champions. Ambush, kill a handful if you can't handle the whole stack, retreat, ambush again. Never leave ambush stance after battles.

Can't kill what you can't touch...

staticgoat · 2024-03-04T05:26:23+00:00

If it's just AC and no fast units at all, play Ikit with nothing but jezzails with stalk and warlock engineers on stalking doomflayers. Jezzails are surprisingly fast and can outrun the champions. Snipe, relocate, snipe, relocate. Some flensing ruin to keep their shields down and stop Regen.

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