It's not that bad. My uncle is an ear, nose, and throat surgeon whose best friend is a podiatrist. His friend works 40hrs/wk, has three associates under him, and nets close to 500K a year. I also shadowed two podiatrists last month who both netted over 200K, with full hospital privelages. Both worked under 50hrs/wk. I think you have to be smart to go into medicine. That's part of the short commings on this forum...you must have a good bedside manner as well as being a competent physician. Being a decent business man helps too. Take everything you read here with a grain of salt...I used to dwell on this forum and almost abandoned the idea of podiatry. I then shadowed a few docs and got some real life insight to the field. All were optomistic and very successful at what they did. Even some older pods (performing routine care) were still pulling 150K+ and enjoyed what they did. We are a surgical sub-specialty, primarily procedural based. Someone comes in, you bill for the visit, plus the procedures you perform. We bill well. Don't worry...do podiatry if you want to be a podiatrist..it works out in the end.
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