There's your answer. ER docs are on hospital salary a lot of the time, meaning IMGs and DOs are welcome as those positions generally pay less. I'm glad you brought up teaching hospitals. Most of these are state-funded which means many of the physicians who are on staff are STATE EMPLOYEES. Last I checked, state employees had the reputation for being underpaid compared to the private sector. That's why the point I made was about Private practice.
Actually, ER docs are in private practice a lot of the time (not all of the time, but a lot of the time), so that kind of refutes that theory of yours. Check out the ER forum, and hopefully you'll gain a little insight.
Secondly, you gotta love when someone cuts and pastes a snippet from a previous post of mine. To help people out, that post came from the following thread:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?p=4294205#post4294205
A discussion about where DOs worked. The OP was concerned that DOs never work in academic settings (which was proven to be incorrect). Someone replied with a list of DOs that work in California and do NOT practice family medicine. Here is that list once again:
Adam S. Rosen, DO La Jolla CA 92037 Adult Reconst Orthopedics
Massoud Mahmoudi, DO Los Gatos CA 95032 Allergy and Immunology
Denis J. Yoshii, DO Costa Mesa CA 92626 Allergy and Immunology
David F. Jadwin, DO Bakersfield CA 93305 Anatomic Pathology & Lab Med
Cyrus Parsa, DO Pomona CA 91766 Anatomic Pathology & Lab Med
Mark Barcohana, DO Los Angeles CA 90036 Anesthesiology
Hoangtien H. La, DO Santa Ana CA 92705 Anesthesiology
James I. Thompson, DO Modesto CA 95355 Anesthesiology
Brian O. Keyes, DO Moreno Valley CA 92555 Anesthesiology
Norma Dominguez, DO Moreno Valley CA 92555 Anesthesiology
Stuart L. Bloom, DO Los Angeles CA 90049 Anesthesiology
George M. Warwick, DO Inglewood CA 90301 Anesthesiology
Wayne M. Arioto, DO Fresno CA 93720 Anesthesiology
LCDR Christopher B. Cornelissen, DO San Diego CA 92134 Anesthesiology
Nosrat Khajavi, DO Calabasas CA 91372 Anesthesiology
Robert J. Lis, DO Rancho Mirage CA 92270 Anesthesiology
David E. Bergman, DO Cypress CA 90630 Anesthesiology
Quinn Hume, DO San Diego CA 92101 Anesthesiology
LT Jay A. Avila, II, DO Moreno Valley CA 92555 Anesthesiology
MAJ Gregory Choe, DO Riverside CA 92503 Anesthesiology
Sungho Park, DO Diamond Bar CA 91765 Anesthesiology
Kean S. Ganan, DO Encinitas CA 92024 Anesthesiology
John A. Kermen, DO Fort Bragg CA 95437 Anesthesiology
Kelvin C. Mark, DO Sacramento CA 95821 Anesthesiology
Mahyar Ganjianpour, DO Encino CA 91316 Anesthesiology
Jeremiah Maloney, DO Moreno Valley CA 92555 Anesthesiology
Hansen Huan Le, DO Hayward CA 94545 Anesthesiology
Walter A. Rosenfield, III, DO San Rafael CA 94903 Anesthesiology
George A. Brooker, DO San Diego CA 92123 Anesthesiology
Cheuw Ming Oey, DO Irvine CA 92619 Anesthesiology
Luis A. Sanchez, DO Turlock CA 95382 Anesthesiology
Joe Bui, DO Merced CA 95344 Anesthesiology
Paul Kwok, DO, RPH Martinez CA 94553 Anesthesiology
Atalanta C. Olito, DO Escondido CA 92025 Anesthesiology
Dyan J. Osborne, DO Modesto CA 95355 Anesthesiology
Keith Ulric Smith, DO Moreno Valley CA 92555 Anesthesiology
Clinton E. Adams, DO, MPA, FACHE Pomona CA 91766 Anesthesiology
Gary M. Glaze, DO Grass Valley CA 95945 Anesthesiology
Stephen R. Ripple, DO Paso Robles CA 93446 Anesthesiology
Robert E. Hallworth, DO Victorville CA Anesthesiology
Thomas N. Zanetos, DO Hollister CA 95023 Anesthesiology
William J. Evans, DO Sacramento CA 95825 Anesthesiology
Gary Glasgow, DO San Diego CA 92186 Anesthesiology
Donald J. Galligan, DO Anaheim CA 92808 Anesthesiology
Ronald S. Mandel, DO Aliso Viejo CA 92656 Anesthesiology
Stephen K. Eng, DO, RPH San Marino CA 91108 Anesthesiology
Carl E. Collier, DO Loma Linda CA 92354 Anesthesiology
Phillip N. Ruhl, DO Stockton CA 95207 Anesthesiology
Michael N. Fish, DO Lynwood CA 90262 Anesthesiology
George M. Turner, DO Victorville CA 92395 Anesthesiology
Steven Blum, DO San Diego CA 92130 Anesthesiology
David J. Ninan, DO Moreno Valley CA 92555 Anesthesiology-Pain Management
Marc E. Lynch, DO Rancho Cucamonga CA 91729 Anesthesiology-Pain Management
Alexander Benson, DO Walnut CA 91789 Cardiology
Thanh T. Nguyen, DO Glendale CA 91206 Cardiology
William L. Chin, DO, MS Fontana CA 92335 Cardiology
William D. Bowden, DO, BS Healdsburg CA 95448 Cardiology
George S. Konugres, DO Laguna Hills CA 92653 Cardiology
James W. Reznick, DO Anaheim CA 92804 Cardiology
Roger D. Duber, DO Upland CA 91786 Cardiology
Eileen Wynne, DO San Diego CA 92103 Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
James D. Joye, DO Mountain View CA 94040 Cardiovascular Diseases
Scott B. Smolar, DO San Rafael CA 94903 Child Psychiatry
Craig Joseph Wronski, DO Huntington Beach CA 92648 Child Psychiatry
Marijane Zimmerli, DO Palos Verdes Estates CA 90274 Child Psychiatry
James J. Kao, DO Westminster CA 92683 Cornea and Refractive Surgery
Kevin S. Sadati, DO Dana Point CA 92629 Cosmetic Dermatologic Surgery
CDR Carl A. Powell, DO Camp Pendleton CA 92055 Cosmetic Dermatologic Surgery
Herbert J. Rogove, DO Newport Beach CA 92658 Critical Care-Medicine
David C. Horowitz, DO Torrance CA 90505 Dermatology
Aram H. Kechichian, DO Stevenson Ranch CA 91381 Dermatology
Patricia A. Stewart, DO Santa Barbara CA 93101 Dermatology
Charles M. Tran, DO,MBA Corona CA 92880 Dermatology
Peter Helton, DO Newport Beach CA 92660 Dermatology
Craig L. Ziering, DO Newport Beach CA 92660 Dermatology
Matthew W. Muellenhoff, DO Grass Valley CA 95945 Dermatology
Michael J. Sabat, DO Los Angeles CA 90046 Dermatology
Diem Q. Pham, DO Anaheim CA 92807 Dermatology
Eugene J. Nowak, DO Chula Vista CA 91911 Dermatology
Carmelo A. Plateroti, DO Templeton CA 93465 Dermatology
Laurie M. Woll, DO Montclair CA 91763 Dermatology
Sharon N. Gerardi, DO Clovis CA 93611 Dermatology
Ronald Liskanich, DO Upland CA 91786 Dermatology
David R. Bruce, DO Stockton CA 95207 Dermatology
Navid Nami, DO Irvine CA 92603 Dermatology
Bradley S. Kurgis, DO, MPH Templeton CA 93465 Dermatology
N. Charles Diakon, DO Napa CA 94558 Dermatology
William Chow, DO San Leandro CA 94578 Dermatology
Glenn I. Goldberg, DO Laguna Beach CA 92651 Dermatology
MAJ Stephen T. Sesody, DO Gilroy CA 95020 Dermatology
Amy M. Cole, DO Concord CA 94518 Diagnostic Radiology
Olegario J. Lara, DO Santa Clara CA 95051 Diagnostic Radiology
Joseph J. Roco, DO Rancho Mirage CA 92270 Diagnostic Radiology
Abraham Pera, DO Eureka CA 95501 Diagnostic Radiology
Roy Gottlieb, DO Oak Park CA 91377 Diagnostic Radiology
John C. Kirby, DO Fullerton CA 92831 Diagnostic Radiology
Robert T. Petruzzo, Jr, DO San Diego CA 92120 Diagnostic Radiology
Paul M. Kupperstein, DO Orange CA 92868 Diagnostic Radiology
Joyce C. Pinckard, DO Roseville CA 95678 Diagnostic Radiology
Mark A. Wagner, DO Merced CA 95340 Diagnostic Radiology
George D. Morrison, DO Fountain Valley CA 92708 Diagnostic Radiology
CDR Larry E. Menestrina, DO Pomona CA 91767 Diagnostic Radiology
Frederick E. White, DO Hemet CA 92544 Diagnostic Radiology
Robert M. Porzio, DO Redding CA 96001 Emergency Medicine
Alisa Marie Roberts, DO Pasadena CA 91107 Emergency Medicine
Ralph S. Peiris, DO San Diego CA 92130 Emergency Medicine
Franz K. Bolowich, DO Apple Valley CA 92307 Emergency Medicine
Louis Pagnone, DO Bakersfield CA 93305 Emergency Medicine
Kenneth M. Dale, DO Rancho Cucamonga CA 91730 Emergency Medicine
Rick A. McPheeters, DO Bakersfield CA 93305 Emergency Medicine
Juk L. Ting, DO Irvine CA 92620 Emergency Medicine
Igor A. Boyarsky, DO Los Angeles CA 90048 Emergency Medicine
Scott R. Zittel, DO Redding CA 96001 Emergency Medicine
Fraidoon Mostamand, DO La Jolla CA 92037 Emergency Medicine
Allen I. Lin, DO Elk Grove CA 95758 Emergency Medicine
William S. Clark, DO Oakland CA 94612 Emergency Medicine
William E. Buys, DO San Luis Obispo CA 93405 Emergency Medicine
Lisa Henning Low, DO Walnut Creek CA 94596 Emergency Medicine
Jeffrey D. Butler, DO Bakersfield CA 93312 Emergency Medicine
Thomas F. Minahan, Jr, DO Colton CA 92324 Emergency Medicine
Carsten Zieger, DO Arroyo Grande CA 93420 Emergency Medicine
Craig Schiff, DO Hesperia CA 92345 Emergency Medicine
Julia Shuleshko, DO San Jose CA 95124 Emergency Medicine
Marie Strohl, DO Oceanside CA 92057 Emergency Medicine
Manish N. Amin, DO Bakersfield CA 93306 Emergency Medicine
Bruce A. Marts, DO Walnut Creek CA 94596 Emergency Medicine
Daniel T. McGinn, DO Simi Valley CA 93065 Emergency Medicine
Craig A. Nattkemper, DO, PhD Eureka CA 95503 Emergency Medicine
Wilton A. McLeod, DO Cayucos CA 93430 Emergency Medicine
MAJ Richard C. Lotsch, DO Vacaville CA 95688 Emergency Medicine
Alan D. Moy, DO Corona CA 92882 Emergency Medicine
Gihan G. Wetzel, DO La Palma CA 90623 Emergency Medicine
Shahrokh Kohanim, DO Los Angeles CA 90027 Emergency Medicine
Connie Chan, DO Santa Maria CA 93455 Emergency Medicine
Shahin Roshanzaer, DO Panorama City CA 91402 Emergency Medicine
Michael H. Luszczak, DO Carmichael CA 95608 Emergency Medicine
Steven E. Germany, DO, MS San Jose CA 95128 Emergency Medicine
Robert M. DuVoisin, DO Redding CA 96001 Emergency Medicine
Leslie Burson, DO Bakersfield CA 93308 Emergency Medicine
John Fosbinder, DO Bakersfield CA 93312 Emergency Medicine
Cindy C. Parker, DO Corona CA 92882 Emergency Medicine
Scott R. Stoughton, DO Fontana CA 92335 Emergency Medicine
Danh P. Ta, DO Hayward CA 94545 Emergency Medicine
Pierre Ujkic, DO Pomona CA 91767 Emergency Medicine
Khoa C. Luong, DO Chino CA 91710 Emergency Medicine
Francesca L. DeTrana, DO Westchester CA 90045 Emergency Medicine
Paul J. Manos, DO San Diego CA 92131 Emergency Medicine
Arnold S. Kremer, DO Poway CA 92064 Emergency Medicine
Sterling F. Lewis, DO Watsonville CA 95076 Emergency Medicine
Kenneth E. Zawacki, DO Turlock CA 95382 Emergency Medicine
Cynthia Hervey Mackey, DO Venice CA 90291 Emergency Medicine
Kirk J. Raeber, DO Jamul CA 91935 Emergency Medicine
John D. Wood, DO Roseville CA 95661 Emergency Medicine
Alfred Pascual, DO Northridge CA 91326 Emergency Medicine
Walid H. Ghurabi, DO Marina del Rey CA 90292 Emergency Medicine
Joseph C. D'Agostino, DO Modesto CA 95350 Emergency Medicine
Richard G. Whitehurst, III, DO Highland CA 92346 Emergency Medicine
James M. Chapman, DO Lakewood CA 90712 Emergency Medicine
Thomas Gable, DO Bakersfield CA 93309 Emergency Medicine
LCDR Stephen Backman, DO Le Grand CA 95333 Emergency Medicine
Sarah Welsh, DO Emeryville CA 94608 Emergency Medicine
Bruce W. Cummings, DO Mission Hills CA 91345 Emergency Medicine
Brendan J. Lee, Jr, DO La Mesa CA 91942 Emergency Medicine
Jeffrey R. Beck, DO San Diego CA 92128 Emergency Medicine
Nina Stuccio-White, DO Thousand Oaks CA 91362 Emergency Medicine
Robert H. Craig, DO Turlock CA 95382 Emergency Medicine
Robin D. Fisher, DO Moreno Valley CA 92555 Emergency Medicine
Robert Perry Husband, DO Poway CA 92064 Emergency Medicine
Dwynn N. Greenfield, DO San Diego CA 92127 Emergency Medicine
David G. Cameron, DO Roseville CA 95661 Emergency Medicine
Ronald C. Forgey, DO, MPH Long Beach CA 90806 Emergency Medicine
Tung Nguyen, DO Santa Ana CA 92703 Emergency Medicine
Lawrence D. Mazur, DO Riverside CA 92505 Emergency Medicine
R. Gordon Haas, DO Huntington Beach CA 92648 Emergency Medicine
Jerry P. Oliaro, DO Carmichael CA 95608 Emergency Medicine
John B. Woodbury, II, DO Danville CA 94506 Emergency Medicine
MAJ Daniel D. Houssiere, DO Fontana CA 92335 Emergency Medicine
Mark L. Benson, DO Palm Desert CA 92211 Emergency Medicine
Stephen Damiani, DO Apple Valley CA 92307 Endocrinology
Scott J. Jacober, DO Carlsbad CA 92009 Endocrinology
Glenn N. Wagner, DO San Diego CA 92123 Forensic Pathology
Lesley E. Wallis, DO Bakersfield CA 93312 Forensic Pathology
Howard W. Oliver, DO Apple Valley CA 92307 Forensic Pathology
Sanaa Quant-Ligons, DO San Bernardino CA 92405 FP/Osteo Manipulative Medicine
Tracy Santos, DO San Diego CA 92127 FP/Osteo Manipulative Medicine
Hye Ok Lee, DO Cerritos CA 90703 FP/Osteo Manipulative Medicine
Hung Nguyen, DO Long Beach CA 90813 FP/Osteo Manipulative Medicine
Jenny C. Tai, DO South Gate CA 90280 FP/Osteo Manipulative Medicine
Habibolla Merzdad Sadeghi, DO La Verne CA 91750 FP/Osteo Manipulative Medicine
Olivia M. Bajor, DO Fontana CA 92336 FP/Osteo Manipulative Medicine
John P. Dunlap, DO Folsom CA 95630 FP/Osteo Manipulative Medicine
Theresa Cyr, DO San Diego CA 92121 FP/Osteo Manipulative Medicine
Alphonso O. Swaby, DO Palmdale CA 93550 FP/Osteo Manipulative Medicine
Ronald Zhang, DO Riverside CA 92505 FP/Osteo Manipulative Medicine
Kenji Shibata, DO Victorville CA 92392 FP/Osteo Manipulative Medicine
Anna A. Petrovich, DO Roseville CA 95747 FP/Osteo Manipulative Medicine
Kalpesh R. Mehta, DO Bellflower CA 90706 Gastroenterology
Kevin M. Jenkins, DO Upland CA 91786 Gastroenterology
Kevin B. Hill, DO Auburn CA 95602 Gastroenterology
Jon K. Marsh, DO Yuba City CA 95991 Gastroenterology
LT Reagan Anderson, DO Vista CA 92083 General Practice
James T. Lee, DO West Hollywood CA 90048 General Practice
Gerald Clark Hoover, DO Santa Barbara CA 93105 General Practice
Jung J. Lim, DO Auburn CA 95602 General Vascular Surgery
Joseph V. Davis, III, DO Pomona CA 91766 General Vascular Surgery
Richard Cheng, DO Wildomar CA 92595 Geriatric Medicine-FP
William D. Welsh, DO Whittier CA 90605 Geriatric Medicine-FP
Celestine J. Arambulo, DO San Diego CA 92120 Geriatric Medicine-FP
Denise A. Rettenmaier, DO Yountville CA 94599 Geriatrics
Arthur C. Ungerleider, DO, RPH Long Beach CA 90815 Geriatrics
Sunil K. Singhania, DO Santa Monica CA 90401 Geriatrics
Jeffrey D. Howell, DO San Diego CA 92111 Geriatrics
Dennis M. Carden, DO Fawnskin CA 92333 Gynecology
Daniel B. Brubaker, DO Clovis CA 93612 Hematology
Nancy R. Rubin, DO Monterey CA 93940 Hematology & Oncology
Steven G. Eisenberg, DO Escondido CA 92025 Hematology & Oncology
John A. Keech, Jr, DO Chico CA 95926 Hematology & Oncology
Joseph M. Pascuzzo, DO Fresno CA 93710 Hematology & Oncology
Christopher L. Felten, DO Encino CA 91436 Hematology-Pathology
Jeanne M. Spudick, DO Newport Beach CA 92660 Infectious Diseases
Paul L. DiModica, DO Santa Maria CA 93454 Internal Med-Emergency Med
Warren J. Wisnoff, DO Bakersfield CA 93311 Internal Med-Emergency Med
David H. Nguyen, DO Arcadia CA 91006 Internal Med-Pediatrics
Jennifer Hung, DO Chino Hills CA 91709 Internal Med-Pediatrics
Jillian Thach, DO Irvine CA 92620 Internal Medicine
Binh Tran, DO West Covina CA 91792 Internal Medicine
Milton B. Chan, DO Union City CA 94587 Internal Medicine
Ngoc-Lan Le, DO San Lorenzo CA 94580 Internal Medicine
Duane R. Darnell, DO Sun City CA 92586 Internal Medicine
Pooneh Esfahani, DO Rancho Cucamonga CA 91730 Internal Medicine
Sabine U. Hill, DO Hayward CA 94545 Internal Medicine
Kin Wong, DO Pasadena CA 91107 Internal Medicine
Brian E. Dolnick, DO Manteca CA 95337 Internal Medicine
Regan S. Douty, DO Redlands CA 92373 Internal Medicine
Julie C. Burgos, DO El Cajon CA 92021 Internal Medicine
Norman M. Wall, DO Saint Helena CA 94574 Internal Medicine
Michael N. Rutman, DO Encinitas CA 92024 Internal Medicine
Thomas M. Tseng, DO Monterey Park CA 91754 Internal Medicine
John D. Adams, Jr, DO Long Beach CA 90806 Internal Medicine
Runa Basu, DO Berkeley CA 94705 Internal Medicine
Shalon D. Nash, DO Madera CA 93637 Internal Medicine
James M. Yeh, DO San Francisco CA 94123 Internal Medicine
Geraldine T. O'Shea, DO Jackson CA 95642 Internal Medicine
Sundeep Tumber, DO Sacramento CA 95835 Internal Medicine
Matthew Lefferman, DO Los Angeles CA 90035 Internal Medicine
Nimitta Lathiya, DO Anaheim CA 92801 Internal Medicine
Niti V. Peruvemba, DO Westlake Village CA 91361 Internal Medicine
Soham P. Jhaveri, DO Oakland CA 94606 Internal Medicine
Lorin M. Kreitzer, DO Emeryville CA 94608 Internal Medicine
Albert Young Lim, DO Alhambra CA 91801 Internal Medicine
Alan L. Menkes, DO Laguna Beach CA 92651 Internal Medicine
Roger C. Garrison, DO Murrieta CA 92562 Internal Medicine
Tu H. Duong, DO Burbank CA 91505 Internal Medicine
Keith W. Katsura, DO Roseville CA 95678 Internal Medicine
Jennifer H. Choy, DO Rancho Cordova CA 95670 Internal Medicine
Caroline B. Capitano, DO San Francisco CA 94118 Internal Medicine
Michael T. Temkin, DO San Ramon CA 94583 Internal Medicine
Tonia M. Lessani, DO Menlo Park CA 94026 Internal Medicine
Selma J. Prechel, DO Anaheim CA 92804 Internal Medicine
CAPT Cynthia S. Marske, DO Vallejo CA 94592 Internal Medicine
Kayvon Yadidi, DO Van Nuys CA 91405 Internal Medicine
Kevin Hong Cheng, DO Vallejo CA 94589 Internal Medicine
Kristen Sanford, DO Poway CA 92064 Internal Medicine
Frank G. Karneges, DO, MS Vacaville CA 95688 Internal Medicine
Steven M. Knapik, DO Big Bear Lake CA Internal Medicine