Peds Subspecialities - Supply, Demand, Practice Options

[nikoo]

Hey guys,

I'm interested in a career in a pediatric subspecialty but dont really know about the job market. Are subspecialites in demand and what is the salary like? Are most of these jobs in medical schools/research oriented or are there private practices for things like pediatric cardiology? I am interested primarily for future international health endeavors where I think specialties can be particularly useful.

Thanks,
nikoo

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[oldbearprofessor]

Hey guys,

I'm interested in a career in a pediatric subspecialty but dont really know about the job market. Are subspecialites in demand and what is the salary like? Are most of these jobs in medical schools/research oriented or are there private practices for things like pediatric cardiology? I am interested primarily for future international health endeavors where I think specialties can be particularly useful.

Thanks,
nikoo

Hi - there are a couple of recent threads addressing the issue of subspecialty demand (good) and private practice vs academics in pedi. I don't know how to link them, but I've posted recently about international health from a pedi perspective also.

I did want to make one point which is about the usefulness of specialties in international pediatric care. Although certainly your knowledge base as a subspecialist is of value, most pediatric specialists are unlikely to specifically practice their subspecialty, at least the way they do it in the US, in a developing country. This is due to limitations in equipment, payment and lab testing as well of course, as medications. In particular, pediatric cardiology, at present, is very limited in most developing countries due primarily to the lack of cardiac surgical options and post-operative care. Hopefully this will improve, but right now I think this is a major limitation in the public and "social security (government employees, etc)" sectors of most health-care systems in these countries. In the private sector, such rare patients that can afford this care are often sent to other countries such as the US or Europe where this expertise exists.

Ragards

OBP