<p>What are the most profitable fields of medicine? Can a doctor/surgeon make over 1M+/year if he/she attracts enough clientele?</p>
<p>Not sure how many doctors are making a mil from just their practice (possible if involved in other side projects), but the best chance would probably a really good, very talented cosmetic plastic surgeon in California.</p>
<p>Also if you invent a surgical device that comes into widespread use, than you typically become pretty rich. but again, not strictly practice income.</p>
<p>By side projects, you're referring to inventing something?</p>
<p>Only in certain fields under certain circumstances. In our area, the only specialties that approach that might be radiologists who own their imaging center and can bill both the technical component and the professional component,(and who often do scanning that does not require a doctor's order, is not indicated, and for which patients pay cash to have done for peace of mind); interventional cardiologists--also who own/run their own cath lab (and who supervise stress tesing, echos, etc); and cosmetic dermatologists that have a slew of PA's and who crank out the office procedures like laser hair removal, laser resurfacing, chemical peels, botox etc. Physicians who provide direct patient care are making less and less each year. Those who are procedure driven, and can "supervise" many others who actually provide the care (physician extenders) simultaneously doing multiple procedures, might take home a million.</p>
<p>Are salaries declining for sergeons as well - say plastic sergeons - if they don't work for themselves at first?</p>
<p>Or is this the case only with physicians?</p>
<p>I think almost all doctors don't work for themselves early in their careers. Often they may join a practice and work in hospitals. The best way I think, is to become experienced in your field, because salaries do go up with time. But I don't think it's such a good idea to be so keen on the money, you seem to be a little too concerned with it. Heck, why ask about having a million dollar salary? Obviously you can still live an excellent lifestyle with less.</p>
<p>Physicians working as physicians do not make seven figures from those jobs, with plastics excepted.</p>
<p>Physicians who work as physicians but also as entrepreneurs in other related areas - quite rare but not unheard of - can make those kinds of compensatory rates.</p>
<p>side projects...</p>
<p>Basically investments such as real estate, or part ownership in some business (easily non-medical)...there are a variety of things.</p>
<p>When I was on my Primary Care Block this summer, one of the two general practioners in Henderson Nebraska was telling me about how he recently was put on the board of directors of a local bank and was now earning a pretty sizable chunk of change for a job that really he left up to his partners. I'm not sure all the details but it was just one thing that he was expanding his involvement into...</p>
<p>Radiologists earn around 400k.</p>
<p>First Fast med, that doesn't answer the question, second, that's not an average salary for a radiologist anywhere in the country - and while some may earn that there are some factors to consider...where you practice (probably the most important factor), what type of practice you have set up (hospital based vs private/group imaging center) and whether your an interventional or diagnostic radiologist (and within those subgroups, what type of equipment you have available and what procedure/tests you're able to run).</p>
<p>the average is a bit higher. i am talking about hired jobs.</p>
<p>Anything not covered by insurance. Plasic surgeons for one.</p>
<p>1.) Not "anything" not covered by insurance, as many items that don't get covered simply end up going unpaid, and a million a year is a very high bar to meet in any case.</p>
<p>2.) Salary.com indicates that the national high for physician compensation in radiology is $430,000. How much do you want to be that the mean is... well, lower than the high?</p>
<p>but there's all that insurance too?</p>
<h1>1- there is no future in third party payment</h1>
<h1>2- if you do go into health care do not agree to being an exempt employee. Only agree to being paid by the hour. If you agree to being an exempt employee your employer will mop the floor with you by requiring much (sometimes 20 hours or more) overtime per week that you will not get paid for.</h1>
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<p>Good orthopedic surgeons in good areas are making close to the $1 million mark.</p>
<p>my uncle is an orthodontist and he netted 1,040,000 last year(my cousin overheard his father talking to his accountant). he operates 4 offices in 4 different townships, so he draws from a huge geographical area. he goes to a different office every day monday-thursday. he works on friday but doesn't see patients. </p>
<p>there are stars in every specialty. it just takes hard work.</p>
<p>I would say that if a person works hard to be his or her best in ANY field of medicine and really becomes good at what they do, then it is possible to bring home big money, you just have to be really good....like the BEST!</p>