“The thing that’s most interesting about pathology is all the different specialties. “People often think you put a blood test into a black box and it comes out the other end, but that’s not how most pathology works, that ‘black box’ is me.” What kind of person would find pathology interesting? We’re the support people in the background, but without us the medical system wouldn’t work. “Our college’s motto is ‘pathology is the basis of medicine’ and that’s the reason I did pathology – I truly believe that. People online always bash path for some reason but you should def try talking to a resident or fellow to get an accurate idea of what's up.Pathologist What's the best thing about your job?
You give up patient contact and sometimes people don't know what a pathologist is, but the subject material can be super cool and intellectually stimulating, and the lifestyle is often nice. It's definitely not a glamorous job always, and you won't be making a neurosurgeon's salary. There's also a massive shortage of forensic pathologists if I'm not mistaken. Explore the rest of the website too, as they discuss some of the other misconceptions out there. If you want a picture of the current job market, check out this website. In terms of jobs, the job market issue is pretty over-exaggerated on SDN, and although you do need to subspecialize most likely, you don't have an intern year so you can get residency and fellowships done in ~5-6 years max which is comparable to many other specialties. Private practice and forensics can make decent money, and I know some pathologists who make money on the side via consulting and stuff. They tend to be worse in academic positions/corporations starting out, which is where you may hear rumors about pathologists getting paid nothing ( /u/hemaDoxylin summed this up nicely). The facts are that pathologists make around 50th percentile salaries compared to other physicians ( Medscape). There's definitely a lot of misinformation about this topic. Hey! Take this all with a grain of salt as I am a third year med student: It is extremely divergent from your typical floor medicine, but those who love it wouldn't rather do anything else.Įverything the other poster said is also correct. Lifestyle is wonderful, but like surgery, I wouldn't recommend pathology unless you can't see yourself doing anything else. Most people fall somewhere in the middle. Obviously these are the jobs everyone wants so they aren't plentiful. Partnership track positions in private groups often cap out to the tune of $400-600k. You can expect in the ballpark of $170-230k, high volume if corporate, lower volume if academic. The lowest paid docs are young academics and Quest/LabCorp scope jockeys. Path has an enormous pay disparity between corporatized labs vs. It's not super competitive, and simply having a decent step score and no red flags is enough to interview at a top program. There really isn't a problem with such a small applicant pool because there isn't an overwhelming need for paths like there is for other specialists. all contribute to only 1% of students entering pathology. Misinformation, lack of information, little recognition, less than ideal job market, the need to sacrifice clinical skills, med student general dislike of histo, etc.
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