[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=flu][quote=scaredyclassic]For prestige or more money?

Within medicine to me it seems like hustlers make money but a hospital wherever they do their residency us gonna make 1 to 150 an hour.

So is it gonna be more lucrative to be a doc with 250k in the bank setting up a few pain mgt. 9th ices with a less prestigious residency or an internist from Harvard working as a hospital is a “good” hospital.

The Harvard gal probably has more shine but the pain guy is probably gonna be rich.[/quote]

I wouldn’t go see a “pain specialist” unless that specialist was top of his field. And that usually doesn’t happen when the doctor has sheety credentials.

In as much as I needed serious legal help, I wouldn’t go to someone with a JD from University of Phoenix.[/quote]

for medicine who cares if you’re seeking a particular doc unless you’re paying cash. Otherwise you’re just another body another insurance policy and your opinion isn’t making anyone wealthier[/quote]

First, not all insurance policies are created equal.

Second, for specialized medicine (those with “unique” conditions), some doctors are interested in it from the research perspective, usually the ones associated with a university or research.

Using myself as an example. Someone who has a desmoid tumor, it became very clear which doctors wanted to just make money and which doctors wanted to find the best possible treatment.

There were plenty of surgeons that tried to push me into having it removed as fast as I could, without considering that surgery itself might have been what caused the growth to begin with. For them, it was a chop shop: cut them open, operate, bill, no worries afterwards, since it would be out of their court to deal with. Done…The best advice was from doctors that were from academia and or research, who highlighted every pro/con of doing surgery versus chemo, and allowing me to make the decision in an unbiased way. Some of the best advice I got was from one surgeon Cleveland Clinic, despite having performs several thousand of similar procedures, strongly discouraged me from surgery, since he considered it the last resort. That guy’s opinion was confirmed by another renowned surgeon at UCLA, both him and his son that also practices there, as well as a board at UCLA that reviewed my case. All this started off from UCSD with my surgeon, when she suggested I get a second and third opinion from people more knowledgeable, who’s dealt with it.

So at least from the specialists I’ve seen, it mattered to me what their background, research, and area of expertise was.