Been waiting a long time to take a stand. …aaaaaand that’s the end of my rant on this resurrected thread. This is an exciting time to be in rad onc. We’re expanding indications, we’re exploring new synergy with immunotherapy, we’re having a growing role in metastatic disease. I’m tired of the doom and gloom on the internet making our field look like a radioactive waste field. But everyone I personally know has landed a job they’re quite happy with. I’m a little restricted in who I know and mostly only know people in the top half of rad onc residency programs. I think people from less well-known or newer or poorly reputed programs might struggle on the job market. There’s an argument that she could take a job as a general surgeon almost anywhere and then do the occasional breast surgery, but that’s not what she WANTS to do and would be pretty miserable.Ĭaveat: I went to a well-known, strong residency program in the southeast. One of my friends completing fellowship in oncology breast surgery told me that “geographic limitations” apply to her as well. Getting a job in an EXACT city in such a specialized field will always be a challenge. Pay has gone down from what it was in the heydays of when IMRT was brand new (ie, people in private practice aren’t easily making >1mil), but my starting salary next year is still double what my friends starting as hospitalists in major metros are making and compares favorably to most interventional/procedural specialities, with less intrusive call. We’re all very happy with our jobs next year. My co-residents also all had at least 2 (one had at least 5) firm job offers. I had multiple on-site interview offers, cut short my entire application season because I got 2 dream job offers and took one in a region my husband preferred to be. I realize that this thread is two years old, but I just graduated residency from a good program and would like to share my experience.
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