Category: Doctor, Nursing,
Career: Pediatric Oncology Doctor
Job Description: Pediatric
Oncology is a doctor that
works with kids that have cancer. It takes about ten
years to finish school. Physicians spend six years
training oncology and hematology after four years of
medical school. It all starts with a three-year residency
in pediatrics caring for sick children with diseases such
as cancer and other diseases.
The doctor will spend her pediatric hematologyoncology fellowship at one of the 60 programs
throughout the United States. The fellowship will
include diagnosing and treating children with cancer.
The 1st year they will be focusing on patient care and
the two years they will focus on research. When this
final phase of training ends the doctor can an
examination from the Subboard of HematologyOncology of the American Board of Pediatrics to try to
get there certification as a pediatric hematologyoncology specialist.
Source; Wikipedia article on Paramedics
Educational Requirements: It takes a total of 10 years. Frist 6 years in
training oncology and 4 years of medical school.
Colleges or Universities Programs of Study:
(example; Physician Assistant)
Baylor College of Medicine Physician Assistant Program
Texas Tech University.
Professional Organizations:
(example; Neonatal Nursing)
Academy of Neonatal Nursing
Association of Women's Health Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
National Association of Neonatal Nurses
Salary Range: According to Cejka Search, the average salary for pediatric
hematologists/oncologists is $206,000. The report, given in 2009, further
divides annual salary by geographical location in the United States. The
lowest average salary is seen in the east, while the south has the highest
average salary. In general, pediatric doctors earn less money yearly than
adult-care physicians.
Read more: The Average Salary for a Pediatric Oncologist | eHow.com
http://www.ehow.com/about_6652598_average-salary-pediatriconcologist.html#ixzz1XgmVFMyO
Future Job Outlook:
Pediatric oncologists have a range of responsibilities including
administrative duties within their department, going on patient rounds,
attending meetings and seminars on patients and treatment methods,
remaining up-to-date on recent medical studies and training other doctors
as well as treating patients
Read more: The Average Salary for a Pediatric Oncologist | eHow.com
http://www.ehow.com/about_6652598_average-salary-pediatriconcologist.html#ixzz1XgnA9fEQ
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Personal Thoughts of the Page Author: A Pediatric Oncologist is a
very hard job. It’s not going to be easy just the fact that you’re going
have to work with kids that are very ill and have cancer.