Also called: GI Doctor, Digestive Disease Specialist
Diagnoses and treats problems of the stomach, intestines, liver, and pancreas.
Spends the morning in the endoscopy suite threading a tiny camera through a patient's colon to snip out polyps before they turn into cancer. Afternoons are clinic visits for Crohn's disease, heartburn, and liver problems.
BLS top-codes physician pay; estimate for attending physicians after residency/fellowship.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Professional degree (MD, JD, DVM…), about 14 years after high school. Bachelor's, medical school, 3-year internal medicine residency, then a 3-year GI fellowship.
Ways in: 4-year college, Professional school. Training cost: Over $150k.
Majors to look at: Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry.
Growing about average. Tracks physicians and surgeons overall (about 3% over 10 years); shortages in many regions.
Low risk for 10 years. AI already flags polyps live during colonoscopies, making GI docs more accurate; the scoping, decisions and patient care stay human.
Classes: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, Anatomy & physiology, Nutrition elective.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-1229.
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