Also called: ID Doctor, Infectious Disease Specialist
Doctor who treats tough infections like HIV, drug-resistant bacteria, and rare tropical diseases.
Consults on a patient whose infection won't respond to antibiotics, picks the right drug combination, advises the hospital on stopping outbreaks, and cares for patients living with HIV.
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 13 years after high school. Bachelor's, medical school, internal medicine residency, then a 2-year infectious disease fellowship.
Ways in: 4-year college, Professional school. Training cost: Over $150k.
Majors to look at: Biology, Microbiology.
Growing about average. Tracks physicians overall.
Low risk for 10 years. AI speeds up identifying microbes and resistance patterns; diagnosing tough infections and guiding outbreak response stay human.
Classes: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Statistics, Spanish.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-1229.
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