Also called: Newborn Intensive Care Doctor
Leads intensive care for premature and critically ill newborns.
Gets called to a delivery where a baby is born 15 weeks early, places a breathing tube no wider than a straw, and runs the NICU team through the night. Parents lean on them during the scariest weeks of their lives.
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, 3-year pediatrics residency, then a 3-year neonatal-perinatal 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. Monitors and AI early-warning alerts help in the NICU; resuscitating tiny babies and supporting parents stay human.
Classes: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, Child development, Psychology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-1229.
Career Universe is an early version. Pay, training and AI-risk figures are estimates to start your own research, not verified facts. The research was written with AI research assistants, checked by validation scripts and spot-checked by hand. Check anything important with schools, employers and official sources. How the numbers work.