Also called: Kidney Doctor
Cares for people with kidney disease, high blood pressure, and kidney failure.
Rounds at a dialysis center checking on patients hooked up to machines that clean their blood, then sees clinic patients to slow kidney damage from diabetes. Works closely with transplant teams.
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 nephrology 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 predicts kidney decline and tunes dialysis data; managing long-term patients and transplant decisions stays human.
Classes: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Statistics, Spanish.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-1229.
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