Also called: Arthritis Specialist
Diagnoses autoimmune and joint diseases like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.
Pieces together puzzling symptoms (swollen joints, rashes, fatigue) and blood tests to identify an autoimmune disease, then injects a painful knee and adjusts powerful immune-calming drugs.
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 rheumatology 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 can help sort lab patterns and imaging; piecing together puzzling symptoms, joint injections and long-term care stay human.
Classes: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, Psychology, AP Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-1229.
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