Also called: Sports Cardiology Specialist
Screens athletes' hearts with EKGs and scans to decide who is safe to play, and treats athletes with heart conditions at hospitals and for teams.
A sports cardiologist reads EKGs and heart scans of athletes, decides whether someone is safe to play, and works with teams after a cardiac emergency. They also see regular heart patients.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Professional degree (MD, JD, DVM…), about 14 years after high school. A bachelor's, medical school, a three-year internal medicine residency, and a three-year cardiology fellowship, about 14 years in all.
Ways in: Professional school. Training cost: Over $150k.
Majors to look at: Medicine.
Growing about average. Steady.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps read ECGs and echoes; clearance decisions for athletes need a doctor.
Classes: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-1212.
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