Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal

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History of Pediatric Rheumatology: Remembering Barbara

FELLOWS CORNER

In this edition of the fellows corner, we have features on the following:

*Pediatric Rheumatology Board Review

*Job Availability

*Job salaries

*Update on graduating fellows

*Updated email addresses

I Pediatric Rheumatology Board Review

The next exam for board certification will be given November 15, 2004. The registration period is February 2, 2004- March 31, 2004. The fee is yet to be determined. However, the fee for 2003 pediatric subspecialty exams is listed as $1420 for on-time new applicants. (www.abp.org). A list of recommended study materials is listed below. This list is not all-inclusive.

Texts:

-Cassidy JT, and Petty RE. Textbook of Pediatric Rheumatology. 4^th edition. WB Saunders; 2001. ISBN 0721681719

-Abbas, AK, Lichtman, AH, Pober, JS. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 4^th edition. Elsevier Science Health Science; 2000. ISBN: 0721682332

-Jacobs, JC. Pediatric Rheumatology for the Practitioner. 2^nd edition. Springer Verlag; 1993. ISBN 3540977503.

Review Books:

-West, S. Rheumatology Secrets. 2^nd edition. Philadelphia: Hanley and Belfus, Inc. 2002. ISBN 1560534745.

Review Articles:

-Current Opinion in Rheumatology. September issue of each year includes articles on pediatric and heritable disorders. Consider review of articles from last 3-5 years.

II Job Availability

A list of available jobs was posted in February 2003 on www.aap.org. There are currently openings at 11 institutions posted. An abbreviated list of contact information is provided.

Childrens Hospital Los Angeles

Bram Bernstein, MD bberstein@chla.usc.edu

University of Chicago Children's Hospital/ La Rabida Children's Hospital

Charles Spencer, MD cspence@midway.uchicago.edu

Miami Children's Hospital

Rafael F. Rivas-Chacon, MD rivaschacon@pol.net

Emory University

Larry Volger, MD larry_volger@oz.ped.emory.edu

University of Massachusetts

Katherine Luzuriaga, MD katherine.luzuriaga@umassmed.edu

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

Thomas J. A. Lehman, MD goldscout@aol.com

Children's Hospital of New York

Lisa Imundo, MD lfi1@columbia.edu

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Terri H. Finkel, MD, PhD finkelt@email.chop.edu

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Raphael Hirsch, MD raphael.hirsch@chp.edu

University of Tennessee

Linda Kay Myers, MD lmyers@utmem.edu

University of Wisconsin

Anna Huttenlocher, PhD huttenlocher@facstaff.wisc.edu

III Job Salaries

Salaries in academic medicine are recorded by region, subspecialty, and rank (Source: AAP Administrators guide).

To give fellows an idea of current salaries, we list data for pediatric rheumatology from 2002-2003. Because of the small sample size, we have no tabulated data for 'Instructor' positions. The data below apply to the 'Assistant Professor' position only. Salaries are reported as 20%, 50%, and 80%. As an example, let's say the 20% for assistant professors is $90,000. If an individual has a salary of $90,000, then this individual has a higher salary than 20% of the assistant professors in the field. If an academic center's policy is to hire graduating faculty at the 20%, then there offer would be about $90,000. As a rule of thumb, an academic center is going to hire entry level faculty closer to the 20%. Faculty with years of experience might be hired closer to the 80%. This listing is intended to give the fellows a general guideline as to what to expect.

National Midwest

20% $88,500 20% $88,500

50% $102,100 50% $107,300

80% $120,000 80% $120,000

Northeast South

20% $95,200 20% $97,000

50% $100,000 50% $98,000

80% $150,000 80% $120,800

West

20% $84,900

50% $90,800

80% $117,000