Cardiologist

Duties and responsibilities: A cardiologist is a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the heart be it human or animal. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, etc...  All cardiologist study the disorders of the heart, but the study of adult and child heart disorders are through different training pathways. Therefore, an adult cardiologist often unqualified and called just “cardiologist” is inadequately trained to take care of children, and pediatric cardiologist are inadequately trained to take care of adults.

Salary: $243K - $512K

Education: Doctoral degree in medicine: completion of a residency program in internal medicine and cardiology, state license and cardiologist certification.

Reflection: No I wouldn’t want to be a cardiologist. I wouldn’t like to be a cardiologist because you practically just focus on the heart and what the solution is going to be. It seems fun but it doesn’t catch my attention as much. I like helping children and adults but this cardiologist career doesn’t seem to catch my enthusiasm.