u/fandegabo

I absolutely love nephrology, both the science of it, the bread and butter, the zebras, the patient population. I want to do academia and have clinical/epi research be a big component of my career. I just find myself hedging because of all the fear mongering about poor lifestyle and compensation. I know in academia I wouldn’t get paid as much as in private practice anyway, but I just don’t want to feel clinically overworked and undercompensated.

Any advice for how to get over this fear? Should I simply pursue another IM specialty with better work-life balance?