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Student Name:
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Interviewed:
Role of Individual:
Calista Alvarez
Period:
1st
Place of Business:
Business Address:
Phone Number:
832-505-2450
Date of Interview:
10/26/15
1. For someone working in your field, please describe the fantasies versus realities of the job.
(fantasy vs. reality)
The fantasy is, I guess that, is that you make a lot of money. Um, and you think that its an easy job, that
its easy money. The reality is, you dont make a lot of money, but you make a good living, Im not complaining,
but its pretty strenuous hours. You have a lot of stress because youre taking care of peoples lives. Um, so that
can get you pretty tired. So after a days work, a lot of the times Ill go to bed, take a little nap. Um, but its very
rewarding. I feel like Im making a difference in peoples lives and thats what keeps me working as hard as I do.
2. What is your current educational level? What continuing education and training are required?
(educational level and requirements)
Lets see, well my current education level, I have an M.D. degree and a PhD. Degree. And then, I am
certified in three specialties of medicine: anesthesiology, pain medicine and hospice and palliative medicine. And
we have continuing education and training that we have to do every year. So, its measured by units kind of
similar to coursework and we have to go to meetings, you know and study and keep up. Sometimes we take
practice questions to just keep our knowledge up.
3. Please describe the typical day to day activities of someone working in your field.
(day-to-day activities)
On a day-to-day its very different. Um, sometimes Im assigned to the operating room as an
anesthesiologist. Other days, Im in the pain clinic as a pain physician. And then I do research, so I am working in
a lab and doing experiments, working with people who are doing experiments also and other collaborators. And
then I do some teaching of medical students, residents, and pain fellows and thats about it.
4. How secure are you in your current position? What do you think is the future of your field?
(job security)
Um, I am pretty secure in my position, meaning I think that they will want me here for years and years to
come. Um, I guess the benefit of this field is that theres many job opportunities, you can move anywhere and as
long as there is a hospital, you have a job. So, since I do many different things I could work in a hospital as an
anesthesiologist or I could open up my own clinic as a pain physician. Um, so I do have lots of opportunities.
5. What is a typical (average or lowest to highest) salary of someone working in your field?
(salary)
Um, the typical salary is a little bit lower for academics, but still again, is not bad. Id say the average is
about $250,000-$350,000. Um, private anesthesiologists tend to earn a little bit more, maybe $300,000-$400,000.
And pain physicians earn even more like $500,000 and up.
Why did you choose this particular setting compared to others available?
I choose to work with UTMB because um, it gave me more time off because of my experience. I choose
not to have my own clinic because it takes a lot of work to get it running and a lot of hours out of the week.
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