The faculty member who teaches gastroenterology in a medical school or fellowship program — covering GI disease, endoscopy, hepatology, and the clinical reasoning specific to digestive disorders. Half academic faculty, half practicing GI physician.
Gastroenterology Professor pay typically runs $74K–$176K at this level, and jobs in this field are projected to grow 17% through 2034.
Most days tend to involve a blend of classroom teaching, clinical supervision, and continued clinical practice — leading didactic sessions for residents and fellows, supervising procedures and clinics, and seeing your own patients. You'll often spend part of the time on scholarly work — research, case reports, or curriculum development — that academic advancement expects.
The harder part is often balancing the multiple demands of teaching, clinical care, procedural work, and scholarship simultaneously. You'll typically work with learners across the spectrum from medical students through fellows, calibrating teaching to their level while maintaining the technical standards GI work requires.
People who tend to thrive here are clinically expert, scholarly, and patient with the long arc of fellowship training. The trade-off is the salary differential between academic and private GI practice and the cumulative work of carrying clinical, teaching, and scholarly responsibilities. If you find satisfaction in shaping the next generation of gastroenterologists, the work can carry meaning that pure clinical practice doesn't.
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The faculty member who teaches gastroenterology in a medical school or fellowship program — covering GI disease, endoscopy, hepatology, and the clinical reasoning specific to digestive disorders. Half academic faculty, half practicing GI physician.
Median pay for a Gastroenterology Professor is about $106K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $52K to $208K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Speaking, Instructing, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, and Learning Strategies.
Most people in this role hold a master's degree.
Employment in this field is projected to grow about 17.3% through 2034, with roughly 229,720 people working in it today (BLS).
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