You're a neurology professor at a medical school or residency program — teaching, supervising clinical training, and continuing to practice neurology. Half academic faculty, half practicing neurologist.
Most days tend to involve a blend of classroom and small-group teaching, clinical supervision, and continued clinical practice — leading didactic sessions, supervising residents and fellows on the wards or in clinics, and seeing your own patients. You'll often spend part of the time on scholarly work — research, case work, or curriculum development.
The harder part is often balancing the multiple demands of teaching, clinical care, and scholarship simultaneously in a specialty where pattern recognition and clinical reasoning develop over years. You'll typically work with learners across the spectrum from medical students through fellows.
People who tend to thrive here are clinically expert, scholarly, and patient with the long arc of neurology training. The trade-off is the salary differential between academic and private neurology and the cumulative workload. If you find satisfaction in shaping the next generation of neurologists, the work can carry meaning that pure clinical practice doesn't.
Where this role sits in the broader career landscape — and where it can take you.
Roles like this one sit within a broader occupational category. The numbers below reflect that full landscape — helpful for context, but your specific experience will depend on level, specialty, and where you work.
You're a neurology professor at a medical school or residency program — teaching, supervising clinical training, and continuing to practice neurology. Half academic faculty, half practicing neurologist.
Median pay for a Neurology 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 Instructing, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Active Listening, and Writing.
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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