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Pediatrician

Pediatrician . Katie Lottermoser. Agenda. ABC Pediatrics Erin Shanks Job Shadow Experience Pediatrician Job Statistics Closing Thoughts. ABC Pediatrics . Dr. Gus Rousonelos started practicing pediatrics in Naperville in 1987 E stablished ABC Pediatrics, Ltd. in 1993.

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Pediatrician

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  1. Pediatrician Katie Lottermoser

  2. Agenda • ABC Pediatrics • Erin Shanks • Job Shadow Experience • Pediatrician Job Statistics • Closing Thoughts

  3. ABC Pediatrics • Dr. Gus Rousonelos started practicing pediatrics in Naperville in 1987 • Established ABC Pediatrics, Ltd. in 1993. • Services provided • Prenatal consultations • Teach and provide guidance in parenting skills • Monitor physical growth and development • Preventive medicine • Diagnose and manage specific illnesses

  4. Company Size • Pediatricians • Gus Rousonelos, M.D., F.A.A.P. • Erin Shanks, M.D., F.A.A.P. • Karolyn Law, M.D., F.A.A.P. • Ushma Patel, M.D., F.A.A.P. • Pamela Persak, M.D., F.A.A.P.

  5. Erin Shanks • University of Iowa-Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering • Medical degree-Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine in 1997 • Pediatric residency-Loyola University Medical • Joined A.B.C. Pediatrics, Ltd. in 2000 • Pediatric Board Certified • Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics

  6. My Responsibilities • Physicals-same procedures used for each • Touch toes • Feel stomach • Crab walk • Strep throat • Culture swab • Swab sent to lab • Results processed sent back to office

  7. My Responsibilities • Wart treatment • Freezing wart (liquid nitrogen) • Keratosis pilaris(genetically bumpy skin) • Not contagious • Flares up when hot/sick

  8. Skills learned • How to use an EpiPen

  9. Pediatrician Statistics • Number of jobs: 691,000 • Job outlook 2010-20: 24% (faster than average) • Employment change 2010-20: 859,300

  10. National Pediatrician Statistics: Salary (May 2011) • Median hourly wage: $76.04 • Mean hourly wage: $81.08 • Annual mean wage: $168,650

  11. Private Practice Earnings

  12. Match Career Interest • Yes • Love working with kids (happy, fun) • Different each day • Relationship develop with patients

  13. Recommend For Future Internships • Yes • Interested in working with kids • Fun, exciting • New everyday • Helpful host

  14. Overall Assessment • Enjoyed • Interacting with patients (favorite infant-3 years) • Seeing variety of conditions (physicals, wart removal, keratosis pilaris, strep throat culture, asthma) • Meeting with Neocate representative • Not enjoy • Watching paperwork be done(necessary)

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  16. Resources • Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2012-13 Edition, Physicians and Surgeons, on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physicians-and-surgeons.htm (visited October 10, 2012). • http://www.abcpediatrics.net/

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