I work with a few Drs and will pass along some common thoughts, doing this quickly on mobile so apologies. In general: If you want a nice balanced life, you s

I work with a few Drs and will pass along some common thoughts, doing this quickly on mobile so apologies. In general: If you want a nice balanced life, you should aim to open a private practice. However private practices are a dying breed due to cost for renovating/acquiring an office (150k at the very least for renovating yourself here in LA), shitty payouts by insurance (and getting worse), I saw a pay stub just today for $37 for a specialist visit (cash visit would be around $250 so Drs really hate taking even PPO insurance these days), etc. Few specialties can pull off a private practice such as: Plastic/Aesthetic, ophthalmology (doing LASIK and cataract surgery), and some others but usually these two have it the best. It's even harder if not in a very populous area, but then competition is rife, should be ready to shell out for marketing. The majority of physicians work in groups or hospitals. There is a lot of stress and responsibility if you are a surgeon, you should know that this kind of life is what you want. In the end it depends on his goals, these days and evermoreso going forward physicians are just cogs in the system. You can get away by opening a private practice but there are plenty of challenges there. Getting into a nice residency program is mostly luck and medical school is rough. Not to mention the costs if you aren't well off. If anyone wants to ask anything I'd be happy to answer in a bit more detail when I get time.