Dr. Cao,

I know you are an expert in typing Chinese. Could you write here in Chinese to explain the pathology related titles?

Intern,

residents

fellows

attending pathologists

professor, associate professor, assistant professor

Staff pathologist, Associate pathologist

tenure track, clinical track

et al........

Thanks,

cz

 The salary can be different compared in reaserching/teaching in the university and physicians.

After you get your PhD degree you need to find a lab to work several years as postdocteral fellowship. You can find a tenure track position to teach (also need reseach) or research in universities. Your title will be assistant professor. The salary will be 5-60,000/year. You will be tenured if you can get grants such as, R1 (1million) from NIH during 5-7 years. Anyway you need to have grant money to raise yourself and your technicians or PhD students or postdoctors. Otherwise you will not be tenured and you have to leave. You will be promoted as associate professor with salary 70,000-100,000.  Of cause after PhD and fellow training you can find a job in companies.

But after you complete residency training and fellow training (depending the major), you can find a physicina position in hospitals or academic institutes. Your salary will be 120,000 to 300,000/year. The salary varies a lot among specielities and hospitals. Generally, salary is lower in academic hospitals than in community hospitals. It may be much lower in good universities than general universities.

As Dr. Cao mentioned, most physicians in the universities are clinical track.

Anyway physician can earn more than researchers or teachers in the universities in the US.