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Publication Exclusive: It is not the practice you pass on to others that counts
In a humdrum, workaday 30-plus-year career, the typical ophthalmologist labors about 60,000 hours, earns about $10 million and passes the reins down to a replacement surgeon. He or she then has about $3 million left in the bank to spend during another 20 years or so of retirement, thinking and rethinking his or her legacy. Sometimes with a smile, sometimes not so much.Because the baby boom bulge is reflected not just in the older age distribution of patients but also in the graying distribution of surgeons, and because practice stresses (Read more...)