In the September 2011 issue of Glamour magazine they ask readers to guess how much certain jobs pay.
(Don't judge me! I was reading the magazine at a nail salon!)
One of the jobs listed is brain surgeon.
A reader is quoted as saying, "If a doctor is operating on my brain, she'd better want to be there, even if it is for the money."
Average actual salary is $470,000.
Liz Salmi is Communications & Patient Initiatives Director for OpenNotes at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Over the last 15 years Liz has been: a research subject; an advisor in patient stakeholder groups; a leader in “patient engagement” research initiatives; and an innovator, educator and investigator in national educational and research projects. Today her work focuses on involving patients and care partners in the co-design of research and research dissemination. It is rumored Liz was the drummer in a punk rock band.
