Official 2024-2025 Allergy & Immunology Application Thread (2024)

SummerSquash said:

Upcoming applicant, anyone concerned at all about job market for non-city locations? For example less populated portions of the northeast or midwest? Would appreciate any insight if anyone has info about job market for areas such as those.

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There are so many jobs for non-city locations, especially the Midwest and northeast. Especially for private practice. It’s pretty saturated in metropolitan areas. There are lots of jobs through private equity in big cities, but not a lot of postings for private practice with partnership.

Integro HealthCare is a great website to see private practice opportunities for allergy. Doccafe and practicelink have some too but those are mostly PE

lebronisthegoat23 said:

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I think I’m cooked. I had way more interviews at this time last year.

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Remain optimistic and keep up the faith. Many people are noting it is a bit of a slower year this time round. You can only do one fellowship at a time, so you only need one that's a good fit. Good luck.

lebronisthegoat23 said:

I think I’m cooked. I had way more interviews at this time last year.

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its only First week of august though we have at least another month or more of interview invites way too early still to freak out

Deecee2DO said:

its only First week of august though we have at least another month or more of interview invites way too early still to freak out

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Current FIT. Agree that you guys got this and to trust yourself and the process!!

SummerSquash said:

Upcoming applicant, anyone concerned at all about job market for non-city locations? For example less populated portions of the northeast or midwest? Would appreciate any insight if anyone has info about job market for areas such as those.

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There are not alot of allergy jobs in non-city locations. I guess it depends what you mean by "non-city." I heard someone say one time that it takes about a population of 100,000 people to support an allergist. That seems about right. You don't really see allergists in rural or semi rural locations. Perhaps if the town itself is decent sized, say maybe 30-50,000 but has a catchment area that increases the relevant population. I don't know about all the specific areas. The northeast seems more population dense in general in terms of geography, whereas the midwest can have miles and miles of land between towns or a string of very small towns all 20-30 miles apart. Your best bet is probably to google the towns you are thinking of and see if they have an allergist. My guess is you'll find scattered solo practices or a big multispecialty clinic that might have one allergist. In areas that are served by a large health system that has multispecialty clinics, you might find that an allergist has a clinic one day a week in different smaller towns. You might also find that a private group based out of a larger city might have a satellite office in a neighboring smaller town where an allergist goes for one or two days a week. However, if some allergist has created a niche in a town like say St. Cloud, MN, they probably would just hire a midlevel if they need to expand a little. Realistically, you'd probably either need to find an allergist nearing retirement or be willing to go start your own practice and see if you can capture the market share.

Now if by "non city" you mean suburbs....well, yeah A/I thrives in the burbs. The market seems to have gone in waves even since I started following it, which is only since med school. Job postings seem to increase in late winter or early spring because they are probably targeting graduating fellows. Cold calling is still a thing. If you know the geographic area you want to work in, start reaching out to every practice in the area as early as possible. Starting a practice is still a viable option in A/I, although might be a little harder for a new grad since your academic fellowship probably isn't gonna be great about teaching you about the business side of things. The new grads (in any field) that start businesses after training have a leg up, either a parent/family member that is a PP doc or at least someone close to them who knows how to run a business. You would have to be pretty savvy to just walk out of fellowship and successfully start your own business from the ground up.

Theresilientone said:

Agree that it is quite early but the anxiety is real knowing that other applicants have 5+ interviews while it is silent over here. Will hold on to hope as others have said above

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You are not alone my friend! Let’s hope for the best🤞🏻

Immunepotential said:

You are not alone my friend! Let’s hope for the best🤞🏻

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Theresilientone said:

Agree that it is quite early but the anxiety is real knowing that other applicants have 5+ interviews while it is silent over here. Will hold on to hope as others have said above

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People with over 5 interviews likely applied to a ton of programs (60-70+). There are a lot of programs who havent sent invites yet. How many did you apply to?