Neonatologist

Duties and Responsibilities: Neonatologists are pediatricians who have received additional, specialized training in the care of infants. After completing the three-year residency required for all pediatricians, neonatologists go on to three more years in a neonatal fellowship, learning to care for distressed infants under the supervision of an experienced practitioner. As critical-care providers for these youngest patients, neonatologists bear a range of responsibilities for their diagnosis and treatment, as well as providing support for the parents and other physicians.

Salary: $107,062 - $219,050

Education: The minimum educational requirement for being a neonatologist is a doctoral degree with special training in pediatrics and neonatology.

Reflection: I would like to become one because I like babies and the salary is not that bad.