Allergist/ immunologist

Duties and responsibilities:

Treat allergic diseases and immunological disorders in patients. Find the cause of allergic irritants that trigger immune responses in the body. Perform clinical evaluation of allergies in patients for appropriate treatments. Participate in the ongoing research efforts on allergies. Study and focus on epidemiological aspects of allergies and immunology disorders. Determine and study the causative agents or allergens in patients.

Salary:

$82,434 to $275,753 a year

Education:

Allergists must complete college or enough science and math courses to be admitted to medical school. They must then complete four years of medical school and three years of residency.

Reflection:

 I wouldn't like to be an allergist because although they help many people and including sometimes saving ones life I feel like the medicine topic isn't my thing. I can’t imagine myself in the position of working as an allergist.