Cardiologist

Duties and responsibilities: a cardiologist is a doctor of the heart, arteries and vein. Cardiology is considered a specially within the broader category of internal medicine, and you can be trained in such subspecialties as nuclear cardiology, interventional  cardiology, electrophysiology and echocardiography. You’ll diagnose and treat cardiovascular diseases.

Salary: $321,080

Education: to become a cardiologist, you must complete a pre-med bachelor’s degree. The program you choose should be heavy in pre-med courses, such as anatomy, biology, chemistry and statistics. Then seek a doctor of medicine degree. Through classroom instruction and clinical experiences, you’ll learn how to assess, diagnose and treat illnesses.

Reflection: I would want to be a cardiologist to see how the heart functions. Also, because they make a lot of money. I would want to be a cardiologist because they help people with heart problems.