Tips For Getting Promoted in an Academic Center:

• Know if your position and its responsibilities align with the required activities for successful promotion.  – Anne L. Taylor, MD, FACC, the John Lindenbaum professor of medicine/cardiology at Columbia University Medical Center, senior vice president for faculty affairs and career development, and vice dean for academic affairs at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, NY.

Tips For Success in a Private Practice:

• The level of your participation in decision-making in the group may affect your overall satisfaction because such decisions may affect your schedule, your pay, where you work, etc. It is important to know this when you join a group or larger organization. – Riya Chacko, MD, a cardiologist at the Cardiovascular Group of Syracuse in Syracuse, NY.