Cardiovascular Health Careers Look Promising

Posted on February 16, 2007

IndyStar.com has an article about some great opportunities in cardiovascular health. These are careers where you don't have to be a heart surgeon.

Cardiovascular health is, without a doubt, the place to be. Openings in almost every category in the field are expected to grow faster than other careers through 2010 -- some jumping 26 percent a year, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

Not only are jobs that keep the heart healthy in high demand now, but they are expected to continue to explode for decades as the population ages and more people need heart care.

We know what you're thinking: years of schooling, right? Not quite. You don't have to be a heart surgeon to work in the cardiovascular field.

"There are so many people behind the scenes," says Lori Shannon, director of invasive cardiac care with Clarian Health.

The fields listed in the IndyStar story include echocardiography technicians (average pay: $52,490); exercise physiologists (average pay: $45,000); cardiovascular perfusionists (average page: $65,000); social workers (average pay: $40,000) and cardiovascular technicians (average pay: $38,690). If you are curious as to what a cardiovascular perfusionist does they are ones who run the heart/lung machines during heart procedures and heart surgery.

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