[twistedpair]

Here's some real data for you, in a NY college no less.

President of my undergrad college made $884K last year [1], but a medical school professor made nearly $2M.

1. https://nonprofitlight.com/ny/rochester/university-of-roches...

[mikkergp]

They're a professor for Orthopedics. Orthopedics is the highest paid specialty and at a university, Professor == Physician.

Point is he's making that money for the hospital for patient services, not because of his teaching.

[temp8964]

Medical schools usually have separated funding sources too. Many professors are in fact practicing medicine in their field.