What Is The Lowest Paid Type Of Doctor?

by | Last updated on January 24, 2024

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  • Pediatrics $221,000 (down 5%)
  • Family Medicine $236,000 (up 1%)
  • Public Health & Preventive Medicine $237,000 (up 2%)
  • Diabetes & Endocrinology $245,000 (up 4%)
  • Infectious Disease $245,000 (steady)
  • Internal Medicine $248,000 (down 1%)
  • Allergy & Immunology $274,000 (down 9%)

What is the highest paid type of doctor?

The highest-paid physician specialties

Specialists

in plastic surgery

earned the highest physician salary in 2020 — an average of $526,000. Orthopedics/orthopedic surgery is the next-highest specialty ($511,000 annually), followed by cardiology at $459,000 annually.

What type of doctor makes the least money?

The lowest-paid specialties—

internal medicine, family practice, and pediatrics

—reported earning less than half of the annual salary of those in the top.

What is the easiest doctor to become?

  1. Family Medicine. Average Step 1 Score: 215.5. …
  2. Psychiatry. Average Step 1 Score: 222.8. …
  3. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Average Step 1 Score: 224.2. …
  4. Pediatrics. Average Step 1 Score: 225.4. …
  5. Pathology. Average Step 1 Score: 225.6. …
  6. Internal Medicine (Categorical)

What is the least stressful type of doctor?

  • Plastic surgery: 23%. …
  • Dermatology: 32%. …
  • Pathology: 32%. …
  • Ophthalmology: 33%. …
  • Orthopedics: 34%. …
  • Emergency medicine: 45%. …
  • Internal medicine: 46%. …
  • Obstetrics and gynecology: 46%.

What is the hardest doctor to become?

  • General Surgery.
  • Neurosurgery.
  • Orthopedic Surgery.
  • Ophthalmology.
  • Otolaryngology.
  • Plastic Surgery.
  • Urology.
  • Radiation Oncology.

Who are the happiest doctors?

  • Dermatology. …
  • Anesthesiology. …
  • Ophthalmology. …
  • Pediatrics. …
  • Psychiatry. …
  • Clinical Immunology/Allergy. …
  • General/Clinical Pathology. …
  • Nephrology. A nephrologist treats diseases and infections of the kidneys and urinary system.

What is the salary of a dermatologist?

Percentile Salary Location 25th Percentile Dermatologist Salary

$305,500

US
50th Percentile Dermatologist Salary $355,700 US 75th Percentile Dermatologist Salary $415,000 US 90th Percentile Dermatologist Salary $468,990 US

Which country pays doctors most?

  • Germany. …
  • The Netherlands. …
  • United Kingdom. …
  • Republic of Ireland. …
  • Iceland. …
  • The United States of America. …
  • Switzerland. …
  • Luxembourg.

Who is the richest doctor in the world?

As the richest doctor on earth,

Patrick Soon Shiong

is a doctor turned entrepreneur turned philanthropist who is worth close to $12 billion. He made his fortune transforming cancer treatments.

How old is the oldest medical student?

Atomic Leow was

66 years old

when he graduated in 2015 as a Doctor of Medicine from University GT Popa of Medicine and Pharmacy in Iasi, Romania. Leow, who is originally from Singapore, is the oldest known medical student in the world.

What is the shortest doctor career?


A general practice doctor

has the least amount of requirements for any medical doctor. While these doctors do still have four years of medical school and one to two years of residency after completing four years of undergraduate education, this is the minimum amount of education any medical doctor must undergo.

Can I get into med school at 30?

Yes,

medical schools do accept older students

. According to medical school admissions specialists, it is certainly possible for someone age 30 or over to be accepted into med school.

What is the most stressful type of doctor?

  • Critical care: 48 percent.
  • Neurology: 48 percent.
  • Family medicine: 47 percent.
  • Obstetrics and gynecology: 46 percent.
  • Internal medicine: 46 percent.
  • Emergency medicine: 45 percent.

What type of doctors are most needed?


Family medicine and internal medicine

are among the most in-demand physician specialties, as confirmed by a 2019 Physician Employment report by Doximity. Rounding out the top five most in-demand physician specialties, according to the report, are emergency medicine, psychiatry, and obstetrics and gynecology.

Do doctors have free time?

About

a third to a half of physicians get in 2-4 weeks of vacation time a year

. Like their fellow Americans, however, over a third (38.3%) of family physicians and almost as many emergency medicine physicians (35.3%), internists (33.9%), and general surgeons (32.5%) take off for 2 weeks a year at most.

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