PHYSICIAN SALARY"S or PHYSICIAN COMPENSATION

PHYSICIAN SALARY"S or PHYSICIAN COMPENSATION. Checkout this posting of the average physicians are (or should) be making a year! Now remember these numbers can and will vary greatly depending on location, hospital employed or private practice, and level of experience! Also remember that the market place has pressure on pay! NY and North Jersey Family Medicine physicians may only make 3/4 of what the same FP will bring home in rural Georgia!

Here you GO!

Specialty                             Salary

Allergy & Immunology             $250,000

Anesthesiology                       $370,000

Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery    $533,000

Cardiology                              $400,000

Colon & Rectal Surgery          $395,000

Critical Care Medicine           $264,000

Dermatology                          $375,000

Emergency                             $268,000

Endocrinology                        $218,000

Family Medicine                    $208,000

Family Medicine w/ OB        $209,000

Gastroenterology                  $405,000

General Surgery                    $357,000

Geriatrics                              $187,000

Gyn Oncology                        $413,000

Gynecology                            $232,000

Gynecology & Obstetrics      $275,000

Hem Onc                               $320,000

Hospitalist                            $215,000

Nephrology                           $259,000

Infectious Disease               $227,000

Intensivist                            $313,000                      

Internal Medicine                $214,000

Neonatology                        $280,000

Neurological Surgery           $592,000

Neurology                            $236,000

Obstetrics                            $275,000

Occupational Medicine       $233,000

Ophthalmology                    $238,000          

Oral Surgery                         $380,000

Orthopedic Surgery              $500,000

Orthopedic Surgeon Hand   $476,000

Orthopedic Surgery Joint     $605,000

Orthopedic Surgery Spine    $688,000

Otolaryngology                    $368,000

Pediatrics                            $185,000

Perinatology                        $390,000

PM&R                                 $237,000

Plastic Surgery                   $390,000

Psychiatry                           $214,000

Pulmonary Disease            $306,000

Radiology-Non Intervention    $454,000

Radiology-Interventional   $478,000

Rheumatology                   $224,000

Trauma Surgery                 $424,000

Urgent Care                       $222,000

Urology                              $413,000

Vascular Surgery               $413,000

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The Canadian Physician seeking to practice in the USA

I am working with several Physicians that are currently practicing in Canada, and would like to practice in the USA. Sure, we would love to have you! Here is what you should do by way of getting things started:

Q. I am a Canadian Physician. Must I pass a U.S. qualifying exam (United States Medical Licensing Exam, Federal Licensing Exam, National Board of Medical Examiners) to obtain an H-1B visa to work in the U.S?
   
A. Yes, you need to have a U.S. qualifying exam to obtain an H-1B visa.

Canadian Physicians can obtain medical licenses in most U.S. states based on their Canadian training and exams.  In general, a medical license qualifies a physician for an H-1B visa.  However, immigration regulations require all medical Foreign Medical Graduates (FMG) to have a U.S. qualifying exam in order to obtain an H-1B visa to practice medicine. Only physicians of national or international renown are exempt from this requirement.   

USLME website: http://www.usmle.org/

Call David Hadley 412 779-1691   dhadley@dbhadley.com

Doctor shortage caused by heathcare reform

(Reuters) - The U.S. healthcare reform law will worsen a shortage of physicians as millions of newly insured patients seek care, the Association of American Medical Colleges said on Thursday.

The group's Center for Workforce Studies released new estimates that showed shortages would be 50 percent worse in 2015 than forecast.

"While previous projections showed a baseline shortage of 39,600 doctors in 2015, current estimates bring that number closer to 63,000, with a worsening of shortages through 2025," the group said in a statement.

"The United States already was struggling with a critical physician shortage and the problem will only be exacerbated as 32 million Americans acquire health care coverage, and an additional 36 million people enter Medicare."

Medicare is the federal health insurance plan for people over the age of 65, and census projections show that group growing as the giant baby boomer generation born from 1946 to 1964 hits retirement age.

The U.S. healthcare reform plan signed into law by President Barack Obama in March is designed to provide insurance to 32 million Americans who now lack it.

The AAMC projected a shortage of 33,100 physicians in specialties such as cardiology, oncology and emergency medicine in 2015.

It calls for Congress to increase funding to train new doctors. "The number of medical school students continues to increase, adding 7,000 graduates every year over the next decade," the AAMC said.

It said at least 15 percent more were needed.

Other groups, such as the nonprofit Rand Corporation and the Institute of Medicine, have also projected various physician shortages.