2007 General Surgeon Salary and Employment Survey
 2007 General Surgeon Salary & Employment Survey (Printable Format)
The Salary Survey
LocumTenens.com conducted its Annual General Surgeoun Compensation and Employment Survey in the early summer of 2007. Survey respondents represent physicians who practice on a locum tenens basis as well as those with permanent salaries. This report includes compensation and employment statistics for the field of general surgery including:
Annual compensation ranges
Rural vs. Metro
Years in Practice
Gender
Sources for finding general surgery jobs
Time frame for making next job change
Influencing factors for seeking a general surgery job change
Discussion topics for interviews
Insights and remarks about the practice of general surgery today
Demography of survey respondents
At a Glance
Survey respondents were:
81% Board Certified, 14% Board Eligible
82% Male, 18% female
Avg. number of years practicing: 15.7
66% work in a major metropolitan city or suburban area
Permanent and Locum Tenens
Average Annual Compensation
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2007 Average Annual General Surgeon Salary: $292,104
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Source for finding current job
Time frame for making next job change
Top reason for making a job change
Worked as a locum tenens provider?
What do you like most about practicing medicine?
"Helping people. Surgery allows me to see tangible results."
"Satisfaction in helping people feel better."
"To be in contact with people and help them in all ways possible to get well of their ailments and suffering."
"Love helping people and working with my hands."
"Making a positive impact in people's lives. I truly love what I do."
"Working with my hands, helping people in need. I enjoy surgery because of the variety of conditions and patients I can treat and the evolving technology of surgery."
Worked as a locum tenens provider?
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The top three frustration are:
#1: Reimbursement issues
#2: Mediacal liability issues
#3: Administrative and business agendas interfere with clinical decisions
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Choose medicine again?
Compared to other specialties:
When asked if they would choose medicine again, here's how the other specialists' opinions compared:
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Yes
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No
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Anesthesiology
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69%
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31%
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Cardiology
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77%
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23%
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Internal Medicine
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76%
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24%
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Obstetrics/Gyn
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59%
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41%
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Orthopedic Surgery
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65%
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35%
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Psychiatry
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79%
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21%
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Pediatrics
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75%
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25%
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Radiology
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65%
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35%
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If you could change one thing about the practice of medicine, what would it be?
"Consolidate the insurance industry with a uniform set of rules for reimbursement. Realistic malpractice risks."
"Increase compensation, decrease frivolous lawsuits."
"Cost of malpractice and litigation."
"Improved reimbursement for physicians."
"Eliminate third party interference with the practice of medicine."
"Reimbursements. The whole system is seriously flawed."
"We need national health care. Medical care should be not just for the privileged."
"The quality and training of the ancillary personnel that are involved in a patient's care."
"Less administrative work."
"The corporate, business approach to the practice of medicine."
About LocumTenens.com
 Founded in 1995, LocumTenens.com is a full-service physician and CRNA recruiting firm specializing in supplemental placement of anesthesiologists, radiologists, psychiatrists, surgeons and CRNAs (certified registered nurse anesthetists) with U.S. hospitals, medical groups and community health centers. LocumTenens.com is part of the Jackson Healthcare family of companies.
In addition to full-service recruiting assistance, LocumTenens.com operates free job boards at www.LocumTenens.com which currently has more than 1200 radiology opportunities posted.
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