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Few would deny that physicians today face many challenges: a growing and aging patient population, personnel shortages, mounting paperwork, regulatory and reimbursement pressures, and personal burnout. Collectively these could work to worsen patient access to care. Yet despite these headwinds, Doximity’s survey-based Physician Compensation Report 2025 found that despite dissatisfaction, more than three-quarters of physicians polled said, paradoxically, they would still choose to enter their embattled profession.

“Physician burnout isn’t new. It’s been a persistent problem over the past decade,” said Amit Phull, MD, chief clinical experience officer at Doximity. “In a Doximity poll of nearly 2,000 physicians conducted in May 2025, 85% reported they feel overworked, up from 73% just four years ago. As a result, about 68% of physicians said they are looking for an employment change or considering early retirement.”

Dr. Amit Phull



Based on some 230,000 responses over six years, including those from more than 37,000 U.S. physicians in 2024 alone, as well as more than 1,100 physicians polled in 2025, the digital platform’s most recent report also incorporates thousands of responses to other recent surveys, as well as data from Doximity’s tech-enabled Talent Solutions, which support both permanent and locum tenens healthcare staffing.

Greater awareness of contemporary trends may help physicians make more-informed career decisions and more effectively advocate for both themselves and the patients who need them, the report’s authors stated.

 

Compensation Lag May Impact Care

A small overall average compensation increase of 3.7% from 2023 to 2024 – a slightly lower increase than the 5.9% in the prior year – has done little to close existing pay gaps across the profession.

In 2024, average compensation for men rose 5.7% over 2023, compared with just 1.7% for women – widening the gender pay gap to 26% vs 23% in 2023 and matching the gender gap seen in 2022. And significant disparities persist between physicians caring for adults vs children. In some specialties, the pay gap between pediatric and adult specialists exceeded 80% despite practitioners’ similar levels of training and clinical complexity. 

Nearly 60% of respondents said reimbursement pressures could affect their ability to serve Medicare or Medicaid patients in the next year. Additionally, 81% reported that reimbursement policies have significantly contributed to the decline of private practices, and more than a third said they could stifle practice growth with compensation concerns forcing them to delay or cancel hiring or expansion plans. Almost 90% reported an adverse impact from physician shortages, with more citing an inability or limited ability to accept new patients.

 

Narrowing the Gap for Primary Care?

Over the past three years, the percent pay gap between primary care and specialist medicine declined modestly, the report noted. In 2024, surgical specialists earned 87% more than primary care physicians, down from 100% in 2022. Non-surgical specialists, emergency medicine physicians, and Ob/Gyns also continued to earn significantly more than primary care physicians, though the gaps have narrowed slightly.

“These trends come at a time when primary care remains critical to meeting high patient demand, especially amid ongoing physician shortages,” the report stated. “Primary care physicians continue to earn considerably less than many of their medical colleagues despite their essential role in the healthcare system.”

Significantly, many physicians believe that current reimbursement policies have contributed to the steady decline of independent practices in their fields. According to the American Medical Association, the share of physicians working in private practices dropped by 18 percentage points from 60.1% to 42.2% from 2012 to 2024.

 

The Specialties

This year’s review found that among 20 specialties, the highest average compensation occurred in surgical and procedural specialties, while the lowest paid were, as mentioned, pediatric medicine and primary care. Pediatric nephrology saw the largest average compensation growth in 2024 at 15.6%, yet compensation still lagged behind adult nephrology with a 40% pay gap.

By medical discipline, gastroenterologists ranked 13th overall in average annual compensation. Gastroenterology remained in the top 20 compensated specialties, with average annual compensation of $537,870 – an increase from $514,208 in 2024, representing a 4.5% growth rate over 2023. This is higher than the average physician compensation, at $537,870, while neurosurgeons topped the list at $749,140, followed by thoracic surgeons at $689,969 and orthopedic surgeons at $679,517.

The three lowest-paid branches were all pediatric: endocrinology at $230,426, rheumatology at $231,574, and infectious diseases at $248,322. Pediatric gastroenterology paid somewhat higher at $298,457.

The largest disparities were seen in hematology and oncology, where adult specialists earned 93% more than their pediatric peers. Pediatric gastroenterology showed an 80% pay gap. There were also substantial pay differences across cardiology, pulmonology, and rheumatology. “These gaps appear to reflect a systemic lag in pay for pediatric specialty care, even as demand for pediatric subspecialists continues to rise,” the report stated.

 

Practice Setting and Location

Where a doctor practices impacts the bottom line, too: in 2024 the highest compensation reported for a metro area was in Rochester, Minnesota (the Mayo Clinic effect?), at $495,532, while the lowest reported was in Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina, at $368,782. St. Louis, Missouri ($484,883) and Los Angeles, California ($470,198) were 2nd and 3rd at the top of the list. Rochester, Minnesota, also emerged as best for annual compensation after cost-of-living adjustment, while Boston, Massachusetts, occupied the bottom rung.

The Gender Effect

With a women’s pay increase in 2024 of just 1.7%, the gender gap returned to it’s 2022-level disparity of 26%, with women physicians earning an average of $120,917 less than men after adjusting for specialty, location, and years of experience.

Doximity’s analysis of data from 2014 to 2019 estimated that on average men make at least $2 million more than women over the course of a 40-year career. This gap is often attributed to the fewer hours worked by female physician with their generally heavier familial responsibilities, “but Doximity’s gender wage gap analysis controls for the number of hours worked and career stage, along with specialty, work type, employment status, region, and credentials,” Phull said.

Women physicians had lower average earnings than men physicians across all specialties, a trend consistent with prior years. As a percentage of pay, the largest gender disparity was seen in pediatric nephrology (16.5%), a specialty that in fact saw the largest annual growth in physician pay. Neurosurgery had the smallest gender gap at 11.3%, while infectious diseases came in at 11.5% and oncology at 12%.

According to Maria T. Abreu, MD, AGAF, executive director of the F. Widjaja Inflammatory Bowel Disease Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and past president of AGA, the remuneration gender gap in gastroenterology is being taken seriously by AGA and several other GI societies. “The discrepancies in pay start from the beginning and therefore are magnified over time. We are helping to empower women to negotiate better as well as to gather data on the roots of inequity, she told GI & Hepatology News

Dr. Maria T. Abreu



The AGA Women’s Committee has developed a project to support the advancement of women in gastroenterology, Abreu said. The initiative, which includes the AGA Gender Equity Framework and Gender Equity Road Map. focuses attention on disparities in the workplace and promotes opportunities for women’s leadership, career advancement, mentorship and physician health and wellness, she added.

Are these disparities due mainly to the “motherhood penalty,” with career interruption and time lost to maternity leave and fewer hours worked owing to the greater parenting burden of physician mothers? Or are they due to the systemic effects of gender expectations around compensation?

Hours worked appear to be a factor. A 2017 study of dual physician couples found that among childless respondents men worked an average of 57 hours and women 52 hours weekly. Compared with childless men, men with children worked similar numbers of hours weekly. However, compared with childless physicians, mothers worked significantly fewer hours – roughly 40 to 43 hours weekly – depending on the age of their youngest child.

Abreu pushed back on this stereotype. “Most women physicians, including gastroenterologists, do not take the maternity leave they are allowed because they are concerned about burdening their colleagues,” she said. “Thus, it is unlikely to explain the disparities. Many systemic issues remain challenging, but we want women to be empowered to advocate for themselves at the time of hiring and along the arc of their career paths.”

In Abreu’s view, having women assume more leadership roles in the field of gastroenterology provides an opportunity to focus on reducing the disparities in compensation.

Regardless of gender, among all physicians surveyed, autonomy and work-life balance appeared to be a high priority: 77% of doctors said they would be willing to accept or have already accepted lower pay for more autonomy or work-life balance. “Overwork appears to be especially prevalent among women physicians,” said Phull, noting that 91% of women respondents reported being overworked compared with 80% of men. “This overwork has compelled 74% of women to consider making a career change, compared with 62% of men.” Differences emerged among specialties as well: 90% of primary care physicians said they are overworked compared with 84% of surgeons and 83% of non-surgical specialists.

Looking ahead, the report raised an important question. Are we relying too heavily on physicians rather than addressing the underlying need for policies that support a healthier, more sustainable future for all? “Building that future will take more than physician dedication alone,” Phull said. “It will require meaningful collaboration across the entire health care ecosystem – including health systems, hospitals, payors, and policymakers. And physicians must not only have a voice in shaping the path forward; they must have a seat at the table.”

Abreu reported no conflicts of interest in regard to her comments.

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Few would deny that physicians today face many challenges: a growing and aging patient population, personnel shortages, mounting paperwork, regulatory and reimbursement pressures, and personal burnout. Collectively these could work to worsen patient access to care. Yet despite these headwinds, Doximity’s survey-based Physician Compensation Report 2025 found that despite dissatisfaction, more than three-quarters of physicians polled said, paradoxically, they would still choose to enter their embattled profession.

“Physician burnout isn’t new. It’s been a persistent problem over the past decade,” said Amit Phull, MD, chief clinical experience officer at Doximity. “In a Doximity poll of nearly 2,000 physicians conducted in May 2025, 85% reported they feel overworked, up from 73% just four years ago. As a result, about 68% of physicians said they are looking for an employment change or considering early retirement.”

Dr. Amit Phull



Based on some 230,000 responses over six years, including those from more than 37,000 U.S. physicians in 2024 alone, as well as more than 1,100 physicians polled in 2025, the digital platform’s most recent report also incorporates thousands of responses to other recent surveys, as well as data from Doximity’s tech-enabled Talent Solutions, which support both permanent and locum tenens healthcare staffing.

Greater awareness of contemporary trends may help physicians make more-informed career decisions and more effectively advocate for both themselves and the patients who need them, the report’s authors stated.

 

Compensation Lag May Impact Care

A small overall average compensation increase of 3.7% from 2023 to 2024 – a slightly lower increase than the 5.9% in the prior year – has done little to close existing pay gaps across the profession.

In 2024, average compensation for men rose 5.7% over 2023, compared with just 1.7% for women – widening the gender pay gap to 26% vs 23% in 2023 and matching the gender gap seen in 2022. And significant disparities persist between physicians caring for adults vs children. In some specialties, the pay gap between pediatric and adult specialists exceeded 80% despite practitioners’ similar levels of training and clinical complexity. 

Nearly 60% of respondents said reimbursement pressures could affect their ability to serve Medicare or Medicaid patients in the next year. Additionally, 81% reported that reimbursement policies have significantly contributed to the decline of private practices, and more than a third said they could stifle practice growth with compensation concerns forcing them to delay or cancel hiring or expansion plans. Almost 90% reported an adverse impact from physician shortages, with more citing an inability or limited ability to accept new patients.

 

Narrowing the Gap for Primary Care?

Over the past three years, the percent pay gap between primary care and specialist medicine declined modestly, the report noted. In 2024, surgical specialists earned 87% more than primary care physicians, down from 100% in 2022. Non-surgical specialists, emergency medicine physicians, and Ob/Gyns also continued to earn significantly more than primary care physicians, though the gaps have narrowed slightly.

“These trends come at a time when primary care remains critical to meeting high patient demand, especially amid ongoing physician shortages,” the report stated. “Primary care physicians continue to earn considerably less than many of their medical colleagues despite their essential role in the healthcare system.”

Significantly, many physicians believe that current reimbursement policies have contributed to the steady decline of independent practices in their fields. According to the American Medical Association, the share of physicians working in private practices dropped by 18 percentage points from 60.1% to 42.2% from 2012 to 2024.

 

The Specialties

This year’s review found that among 20 specialties, the highest average compensation occurred in surgical and procedural specialties, while the lowest paid were, as mentioned, pediatric medicine and primary care. Pediatric nephrology saw the largest average compensation growth in 2024 at 15.6%, yet compensation still lagged behind adult nephrology with a 40% pay gap.

By medical discipline, gastroenterologists ranked 13th overall in average annual compensation. Gastroenterology remained in the top 20 compensated specialties, with average annual compensation of $537,870 – an increase from $514,208 in 2024, representing a 4.5% growth rate over 2023. This is higher than the average physician compensation, at $537,870, while neurosurgeons topped the list at $749,140, followed by thoracic surgeons at $689,969 and orthopedic surgeons at $679,517.

The three lowest-paid branches were all pediatric: endocrinology at $230,426, rheumatology at $231,574, and infectious diseases at $248,322. Pediatric gastroenterology paid somewhat higher at $298,457.

The largest disparities were seen in hematology and oncology, where adult specialists earned 93% more than their pediatric peers. Pediatric gastroenterology showed an 80% pay gap. There were also substantial pay differences across cardiology, pulmonology, and rheumatology. “These gaps appear to reflect a systemic lag in pay for pediatric specialty care, even as demand for pediatric subspecialists continues to rise,” the report stated.

 

Practice Setting and Location

Where a doctor practices impacts the bottom line, too: in 2024 the highest compensation reported for a metro area was in Rochester, Minnesota (the Mayo Clinic effect?), at $495,532, while the lowest reported was in Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina, at $368,782. St. Louis, Missouri ($484,883) and Los Angeles, California ($470,198) were 2nd and 3rd at the top of the list. Rochester, Minnesota, also emerged as best for annual compensation after cost-of-living adjustment, while Boston, Massachusetts, occupied the bottom rung.

The Gender Effect

With a women’s pay increase in 2024 of just 1.7%, the gender gap returned to it’s 2022-level disparity of 26%, with women physicians earning an average of $120,917 less than men after adjusting for specialty, location, and years of experience.

Doximity’s analysis of data from 2014 to 2019 estimated that on average men make at least $2 million more than women over the course of a 40-year career. This gap is often attributed to the fewer hours worked by female physician with their generally heavier familial responsibilities, “but Doximity’s gender wage gap analysis controls for the number of hours worked and career stage, along with specialty, work type, employment status, region, and credentials,” Phull said.

Women physicians had lower average earnings than men physicians across all specialties, a trend consistent with prior years. As a percentage of pay, the largest gender disparity was seen in pediatric nephrology (16.5%), a specialty that in fact saw the largest annual growth in physician pay. Neurosurgery had the smallest gender gap at 11.3%, while infectious diseases came in at 11.5% and oncology at 12%.

According to Maria T. Abreu, MD, AGAF, executive director of the F. Widjaja Inflammatory Bowel Disease Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and past president of AGA, the remuneration gender gap in gastroenterology is being taken seriously by AGA and several other GI societies. “The discrepancies in pay start from the beginning and therefore are magnified over time. We are helping to empower women to negotiate better as well as to gather data on the roots of inequity, she told GI & Hepatology News

Dr. Maria T. Abreu



The AGA Women’s Committee has developed a project to support the advancement of women in gastroenterology, Abreu said. The initiative, which includes the AGA Gender Equity Framework and Gender Equity Road Map. focuses attention on disparities in the workplace and promotes opportunities for women’s leadership, career advancement, mentorship and physician health and wellness, she added.

Are these disparities due mainly to the “motherhood penalty,” with career interruption and time lost to maternity leave and fewer hours worked owing to the greater parenting burden of physician mothers? Or are they due to the systemic effects of gender expectations around compensation?

Hours worked appear to be a factor. A 2017 study of dual physician couples found that among childless respondents men worked an average of 57 hours and women 52 hours weekly. Compared with childless men, men with children worked similar numbers of hours weekly. However, compared with childless physicians, mothers worked significantly fewer hours – roughly 40 to 43 hours weekly – depending on the age of their youngest child.

Abreu pushed back on this stereotype. “Most women physicians, including gastroenterologists, do not take the maternity leave they are allowed because they are concerned about burdening their colleagues,” she said. “Thus, it is unlikely to explain the disparities. Many systemic issues remain challenging, but we want women to be empowered to advocate for themselves at the time of hiring and along the arc of their career paths.”

In Abreu’s view, having women assume more leadership roles in the field of gastroenterology provides an opportunity to focus on reducing the disparities in compensation.

Regardless of gender, among all physicians surveyed, autonomy and work-life balance appeared to be a high priority: 77% of doctors said they would be willing to accept or have already accepted lower pay for more autonomy or work-life balance. “Overwork appears to be especially prevalent among women physicians,” said Phull, noting that 91% of women respondents reported being overworked compared with 80% of men. “This overwork has compelled 74% of women to consider making a career change, compared with 62% of men.” Differences emerged among specialties as well: 90% of primary care physicians said they are overworked compared with 84% of surgeons and 83% of non-surgical specialists.

Looking ahead, the report raised an important question. Are we relying too heavily on physicians rather than addressing the underlying need for policies that support a healthier, more sustainable future for all? “Building that future will take more than physician dedication alone,” Phull said. “It will require meaningful collaboration across the entire health care ecosystem – including health systems, hospitals, payors, and policymakers. And physicians must not only have a voice in shaping the path forward; they must have a seat at the table.”

Abreu reported no conflicts of interest in regard to her comments.

Few would deny that physicians today face many challenges: a growing and aging patient population, personnel shortages, mounting paperwork, regulatory and reimbursement pressures, and personal burnout. Collectively these could work to worsen patient access to care. Yet despite these headwinds, Doximity’s survey-based Physician Compensation Report 2025 found that despite dissatisfaction, more than three-quarters of physicians polled said, paradoxically, they would still choose to enter their embattled profession.

“Physician burnout isn’t new. It’s been a persistent problem over the past decade,” said Amit Phull, MD, chief clinical experience officer at Doximity. “In a Doximity poll of nearly 2,000 physicians conducted in May 2025, 85% reported they feel overworked, up from 73% just four years ago. As a result, about 68% of physicians said they are looking for an employment change or considering early retirement.”

Dr. Amit Phull



Based on some 230,000 responses over six years, including those from more than 37,000 U.S. physicians in 2024 alone, as well as more than 1,100 physicians polled in 2025, the digital platform’s most recent report also incorporates thousands of responses to other recent surveys, as well as data from Doximity’s tech-enabled Talent Solutions, which support both permanent and locum tenens healthcare staffing.

Greater awareness of contemporary trends may help physicians make more-informed career decisions and more effectively advocate for both themselves and the patients who need them, the report’s authors stated.

 

Compensation Lag May Impact Care

A small overall average compensation increase of 3.7% from 2023 to 2024 – a slightly lower increase than the 5.9% in the prior year – has done little to close existing pay gaps across the profession.

In 2024, average compensation for men rose 5.7% over 2023, compared with just 1.7% for women – widening the gender pay gap to 26% vs 23% in 2023 and matching the gender gap seen in 2022. And significant disparities persist between physicians caring for adults vs children. In some specialties, the pay gap between pediatric and adult specialists exceeded 80% despite practitioners’ similar levels of training and clinical complexity. 

Nearly 60% of respondents said reimbursement pressures could affect their ability to serve Medicare or Medicaid patients in the next year. Additionally, 81% reported that reimbursement policies have significantly contributed to the decline of private practices, and more than a third said they could stifle practice growth with compensation concerns forcing them to delay or cancel hiring or expansion plans. Almost 90% reported an adverse impact from physician shortages, with more citing an inability or limited ability to accept new patients.

 

Narrowing the Gap for Primary Care?

Over the past three years, the percent pay gap between primary care and specialist medicine declined modestly, the report noted. In 2024, surgical specialists earned 87% more than primary care physicians, down from 100% in 2022. Non-surgical specialists, emergency medicine physicians, and Ob/Gyns also continued to earn significantly more than primary care physicians, though the gaps have narrowed slightly.

“These trends come at a time when primary care remains critical to meeting high patient demand, especially amid ongoing physician shortages,” the report stated. “Primary care physicians continue to earn considerably less than many of their medical colleagues despite their essential role in the healthcare system.”

Significantly, many physicians believe that current reimbursement policies have contributed to the steady decline of independent practices in their fields. According to the American Medical Association, the share of physicians working in private practices dropped by 18 percentage points from 60.1% to 42.2% from 2012 to 2024.

 

The Specialties

This year’s review found that among 20 specialties, the highest average compensation occurred in surgical and procedural specialties, while the lowest paid were, as mentioned, pediatric medicine and primary care. Pediatric nephrology saw the largest average compensation growth in 2024 at 15.6%, yet compensation still lagged behind adult nephrology with a 40% pay gap.

By medical discipline, gastroenterologists ranked 13th overall in average annual compensation. Gastroenterology remained in the top 20 compensated specialties, with average annual compensation of $537,870 – an increase from $514,208 in 2024, representing a 4.5% growth rate over 2023. This is higher than the average physician compensation, at $537,870, while neurosurgeons topped the list at $749,140, followed by thoracic surgeons at $689,969 and orthopedic surgeons at $679,517.

The three lowest-paid branches were all pediatric: endocrinology at $230,426, rheumatology at $231,574, and infectious diseases at $248,322. Pediatric gastroenterology paid somewhat higher at $298,457.

The largest disparities were seen in hematology and oncology, where adult specialists earned 93% more than their pediatric peers. Pediatric gastroenterology showed an 80% pay gap. There were also substantial pay differences across cardiology, pulmonology, and rheumatology. “These gaps appear to reflect a systemic lag in pay for pediatric specialty care, even as demand for pediatric subspecialists continues to rise,” the report stated.

 

Practice Setting and Location

Where a doctor practices impacts the bottom line, too: in 2024 the highest compensation reported for a metro area was in Rochester, Minnesota (the Mayo Clinic effect?), at $495,532, while the lowest reported was in Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina, at $368,782. St. Louis, Missouri ($484,883) and Los Angeles, California ($470,198) were 2nd and 3rd at the top of the list. Rochester, Minnesota, also emerged as best for annual compensation after cost-of-living adjustment, while Boston, Massachusetts, occupied the bottom rung.

The Gender Effect

With a women’s pay increase in 2024 of just 1.7%, the gender gap returned to it’s 2022-level disparity of 26%, with women physicians earning an average of $120,917 less than men after adjusting for specialty, location, and years of experience.

Doximity’s analysis of data from 2014 to 2019 estimated that on average men make at least $2 million more than women over the course of a 40-year career. This gap is often attributed to the fewer hours worked by female physician with their generally heavier familial responsibilities, “but Doximity’s gender wage gap analysis controls for the number of hours worked and career stage, along with specialty, work type, employment status, region, and credentials,” Phull said.

Women physicians had lower average earnings than men physicians across all specialties, a trend consistent with prior years. As a percentage of pay, the largest gender disparity was seen in pediatric nephrology (16.5%), a specialty that in fact saw the largest annual growth in physician pay. Neurosurgery had the smallest gender gap at 11.3%, while infectious diseases came in at 11.5% and oncology at 12%.

According to Maria T. Abreu, MD, AGAF, executive director of the F. Widjaja Inflammatory Bowel Disease Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and past president of AGA, the remuneration gender gap in gastroenterology is being taken seriously by AGA and several other GI societies. “The discrepancies in pay start from the beginning and therefore are magnified over time. We are helping to empower women to negotiate better as well as to gather data on the roots of inequity, she told GI & Hepatology News

Dr. Maria T. Abreu



The AGA Women’s Committee has developed a project to support the advancement of women in gastroenterology, Abreu said. The initiative, which includes the AGA Gender Equity Framework and Gender Equity Road Map. focuses attention on disparities in the workplace and promotes opportunities for women’s leadership, career advancement, mentorship and physician health and wellness, she added.

Are these disparities due mainly to the “motherhood penalty,” with career interruption and time lost to maternity leave and fewer hours worked owing to the greater parenting burden of physician mothers? Or are they due to the systemic effects of gender expectations around compensation?

Hours worked appear to be a factor. A 2017 study of dual physician couples found that among childless respondents men worked an average of 57 hours and women 52 hours weekly. Compared with childless men, men with children worked similar numbers of hours weekly. However, compared with childless physicians, mothers worked significantly fewer hours – roughly 40 to 43 hours weekly – depending on the age of their youngest child.

Abreu pushed back on this stereotype. “Most women physicians, including gastroenterologists, do not take the maternity leave they are allowed because they are concerned about burdening their colleagues,” she said. “Thus, it is unlikely to explain the disparities. Many systemic issues remain challenging, but we want women to be empowered to advocate for themselves at the time of hiring and along the arc of their career paths.”

In Abreu’s view, having women assume more leadership roles in the field of gastroenterology provides an opportunity to focus on reducing the disparities in compensation.

Regardless of gender, among all physicians surveyed, autonomy and work-life balance appeared to be a high priority: 77% of doctors said they would be willing to accept or have already accepted lower pay for more autonomy or work-life balance. “Overwork appears to be especially prevalent among women physicians,” said Phull, noting that 91% of women respondents reported being overworked compared with 80% of men. “This overwork has compelled 74% of women to consider making a career change, compared with 62% of men.” Differences emerged among specialties as well: 90% of primary care physicians said they are overworked compared with 84% of surgeons and 83% of non-surgical specialists.

Looking ahead, the report raised an important question. Are we relying too heavily on physicians rather than addressing the underlying need for policies that support a healthier, more sustainable future for all? “Building that future will take more than physician dedication alone,” Phull said. “It will require meaningful collaboration across the entire health care ecosystem – including health systems, hospitals, payors, and policymakers. And physicians must not only have a voice in shaping the path forward; they must have a seat at the table.”

Abreu reported no conflicts of interest in regard to her comments.

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