Despite a small drop in income, slightly more dermatologists said that they felt fairly compensated in 2020 than in 2019, according to survey results from Medscape. The numbers look like this: Average income was $394,000 in 2020, compared with $411,000 in 2019 – a drop of 4.1% – but 67% of dermatologists said they felt […]

Ophthalmologists fared relatively well in 2020 in terms of compensation, despite substantial practice changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Earnings were nearly the same in 2020 as in 2019, according to the Medscape Ophthalmologist Compensation Report 2021. Sixty-one percent of ophthalmologists reported experiencing some decline in compensation during the year; 96% attributed the decline in income […]

Infectious disease physicians are among the doctors carrying the largest burdens in the COVID-19 pandemic. Perhaps not surprisingly, they were the specialty least likely to feel they were fairly compensated in the Medscape Infectious Diseases Physician Compensation Report 2021. Only 44% said the pay was fair (down from 51% the prior year) compared with those […]