Physician Jobs in Orthopedic Surgery

Orthopedic Surgery Jobs

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Salary + Job Growth
The current average salary for an Orthopedic Surgeon is $377,472 per year, which comes out to around $181 per year. Your salary will vary based on your location, skillset, and years of experience. However, you can choose to move to one of the highest-paying states to pursue a job! The highest-paying states (in ascending order) are as follows: New Hampshire, Louisiana, North Dakota, Massachusetts, and Maine. The average salary in these states ranges between $256,380 and $267,693. The profession is expected to grow by 7% by the year 2030.

Benefits
Some benefits of specializing in Orthopedic Surgery are as follows: receiving above-average compensation, the ability to choose to work with a specific age group, having the ability to continuously evolve in your career, having a wide variety of specializations to choose from, and working in an in-demand field.

Skills
As an Orthopedic Surgeon, you should have a good bedside manner, problem-solving skills, the ability to work on a team, dexterity, and communication skills.

Job Duties
You can expect to perform the following job duties while you are in your role as an Orthopedic Surgeon: examine, diagnose, and treat diseases and injuries to the musculoskeletal system, prescribe an individualized treatment plan to each patient, consult with patients and analyze data to determine patient needs and treatment goals, collaborate with other specialists when necessary to create a plan of action, and conduct research on defects, diseases, and disorders affecting the musculoskeletal system.

Work Environment
Orthopedic Surgeons may work in academic settings, hospital systems, medical groups, or private practices.

Education
While the road to becoming a physician is long and can be tedious, some physicians choose to participate in CME, or continuing medical education. There are Orthopedics-focused CME resources, as well as websites dedicated to pointing physicians in the right direction for CME. Some CME resources you may find are as follows: podcasts, webinars, live or virtual conferences, videos, and live or virtual courses. You may find these resources in places such as CMEList, myCME, the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS), Mayo Clinic, BoardVitals, and Pri-Med.

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