Tag - General Surgery

2022 general surgery salary report: General surgeon compensation up 8%

September 29th, 2022

General surgeon pay rose to an average of $402K in 2021, up nearly 8% from the $373K average reported for the prior year.

8 physician specialties that are desperately needed in rural America

September 29th, 2022

Rural America is facing a physician shortage. Here are 8 physician specialties rural healthcare facilities are in dire need of.

The top 7 in-demand specialties for locum tenens in 2022

March 30th, 2022

Practitioners in these top specialties for locum tenens have their pick of assignments all over the country.

A day in the life of a locum general surgeon

December 8th, 2021

Dr. Jon Bowersox shares what it’s like to be a locum tenens general surgeon, escaping the politics, and “test driving” new places to practice.

VIDEO: Locum Tenens Work Offers Flexibility for Serving Medical Missions

February 27th, 2015

When Dr. Samuel Williams, a general and vascular surgeon, retired more than a decade ago, he discovered that locum tenens work allowed him to keep practicing medicine in the U.S. and serving medical missions abroad.