10 specialties with the most physicians at $5M+ net worth

By Patsy Newitt for Becker’s Hospital Review

Plastic surgery is the specialty with the most physicians most likely to report net worth exceeding $5 million, according to Medscape’s “Physician Wealth & Debt Report 2021.”

The report, released June 10, includes responses from 13,000 physicians in more than 29 specialties.

The 10 specialties:

1. Plastic surgery: 26 percent
2. Orthopedics: 25 percent
3. Dermatology: 23 percent
4. Urology: 23 percent
5. Cardiology: 23 percent
6. Gastroenterology: 22 percent
7. Oncology: 20 percent
8. Ophthalmology: 20 percent
9. Radiology: 19 percent
10. Otolaryngology: 18 percent