Author: Paige Haeffele

Joseph Anderson, MD, gastroenterologist and professor of medicine at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., joined Becker's to discuss what is driving physicians out of the medical field.

Racial and ethnic health disparities cost the U.S. $451 billion in 2018, according to a study published May 16 on JAMA Health Network. 

Among five medical specialties with the largest pay gaps between men and women, men earned an average of $447,484 whereas women earned $377,732, according to Physicians Thrive's "2023 Physician Compensation Report."

Women working as physicians typically earn less than 80 percent of what their male counterparts made each year, according to Physicians Thrive's "2023 Physician Compensation Report." 

The U.S. is expected to be short 17,800 to 48,000 primary care physicians by 2034, and 1 in 4 physicians foresee burnout as a top reason to consider in their retirement decisions.

Male physicians earn an average of $122,000 more a year than their female counterparts, according to Physicians Thrive's "2023 Physician Compensation Report." 

Howard University in Washington, D.C., was named the most diverse medical school, according to U.S. News and World Report's "Best Medical Schools" list for 2023-24. 

Rochelle Walensky, MD, is stepping down as director of the CDC.

The Alice L. Walton School of Medicine in Bentonville, Ark., appointed Ken Hopper, MD, Angela Pierce, PhD, and Quoc-Anh Thai, MD, to assistant dean positions. 

Here are eight physicians who took on chief medical officer roles in April: