Washington, D.C. has the highest number of physicians per capita — seven times more than Idaho, the state with the fewest, according to an analysis by financial management website WalletHub.
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Mohamed Eltemamy, MD, a urologist at Cleveland Clinic, performed the first dual kidney transplant in the U.S. using a minimally invasive robotic surgery system.
Mississippi was ranked as the worst state for healthcare in an analysis by financial management website WalletHub.
Physician shortages are impacting medical systems nationwide.
The athlete-to-physician pipeline is not an uncommon one, with several football players and sports stars going on to attend medical school.
Hospitalists earned an average of $321,000 in 2023, up just $5,000 from the year prior, according to Medscape's 2024 "Hospitalist Compensation Report," published July 26.
Almost 30% of physicians are not at all supportive of accepting additional Medicaid patients into their practice, according to Medscape's 2024 "Doctors Evaluate Medicare and Medicaid Report," published July 12.
For some physicians, the fear of losing their job can lead to hesitation in speaking out on issues of safety, harassment or fraud. And, according to a July 24 blog post from the American Medical Association, this fear is often…
From 2013 to 2023, the U.S. saw an approximately 67% increase in the number of medical malpractice verdicts awarding $10 million or more.
Carla Braxton, MD, was named as director of physician professional development at the Houston Methodist Physician Organization.