Helen Messier, MD, PhD, has been promoted to chief medical officer of Fountain Life, which uses artificial intelligence to improve disease detection and longevity for patients.
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Black patients living in counties with more Black primary care physicians live longer, according to a study published April 14 in JAMA Network.
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The number of MD and DO applicants who matched to a first-year residency program in 2023 reached 81.1 percent this year, up 2 percent from the previous year, according to an April 16 press release from The Compass, a research…
The hours a physician works per week don't necessarily align with burnout rates, according to a comparison of data from recent Medscape reports.
Physician burnout can contribute to higher turnover rates, staffing shortages and malpractice or medical errors, in addition to its effects on the individual physician.
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Alex Jahangir, MD, currently serves as vice chair of orthopedic surgery and director of the division of orthopedic trauma at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., and recently received the William W. Tipton Jr., MD, Leadership Award from the…
Public health and preventive medicine physicians, medicine's lowest-paid specialists, earned nearly 60 percent less than plastic surgeons, the highest-paid specialists, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report" for 2023.
Plastic surgeons, medicine's highest-earning specialists, earned an average of $619,000, whereas the lowest-paid specialty earned $249,000, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report" for 2023.