The report, released April 14, includes responses from 10,011 physicians in more than 29 specialties.
Here is the percentage of female physicians in 29 specialties, according to Medscape:
Ob/Gyn: 62 percent
Pediatrics: 59 percent
Diabetes and endocrinology: 54 percent
Family medicine: 49 percent
Infectious diseases: 45 percent
Psychiatry: 44 percent
Dermatology: 43 percent
Public health and preventive medicine: 42 percent
Rheumatology: 42 percent
Pathology: 41 percent
Internal medicine: 40 percent
Physical medicine and rehabilitation: 39 percent
Allergy and immunology: 36 percent
Ophthalmology: 34 percent
Nephrology: 34 percent
Critical care: 31 percent
Neurology: 30 percent
Gastroenterology: 27 percent
Oncology: 27 percent
Pulmonary medicine: 26 percent
Emergency medicine: 26 percent
Anesthesiology: 26 percent
Otolaryngology: 22 percent
Surgery, general: 22 percent
Radiology: 19 percent
Plastic surgery: 19 percent
Cardiology: 17 percent
Urology: 13 percent
Orthopedics: 10 percent
