Orthopedics has the least amount of female physicians when compared to other specialties with just 10 percent of women making up the orthopedic workforce, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report 2023."
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