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Orthopedics is the "whitest" physician specialty, with about 83.6 percent of surgeons identifying as white, according to 2022 data from the Association of American Medical Colleges. 

Ninety-one percent of actively practicing sports medicine specialists are younger than 55, according to the Association of American Medical College's "2022 Physician Specialty Data Report."

Bridgeport, W.Va.-based physician David Elwood Hess, MD, was indicted on 25 counts of unlawful controlled substance distribution and destroying evidence, the Justice Department said April 4. 

Physicians spoke with Becker's in March about the pros and cons of getting into private practice. Here is what we heard: 

Charlotte and Buffalo, N.Y., often rank as some of the highest-earning cities for physician pay, according to Doximity's annual physician compensation reports. 

Boston consistently ranks as one of the lowest-earning cities for physician compensation, according to Doximity's annual physician compensation reports. 

Here are seven numbers to note about how physician pay compares to chief medical officer pay:

Here are nine figures to know about how physician pay compares to CFO pay:

Sage Transparency, a healthcare transparency database from the Employee's Forum of Indiana, has named the ASCs charging the highest percentage above Medicare payments to commercial insurers in every state based on the facility's Medicare reimbursement rate. 

The five youngest American billionaires who earned their wealth from healthcare ventures have a combined net worth of $8.1 billion, according to Forbes.