Non-patient care activities: How does gastroenterologist compensation compare to other specialties?

Though physicians’ primary responsibility is to provide patient care, many physicians participate in activities such as speaking engagements, product sales and expert witness duties. Here are 26 statistics on how much gastroenterologists and physician in other specialties earn for non-patient care activities, according to the Medscape Gastroenterologist Compensation Report 2015.

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•    Orthopedics: $29,000
•    Urology: $26,000
•    Plastic surgery: $26,000
•    Dermatology: $26,000
•    Neurology: $24,000
•    Nephrology: $21,000
•    Diabetes and endocrinology: $20,000
•    Pulmonary medicine: $19,000
•    Cardiology: $19,000
•    Oncology: $15,000
•    Allergy and immunology: $15,000
•    Rheumatology: $14,000
•    Ophthalmology: $14,000
•    General surgery: $14,000
•    Gastroenterology: $14,000
•    HIV/ID: $13,000
•    Emergency medicine: $13,000
•    Critical care: $13,000
•    Internal medicine: $11,000
•    Psychiatry and mental health: $10,000
•    Pathology: $10,000
•    OB/GYN and women’s health: $10,000
•    Family medicine: $10,000
•    Anesthesiology: $8,000
•    Pediatrics: $7,000
•    Radiology: $6,000

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