Its 975,000 members represent 40 medical specialties and 89 subspecialties and younger physician cohorts show an even distribution among genders — something that is not the case for older member cohorts, the board’s annual report found.
The 10 medical specialties with the most ABMS certified members are:
- Internal medicine: 262,379
- Pediatrics: 112,956
- Family medicine: 102,401
- Psychiatry and neurology: 78,638
- Radiology: 63,737
- Anesthesiology: 59,174
- OB-GYN: 53,975
- Surgery: 44,153
- Emergency medicine: 42,461
- Pathology: 32,442
The 10 medical specialties with the fewest are:
- Colon and rectal surgery: 2,627
- Medical genetics and genomics: 2,632
- Nuclear medicine: 4,341
- Thoracic surgery: 5,824
- Allergy and immunology: 6,078
- Neurological surgery: 6,384
- Plastic surgery: 8,642
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation: 12,277
- Urology: 13,519
- Preventative medicine: 14,456
Specialties not listed above are right in the middle of the pack including, head and neck surgery, dermatology, ophthalmology and orthopedic surgery.
