The healthcare workforce is expected to grow 9% from 2023 to 2036. The data was most recently updated in October.
Here are 32 specialities by the percent change in demand for physicians:
Allergy and immunology: 4%
Anesthesiology: 9%
Cardiology: 20%
Colorectal surgery: 17%
Critical care medicine and pulmonary: 15%
Dermatology: 10%
Emergency medicine: 9%
Endocrinology: 12%
Gastroenterology: 11%
General surgery: 10%
Hematology and oncology: 14%
Hospital medicine: 15%
Infectious diseases: 17%
Neonatology: 2%
Nephrology: 32%
Neurological surgery: 16%
Neurology: 9%
Ophthalmology: 17%
Orthopedic surgery: 8%
Other specialists: 11%
Otolaryngology: 7%
Pathology: 15%
Physical medicine and rehabilitation: 8%
Physician assistants: 13%
Plastic surgery: 6%
Podiatrists: 17%
Radiation oncology: 14%
Radiology: 7%
Rheumatology: 10%
Thoracic surgery: 15%
Urology: 15%
Vascular surgery: 17%
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