Medscape, a medical news website, surveyed 17,461 U.S. physicians in more than 30 specialties from Oct. 4, 2019, through Feb. 10.
Here are 10 medical specialties with the highest percentage of female physicians:
• Obstetrics and gynecology: 58 percent
• Pediatrics: 58 percent
• Rheumatology: 54 percent
• Dermatology: 49 percent
• Diabetes and endocrinology: 45 percent
• Family medicine: 43 percent
• Psychiatry: 43 percent
• Pathology: 40 percent
• Internal medicine: 36 percent
• Infectious diseases: 36 percent
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