Physician Jobs in General Surgery

General Surgery Jobs

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Salary + Job Growth
The current average salary for physicians specializing in General Surgery is $364,000 per year, or around $175 per hour. Your salary will vary based on your location, skill set, and years of experience. With that being said, the states with the highest average salaries for this career are as follows (in ascending order): New York, Louisiana, Maine, Florida, and North Dakota. The salaries in these states range from $249,375, in New York, to $255,991, in North Dakota. The expected growth rate for this profession is 7% by the year 2030.

Benefits
The benefits of working as a General Surgeon include (but are not limited to) working in a satisfying career, receiving above-average compensation, having options for a variety of career paths, continuously learning, and working in a highly-respected career.

Skills
In the role of General Surgeon, you should possess skills such as dexterity, problem-solving, communication skills, the ability to lead a team, stamina, and observational skills/attention to detail.

Job Duties
As a General Surgeon, you can expect to perform job duties such as assessing patients, diagnosing conditions to recommend the best course of action, performing operations to treat or prevent diseases, repairing damage caused by injuries, and improving the functions of the human body through the use of different surgical instruments.

Work Environment
General Surgeons typically work in government hospitals, public hospitals, or private centers.

Education
Completing the education requirements to become a General Surgeon is no easy feat, but you may still decide that you’d like to pursue CME, or continuing medical education. If you find that this is the case, you have a few options for finding resources: you can either seek out a specialty-specific organization or you can utilize one of the many websites dedicated to finding CME resources. Some of these resources include podcasts, live or virtual conferences, webinars, live or virtual courses, and videos. Some organizations you can utilize to pursue CME are as follows: AudioDigest, BoardVitals, the American College of Surgeons (ACS), myCME, the American Board of Surgery (ABS), CMEList, Mayo Clinic, and the American Medical Association (AMA).

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