10 most in-demand physician specialties in 2023

Family medicine is the most in-demand physician specialty, according to 2023 data from online networking service Doximity.

Doximity's findings are consistent with findings from the Association of American Medical Colleges, which projects a shortfall of primary care physicians between 17,800 and 48,000 by 2034.  

The results were drawn from job postings on Doximity's networks from January to November 2022.

Ten most in-demand specialties: 

1. Family medicine 

2. Psychiatry 

3. Internal medicine 

4. Emergency medicine 

5. Child and adolescent psychiatry 

6. Obstetrics and gynecology 

7. Anesthesiology 

8. Urgent care 

9. Geriatric medicine 

10. Hematology/oncology 

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