Emergency medicine physicians top the list of specialists experiencing the most burnout, at 65 percent, according to Medscape's "Physician Burnout and Depression Report" in 2023, based on a survey of over 9,100 practicing physicians.
Physician specialities experiencing the most burnout:
1. Emergency medicine: 65 percent
2. Internal medicine: 60 percent
3. Pediatrics: 59 percent
4. Obstetrics and gynecology: 58 percent
5. Infectious diseases: 58 percent
6. Family medicine: 57 percent
7. Neurology: 55 percent
8. Critical care: 55 percent
9. Anesthesiology: 55 percent
10. Pulmonary medicine: 54 percent
11. Radiology: 54 percent
12. Oncology: 52 percent
13. Gastroenterology: 52 percent
14. General surgery: 51 percent
15. Diabetes and endocrinology: 51 percent
16. Rheumatology: 50 percent
17. Otolaryngology: 49 percent
18. Allergy and immunology: 49 percent
19. Dermatology: 49 percent
20. Ophthalmology: 48 percent
21. Physician medicine: 47 percent
22. Psychiatry: 47 percent
23. Urology: 47 percent
24. Plastic surgery: 46 percent
25. Orthopedics: 45 percent
26. Nephrology: 44 percent
27. Cardiology: 43 percent
28. Pathology: 39 percent
29. Public health: 37 percent