Here are the percentage of surgeons who have experienced loss due to practice issues per specialty, based on findings from the Medscape Physician Debt and Net Worth Report 2016.
Nephrology: 18 percent
Plastic surgery: 18 percent
Urology: 15 percent
Ophthalmology: 15 percent
Orthopedics: 14 percent
Ob/Gyn: 14 percent
Neurology: 14 percent
Gastroenterology: 13 percent
Radiology: 12 percent
General surgery: 12 percent
Dermatology: 12 percent
Allergy: 12 percent
Pulmonary medicine: 11 percent
Family medicine: 11 percent
Rheumatology: 11 percent
Anesthesiology: 10 percent
Endocrinology: 10 percent
Critical Care: 10 percent
Pediatrics: 10 percent
Cardiology: 10 percent
Oncology: 9 percent
Internal medicine: 9 percent
Psychiatry: 7 percent
Emergency medicine: 5 percent
Pathology: 5 percent