The following 10 specialties have the highest percentage of specialists who have been sued, according to Medscape's "Malpractice Report 2017."
• Surgery: 85 percent
• OB/GYN Women’s Health: 85 percent
• Otolaryngology: 78 percent
• Urology: 77 percent
• Orthopedics: 76 percent
• Plastic surgery/ aesthetic medicine: 73 percent
• Radiology: 70 percent
• Emergency medicine: 65 percent
• Gastroenterology: 62 percent
• Anesthesiology: 61 percent