Gastroenterologists are the most in-demand physician specialty, according to Merritt Hawkins and AMN Healthcare's 2022 "Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives."
The report is based on 2,695 physician and advanced practitioner search engagements conducted from April 1, 2021, to March 31.
Specialties are ranked here by number of job openings as a percent of all active providers:
1. Gastroenterology
2. Radiology
3. Rheumatology
4. Hematology/oncology
5. Urology
6. Cardiology
7. Pulmonology/critical care
8. Psychiatry
9. OB-GYN
10. Neurology
11. Dermatology
12. Anesthesiology
13. Orthopedic surgery
14. Family medicine
15. Nurse practitioner