The average starting salary for all physicians has hit $419,000 in 2025-26, according to a Sept. 16 white paper. On top of base salaries, signing bonuses were offered in 87% of physician search engagements in 2025-26, averaging $49,306 — up from $38,215 in 2024-25.
Infections led to an estimated 2.3 million new cancer cases in 2024, including gastric cancer, cervical cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, leukemias and lymphomas, and nasopharyngeal cancer. Helicobacter pylori, human papillomavirus, hepatitis B virus, Epstein-Barr virus, and hepatitis C virus accounted for nearly all cancers caused by infections.
A patient recently showed up to my emergency department after he’d been doing home repairs for several days, including lifting heavy equipment and moving boxes. When he started feeling a recurring tightness in his chest, he entered his symptoms into a large language model, which told him he likely strained a muscle.
While I was training, a highly respected, beloved surgeon — the kind of guy who would never ask for advice or help — was at the end of his career. The hospital was requiring him to have another surgeon in the room with him to make sure he didn’t make mistakes.
A teenage boy went into surgery for a broken arm and emerged with brain damage. His mother was determined to figure out what had happened.
Across all specialties, 33% of physicians said they had been a sole defendant, a co-defendant or both in a malpractice suit. That included 34% of specialists and 31% of primary care physicians.
Ask an independent practice owner who handles the revenue cycle and the answer is usually the name of a billing company. Ask what that company actually does each month and the answer gets shorter.
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