WSJ Health Blog: “One key driver of this trend is a move toward specialization by young docs. In 1992, 55% of surgeons did a subspecialty fellowship after finishing surgical residency; now that figure is over 70%, the authors report.
This sounds a lot like what’s happening on the medical side of the profession, as younger docs increasingly head for medical subspecialties that often pay more and give doctors more control over their work life than primary care jobs.”
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I don’t think so. Gallbladders, hernias, and breast biopsies are bread and butter procedures with lots of demand, and you can alway do lap-bands/bariatrics if you want. Do you think you are better off for all the additional training and divorces being a CV surgeon? A diet of Medicare CABG is a pretty lean diet indeed. Not all specialists fair better than generalists. Pediatric specialists of all types have too many Medicaid insured for example, and if you have long, complicated cases Medicare never reimburses well.
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