The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons reports that in 2003, there are 15,853 active fellows, 1,829 resident members, and 2,240 candidate members, for a total of 19,922 orthopedic surgeons in the United States.
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There are a huge variety of different surgeons in the world. Some types of surgeons are: cardiothoracic surgeons, cardiac surgeons, thoracic surgeons, colorectal surgeons, ENT surgeons, and endocrine surgeons.
Betweeen $133,000 and $321,00 a year!
A group of veterinary surgeons is called a College of veterinary surgeons. If you have many groups of veterinary surgeons, they are Colleges.
Female surgeons DO exist.
Impossible to answer. All cosmetic surgeons are plastic surgeons, and many plastic surgeons perform cosmetic surgery.
about 150 surgeons
15.000 US$
In short around there are only about 6-7000 plastic surgeons in the US. However, this is a very difficult question to answer. Many physicians in other fields and even non-physicians may identify themselves as "cosmetic surgeons" and perform cosmetic procedures. Other related specialities (namely otolargyngology, ophthomology, oral-maxillofacial surgeons) also have subspecialties which focus on plastic procedures. They will usually identify themselves as "facial plastic" or "occuloplastic" surgeons. If you include all of these physicians as well, there are probably around 60,000.
Plastic surgeons earn an average of $300,000 per year in California. Famous surgeons, on the other hand, earn as much as $4,000,000 a year.
Mark Dias
Some of the best paid US health care jobs are: Anesthesiologists, Surgeons, Gynecologists, Obstetricians, Internists, Oral Surgeons and Orthodontists.