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10 HEALTH • Summer 2018 { The Lists } The Massachusetts physician workforce Massachusetts tops all states when it comes to the number of active physicians as a share of the population and percentage of physicians who are female, while it ranks much lower in student enrollment at public medical schools. Physicians per 100,000 residents 1 444 258 Patient care physicians per 100,000 residents 1 351 227 Primary care physicians per 100,000 residents 1 134 91 General surgeons per 100,000 residents 8 10 8 Percentage of physicians who are female 1 41% 34% Percentage of physicians who are international medical graduates 18 23% 19% Medical student enrollment per 100,000 residents 11 45 33 Student enrollment at public medical schools per 100,000 residents 40 9 21 Percentage of M.D. students matriculating in-state 38 39% 66% Residents and fellows in ACGME* programs per 100,000 residents 1 83 28 Residents and fellows in primary care ACGME programs per 100,000 residents 4 25 11 Percent of residents in ACGME programs who are international medical graduates 29 20% 21% Percentage of physicians retained in state from undergraduate medical programs 36 30% 39% Percentage of physicians retained in state from graduate medical programs 27 45% 45% National rank Massachusetts National median *Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Source: Association of American Medical Colleges Internal medicine 4,978 1,368 44% 31% Pediatrics 2,027 882 65% 30% Psychiatry 1,861 3,660 42% 51% Family medicine/general practice 1,668 4,084 55% 27% Anesthesiology 1,219 5,588 34% 32% Emergency medicine 1,202 5,667 33% 24% Obstetrics and gynecology 1,087 6,267 67% 28% Radiology and diagnostic radiology 937 7,270 34% 35% Cardiovascular disease 852 7,995 21% 38% Hematology and oncology 741 9,193 40% 28% General surgery 695 9,801 29% 34% Neurology 641 10,627 33% 35% Opthomology 605 11,259 38% 33% Anatomic/clinical pathology 568 11,993 38% 42% Gastroenterology 529 12,877 24% 32% Infectious disease 508 13,409 45% 25% Orthopedic surgery 501 13,596 8% 44% Critical care medicine 478 14,251 36% 7% Child and adolescent psychiatry 448 3,992 54% 33% Dermatology 420 16,219 55% 29% Number of Residents Percent Percent active physicians per physician female 60 or older The most common specialties for Massachusetts physicians are internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, family medicine/general practice, and anesthesiology. Source: Association of American Medical Colleges

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