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The Practicing Database contains over 1 million physicians in over 220 specialties where 700,000 are practicing. PracticeMatch maintains numerous statistics and analytical information on this database.

Specialty breakdown as of January 20, 2012:

Specialty Total MD DO USA IMG BC Final Yr Res
All Specialties 1,040,103 974,957 65,145 781,068 256,070 743,790 34,028
Addiction Medicine 519 483 36 462 55 0 0
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Aerospace Medicine 948 827 121 882 66 444 0
Allergy 1,270 1,252 18 1,010 260 0 0
Allergy & Immunology 4,620 4,483 137 3,513 1,105 3,739 133
Allergy & Immunology - Clinical Laboratory Immunology 59 56 3 47 12 21 0
Allergy & Immunology - Immunology 317 311 6 241 76 0 0
Anesthesiology 54,846 51,746 3,100 40,472 14,325 38,953 1,440
Anesthesiology - Critical Care 855 810 45 530 323 432 71
Anesthesiology - Pain Management 1,822 1,697 125 1,118 704 1,178 1
Anesthesiology - Pediatric 1,266 1,180 86 951 315 0 134
Cardiothoracic Radiology 30 29 1 17 13 0 0
Cardiovascular Disease 31,333 30,297 1,036 21,620 9,666 22,510 796
Cardiovascular Disease - Cardiac Electrophysiology 2,272 2,220 52 1,619 653 1,532 111
Cardiovascular Disease - Interventional 4,658 4,526 132 3,067 1,588 2,763 170
Child Neurology 1,963 1,913 50 1,328 632 1,265 82
Clinical Neurophysiology 1,400 1,299 101 786 612 422 140
Cytopathology 1,161 1,122 39 620 539 855 93
Dermatology 14,468 13,830 638 13,456 995 11,567 392
Dermatology - Clinical & Laboratory Dermatological Immunology 4 4 0 4 0 0 0
Dermatology - Pediatric 19 19 0 17 2 16 0
Dermatology - Procedural 140 138 2 127 13 0 0
Dermatopathology 899 876 23 683 216 756 60
Diabetes 502 493 9 393 109 0 0
Emergency Medical Services 4 2 2 3 1 0 0
Emergency Medicine 44,367 39,564 4,803 40,222 4,113 27,044 1,403
Emergency Medicine - Medical Toxicology 177 156 21 157 20 82 17
Emergency Medicine - Pediatric Emergency Medicine 333 314 19 276 57 23 28
Emergency Medicine - Sports Medicine 79 69 10 69 10 22 5
Endocrinology - Diabetes & Metabolism 7,504 7,317 187 4,797 2,690 5,156 254
Endocrinology - Reproductive 894 879 15 739 155 627 0
Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology 37 36 1 22 15 0 0
Epidemiology 68 66 2 61 7 0 0
Epilepsy 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Family & Preventive Medicine 4 4 0 3 0 0 0
Family Medicine 123,722 104,392 19,330 97,397 25,961 90,405 2,826
Family Medicine - Adolescent Medicine 10 9 1 9 1 5 0
Family Medicine - Geriatric Medicine 2,613 2,384 229 1,944 662 586 53
Family Medicine - Sports Medicine 1,310 1,068 242 1,146 161 788 132
Flexible/ Transitional 1,145 1,040 105 1,062 78 0 0
Gastroenterology 16,693 16,129 564 12,020 4,641 12,281 433
General Practice 24,878 20,138 4,740 16,687 8,158 0 0
Gynecology 5,433 5,320 113 4,468 965 0 0
Hematology/ Oncology 8,817 8,540 277 5,272 3,521 0 466
Hepatology 170 170 0 114 56 0 0
Hospitalist 967 893 74 565 398 0 0
Infectious Diseases 9,137 8,870 267 6,217 2,896 6,215 353
Internal Medicine 169,245 162,007 7,238 109,241 59,176 115,816 7,750
Internal Medicine - Adolescent Medicine 55 55 0 34 21 3 0
Internal Medicine - Clinical and Laboratory Immunology 12 12 0 5 7 0 0
Internal Medicine - Critical Care 2,315 2,204 111 1,282 1,021 1,379 100
Internal Medicine - Geriatric Medicine 4,775 4,617 158 2,440 2,321 2,470 176
Internal Medicine - Hematology 3,188 3,137 51 2,194 993 1,895 18
Internal Medicine - Pediatrics 6,240 5,961 279 5,479 747 0 322
Internal Medicine - Sports Medicine 111 102 9 93 18 37 0
Legal Medicine 397 339 58 360 37 0 0
Maternal & Fetal Medicine 916 888 28 786 130 764 0
Medical Genetics 708 699 9 485 221 9 38
Medical Genetics - Clinical Biochemical 17 17 0 12 5 9 0
Medical Genetics - Clinical Cytogenetics 14 14 0 11 3 12 0
Medical Genetics - Clinical Genetics 144 144 0 112 32 123 0
Medical Genetics - Clinical Molecular Genetics 11 11 0 3 8 10 0
Medical Genetics - Molecular Genetic Pathology 2 2 0 1 1 0 0
Medical Management 629 613 16 591 37 0 0
Medical Microbiology 114 109 5 75 39 32 4
Nephrology 10,996 10,569 427 6,147 4,819 7,870 436
Neurological Surgery 7,537 7,432 105 6,329 1,197 4,785 153
Neurological Surgery - Pediatric 260 256 4 197 63 0 0
Neurology 18,209 17,401 808 12,549 5,619 12,268 561
Neurology - Neurodevelopmental Disabilities 38 37 1 33 5 1 5
Neurology - Vascular Neurology 226 216 10 121 103 0 0
Neurology/ Diagnostic Radiology/ Neuroradiology 52 50 2 41 11 0 1
Neuromuscular Medicine 5 2 3 3 2 0 0
Neuropathology 517 511 6 327 190 329 21
Neuropsychiatry 50 50 0 38 12 0 0
Neuroradiology 2,849 2,743 106 2,389 459 1,467 163
Nuclear Cardiology 615 595 20 417 198 0 0
Nuclear Medicine 2,224 2,153 71 1,380 838 1,624 63
Nuclear Radiology 234 226 8 187 46 53 9
Nutrition 254 247 7 202 52 0 0
Obstetrics 580 559 21 450 130 0 0
Obstetrics & Gynecology 52,713 50,088 2,625 43,289 9,320 38,009 1,151
Obstetrics & Gynecology - Critical Care Medicine 18 14 4 16 2 0 0
Obstetrics & Gynecology - Gynecological Oncology 684 669 15 598 86 559 0
Occupational Medicine 4,653 4,283 370 3,953 699 2,054 5
Oncology 6,981 6,831 150 5,050 1,929 5,478 46
Oncology - Musculoskeletal 109 107 2 89 20 0 5
Ophthalmology 24,539 24,034 505 22,220 2,286 19,813 445
Ophthalmology - Pediatric 254 250 4 241 13 0 0
Orthopedic Surgery 31,521 30,115 1,406 29,002 2,483 23,535 655
Orthopedic Surgery - Adult Reconstructive 406 385 21 332 74 0 12
Orthopedic Surgery - Foot & Ankle 178 171 7 161 17 0 12
Orthopedic Surgery - Pediatric 512 492 20 443 69 0 19
Orthopedic Surgery - Spinal Surgery 922 878 44 842 80 0 13
Orthopedic Surgery - Sports Medicine 1,758 1,688 70 1,694 64 0 114
Orthopedic Surgery - Trauma 222 207 15 200 22 0 9
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine 343 10 333 341 1 0 0
Other Specialty 6,612 6,253 359 5,363 1,249 0 0
Otolaryngology 13,652 13,166 486 12,224 1,418 10,371 288
Otolaryngology - Otology/ Neurology 307 304 3 289 17 2 12
Otolaryngology - Pediatric 254 248 6 223 31 2 10
Pain Management 957 863 94 684 273 0 0
Pain Medicine 305 285 20 243 62 171 0
Palliative Medicine 290 271 19 242 48 0 0
Pathology - Anatomic 5,268 5,162 106 3,787 1,477 1,529 8
Pathology - Anatomical/ Clinical 20,984 20,475 509 14,342 6,607 12,591 599
Pathology - Bloodbanking/ Transfusion Medicine 755 734 21 521 233 416 39
Pathology - Chemical 59 57 2 40 19 16 0
Pathology - Clinical 1,489 1,476 13 1,132 357 387 0
Pathology - Forensic 980 939 41 745 235 594 27
Pathology - Hematology 989 967 22 555 433 432 99
Pathology - Molecular Genetic Pathology 120 118 2 66 54 9 28
Pathology - Pediatric 234 228 6 130 104 101 17
Pathology - Selective 657 637 20 321 335 0 91
Pediatrics 80,008 77,279 2,729 59,046 20,789 61,118 2,470
Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine 704 687 17 582 121 291 18
Pediatrics - Allergy 281 278 3 223 58 0 0
Pediatrics - Cardiology 2,976 2,930 46 2,160 811 1,956 124
Pediatrics - Clinical & Laboratory Immunology 8 8 0 8 0 0 0
Pediatrics - Critical Care Medicine 2,031 1,955 76 1,453 570 1,198 144
Pediatrics - Developmental Behavioral 283 264 19 234 49 127 21
Pediatrics - Emergency Medicine 1,221 1,164 57 1,032 186 663 94
Pediatrics - Endocrinology 1,443 1,409 34 963 476 842 74
Pediatrics - Gastroenterology 1,225 1,183 42 788 434 682 73
Pediatrics - Hematology/ Oncology 2,728 2,672 56 1,998 725 1,712 140
Pediatrics - Infectious Disease 926 902 24 622 300 477 57
Pediatrics - Medical Toxicology 7 7 0 6 1 2 0
Pediatrics - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine 5,519 5,338 181 3,391 2,122 3,836 205
Pediatrics - Nephrology 844 830 14 527 312 437 44
Pediatrics - Neurodevelopmental Disabilities 22 22 0 18 4 20 0
Pediatrics - Pulmonology 996 971 25 673 322 662 49
Pediatrics - Rehabilitation Medicine 66 52 14 60 6 34 0
Pediatrics - Rheumatology 278 271 7 205 72 149 33
Pediatrics - Sports Medicine 99 87 12 88 10 43 8
Pharmaceutical Medicine 103 99 4 87 16 0 0
Pharmacology - Clinical 499 493 6 384 115 0 0
Phlebology 154 147 7 124 30 0 0
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 11,119 9,804 1,315 8,038 3,071 8,321 323
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - Spinal Cord Injury 129 111 18 82 47 76 8
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - Sports Medicine 1,422 1,242 180 1,112 308 0 222
Podiatry 7 7 0 7 0 0 0
Preventive Medicine 3,418 3,143 275 2,854 561 1,255 126
Preventive Medicine - Medical Toxicology 49 45 4 46 3 3 3
Preventive Medicine/ Public Health 2,422 2,358 64 2,114 307 912 0
Psychiatry 52,595 50,774 1,821 36,347 16,093 33,065 1,118
Psychiatry - Addiction 576 552 24 342 234 204 40
Psychiatry - Child & Adolescent 10,385 9,963 422 7,342 3,035 4,604 380
Psychiatry - Forensic 685 652 33 548 136 379 65
Psychiatry - Geriatric 1,094 1,064 30 494 598 474 50
Psychiatry - Pain Medicine 7 7 0 7 0 0 0
Psychiatry - Psychosomatic Medicine 225 216 9 137 88 0 0
Psychoanalysis 646 642 4 578 68 0 0
Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine 7,839 7,440 399 4,667 3,149 0 436
Pulmonary Disease 8,441 8,156 285 5,893 2,534 6,871 40
Radiation Oncology 5,772 5,682 90 4,756 1,016 4,431 155
Radiological Physics 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Radiology 14,396 13,816 580 12,051 2,335 4,337 0
Radiology - Abdominal 181 172 9 125 56 0 8
Radiology - Diagnostic 35,020 33,939 1,081 30,757 4,228 26,396 1,089
Radiology - Musculoskeletal 229 214 15 200 29 0 29
Radiology - Neuromuscular Medicine 127 112 15 75 51 0 0
Radiology - Pediatric 1,067 1,030 37 859 206 616 45
Radiology - Vascular & Interventional 2,399 2,341 58 2,012 381 1,213 174
Rheumatology 6,322 6,051 271 4,486 1,826 4,674 200
Sleep Medicine 725 685 40 450 273 0 0
Sleep Medicine - Internal Medicine 39 39 0 30 9 0 0
Sleep Medicine - Otolaryngology 3 3 0 2 1 0 0
Sleep Medicine - Psychiatry & Neurology 23 21 2 21 2 0 0
Surgery - Abdominal 292 284 8 192 100 0 0
Surgery - Breast 1,631 1,604 27 1,437 194 0 0
Surgery - Colon & Rectal 1,979 1,946 33 1,566 412 1,376 66
Surgery - Cosmetic Surgery 185 169 16 156 29 0 0
Surgery - Critical Care 1,261 1,201 60 1,034 227 675 124
Surgery - Dermatologic 231 223 8 211 20 0 0
Surgery - General 49,123 47,567 1,556 39,275 9,743 29,387 1,947
Surgery - Hand 2,552 2,484 68 2,274 277 1,306 123
Surgery - Head & Neck 367 367 0 319 48 0 0
Surgery - Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive 9 9 0 8 1 0 0
Surgery - Oral & Maxillo-Facial 510 510 0 502 8 0 0
Surgery - Pediatric 1,141 1,138 2 1,001 139 878 32
Surgery - Pediatric Cardiothoracic 72 72 0 62 10 0 0
Surgery - Plastic 8,645 8,534 111 7,445 1,198 6,438 183
Surgery - Plastic Craniofacial 40 39 1 30 10 0 3
Surgery - Plastic Facial 611 597 14 580 31 0 0
Surgery - Plastic Head & Neck 9 9 0 9 0 0 0
Surgery - Proctology 24 4 20 23 1 0 0
Surgery - Thoracic 6,488 6,384 104 4,991 1,493 4,812 88
Surgery - Transplant 241 239 2 162 79 0 0
Surgery - Trauma 382 365 17 321 61 0 0
Surgery - Vascular 3,670 3,558 112 2,994 674 1,681 123
Surgical Oncology 1,505 1,494 11 1,311 193 0 0
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine - Emergency Medicine 21 18 3 17 4 0 0
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine - Preventive Medicine 105 95 10 90 15 30 0
Unspecified 11,951 11,296 655 9,982 1,958 0 0
Urgent Care Medicine 576 506 70 407 169 0 0
Urology 13,971 13,705 266 11,822 2,123 11,033 255
Urology - Pediatric 997 986 11 896 101 0 7
Vascular Medicine 173 166 7 153 19 0 0

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