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Theodor Kocher (1841–1917) — thyroid surgery; first surgeon to win the Nobel Prize. Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec (1781–1826) — inventor of the stethoscope. Janet Lane-Claypon (1877–1967) — pioneer of epidemiology. Thomas Linacre (1460–1524) — founder of Royal College of Physicians.
As of 2018, there were over 985,000 practicing physicians in the United States. 90.6% have an MD degree, and 76% were educated in the United States. 64% were male. 82% were licensed in a medical specialty. 22% held active licenses in two or more states. [ 8][ 10] The percentage of females skews younger. In 2018, 33% of female physicians were ...
This category has the following 56 subcategories, out of 56 total. American physicians by century (7 C) American physicians by populated place (34 C) American physicians by ethnicity (7 C) Alumni by medical school in the United States (96 C) American physicians by state (52 C, 1 P)
Family medicine physician. Family medicine[ note 1] is a medical specialty within primary care that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family across all ages, genders, diseases, and parts of the body. [ 2][ 3] The specialist, who is usually a primary care physician, is named a family physician. [ note 2] It ...
[21] [22] The family was first listed in Forbes list of America's Richest Families in 2015. [23] The Sackler family is also the owner of Mundipharma, a lower profile pharma company that has significant operations in China. Bloomberg News reported in 2020 that the family had hired an investment bank to identify a potential buyer of the business ...
Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit hospital system with campuses in Rochester, Minnesota; Scottsdale and Phoenix, Arizona; and Jacksonville, Florida. [ 22][ 23] Mayo Clinic employs 76,000 people, including more than 7,300 physicians and clinical residents and over 66,000 allied health staff, as of 2022. [ 5] In addition, Mayo Clinic partially owns and ...
Formerly called. American Academy of General Practice. The American Academy of Family Physicians ( AAFP) was founded in 1947 to promote and maintain high-quality standards for family medicine, an offshoot of the classical general practitioner. It is headquartered in Leawood, Kansas .
Physicians entering US workforce by education, 2005 [16] As of 2023, there were 40 medical schools that offer DO Degrees in 64 locations [17] across the United States, while there were 155 accredited MD medical schools (2021–2022). [18] In 1960, there were 13,708 physicians who were graduates of the 5 osteopathic medical schools. [19]