Medical Specialities / Distribution of Medical Specialists

Demographics Data

The following table gives the number of medical specialists and their average age for each medical or surgical specialty.

It should be emphasized that medical specialization requires a minimum of 5 to 7 years, in addition to the training required to become a general practitioner. This means that physicians are approximately 30 years of age when they start to practise specialized medicine.

SPECIALITY	NUMBER OF SPECIALISTS	AVERAGE AGE
Allergy and Immunology	52	53.49
Anesthesiology	565	47.06
Medical Biochemistry	48	53.77
C.V.T. Surgery	54	51.20
Cardiology	384	51.10
Surgery	464	49.44
Orthopedic Surgery	268	50.34
Plastic Surgery	98	53.39
Dermatology	175	52.35
Endocrinology	139	52.96
Gastroenterology	180	49.93
Medical Genetics	24	54.75
Geriatrics	55	44.48
Hematology	213	51.11
Emergency Medicine	108	46.92
Internal Medicine	365	46.83
Nuclear Medicine	85	49.07
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases	154	51.23
Nephrology	148	49.19
Neurosurgery	53	48.86
Neurology	222	51.32
Obstetrics/Gynecology	378	50.15
Ophthalmology	273	51.52
Otorhinolaryngology	187	50.24
Pathology	177	49.11
Pediatrics	519	50.52
Physiatry	68	52.63
Pneumology	201	49.79
Psychiatry	1023	51.21
Diagnostic Radiology	499	50.96
Radiation Oncology	74	45.10
Rheumatology	85	50.56
Community Health	132	51.42
Urology	138	50.99
Total	7608	50.38

Distribution by Gender

It is also interesting to note the distribution of medical specialists based on gender. As of May 12, 2008. there were 2525 female and 5083 male medical specialists on the Roll of the FMSQ.