The top 5 highest-paying physician specialties will surprise you!

Here are a few fun facts about these high-paying career paths:

✅ Some neurosurgeries require patients to be awake so surgeons can test brain function in real time. Patients have played guitar, sung songs, and even cracked jokes during surgery!

✅ Some oral and maxillofacial surgeons perform a revolutionary procedure called “Jaw in a Day”, which allows patients with severe bone loss to get an entirely new jaw and set of teeth in a single day.

✅ During some heart surgeries, thoracic surgeons sometimes use a heart-lung machine to temporarily stop the heart, perform repairs, and then restart it like nothing happened!

✅ Plastic Surgery Isn’t About Plastic. The word “plastic” comes from the Greek word “plastikos,” meaning “to mold or shape”—not the synthetic material.

✅ Orthopedic surgeons perform hip, knee, and shoulder replacements often involving titanium, ceramic, or plastic implants…and some surgeons even use 3D-printed custom joints!

🧑‍💻 Which profession did you least expect to see on this list?

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