| Surgeons are physicians that have received | | | | joints, ligaments, tendons, and muscles. |
| specialized training in order to perform operations | | | | Procedures common among these Surgeon Jobs |
| to repair or remove a part of the body that is | | | | include knee and hip replacements or |
| not functioning properly. Becoming a surgeon | | | | reconstructions, arthroscopic surgeries, bone |
| involves a commitment to many years of | | | | fusions, and the repair of broken or shattered |
| education. First an undergraduate degree must be | | | | bones. Orthopedic surgeons may further specialize |
| earned, followed by attendance at a medical | | | | in the areas of sports medicine, spine surgery, |
| school to earn a doctorate of medicine. The | | | | and surgeries of the hand, foot and ankle. |
| process will usually take 8 years to complete, | | | | Other rewarding Surgeon Jobs can be found in |
| followed by a 5 year surgical residency program. | | | | the specialties of neurosurgery and plastic surgery. |
| There are a variety of specialties available for | | | | Neurosurgeons can begin their specialty after |
| residency, including, but not limited to, general | | | | completing 5 years of neurosurgery residency |
| surgery, orthopedics, neurosurgery, and plastic | | | | training. These are the highest salaried of the |
| surgery. The world of Surgeon Jobs is full of | | | | surgeons, with compensation averaging over |
| possibilities for specialization. | | | | $600,000 per year. Plastic surgeons are perhaps |
| Need your appendix removed? Then you need to | | | | best known for their cosmetic procedures such |
| call on the services of the general surgeon. | | | | as face lifts, liposuction, and breast augmentation, |
| General surgeons are the jacks of all trades of | | | | but also perform essential surgeries including |
| the medical world. They perform such procedures | | | | reconstructions for breast cancer patients, skin |
| as the previously mentioned appendectomies, | | | | grafts for burn victims, and repair of birth defects |
| operations involving the spleen, liver, and | | | | or accidental injuries. |
| intestines, and hernia procedures as well. | | | | As so many of the procedures they perform are |
| Completion of additional fellowships will allow the | | | | elective, plastic surgeons can frequently avoid |
| general surgeon to pursue other Surgeon Jobs in | | | | dealing with insurance companies, and may be paid |
| cardiac, vascular, pediatric, and thoracic surgeries | | | | directly by their patients. As a result, plastic |
| among others. Salaries for general surgeons | | | | surgeons are among the highest paid surgeons, |
| average around $330,000 annually. | | | | out earning their colleagues that are dependent |
| Following 5 years of orthopedic surgery training, | | | | upon the insurance companies to receive their |
| these specialists can begin treating patients | | | | checks for payment for their services. |
| suffering from injuries or diseases of the bones, | | | | |