Medscape Female Physician Wealth & Debt Report 2026: Wealth Gains Meet Financial Worries Tony Stasiek (+...)

https://www.medscape.com/p11/medscape-female-physician-wealth-debt-report-2026-wealth-2026a10012ob Even as more female physicians reach the upper tiers of wealth-building, they may trail male physicians at the top. Medscape surveyed 5916 physicians across more than 29 specialties to learn more about how male and female doctors differ financially, as well as female doctors' expectations for their investments and their concerns about the economy. "I should be thrilled at what we've saved, after starting professional life as a very underpaid female MD in academic anesthesia, living frugally, and putting a couple of kids through college," a 68-year-old female anesthesiologist from Massachusetts said as part of her responses to our survey. "But I will always be worried that it is not enough."