A physician providing combined obstetric and gynecologic care across the lifespan — prenatal and delivery care, contraception and reproductive planning, well-woman exams, gynecologic surgery, menopause management, and the continuity that comes with caring for women across reproductive years and beyond.
Most days tend to mix morning clinic with prenatal visits, gyn exams, and contraceptive consultations alongside afternoon surgery (hysterectomy, laparoscopy, hysteroscopy) or labor-and-delivery coverage. You'll often balance the high-touch relational work of women's primary care with the technical surgical work that defines the specialty, with call coverage adding nights and weekends.
The variance between practices is real — private practice OB/GYN combines obstetric and gynecologic care under partner-track ownership models; large multi-specialty groups and academic medical centers offer subspecialty support and structured call; OB/GYN hospitalist programs separate inpatient and outpatient work; specialty practices (gyn-onc, REI, urogyn) narrow the focus but require fellowship. Decline of solo OB/GYN practice and growth of large groups and employed models has shaped the landscape.
People who tend to thrive here are comfortable with breadth — primary care, obstetrics, and surgery — and capable of the rapid context-switching the practice demands. OB/GYN board certification plus surgical proficiency anchor the credential. The work tends to offer meaningful relationships across decades of patient care, strong compensation, and the deeply human work of women's health, with the trade-off being the call schedule, the surgical-versus-clinic context-switching, and the emotional weight of obstetric complications — for those drawn to comprehensive women's health, the work tends to root.
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View all Healthcare roles →A physician providing combined obstetric and gynecologic care across the lifespan — prenatal and delivery care, contraception and reproductive planning, well-woman exams, gynecologic surgery, menopause management, and the continuity that comes with caring for women across reproductive years and beyond.
Median pay for an OBGYN (Obstetrician and Gynecologist) is about $208K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $95K to $208K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Active Learning, and Monitoring.
Most people in this role hold a doctoral (research).
Employment in this field is projected to grow about 1.2% through 2034, with roughly 19,900 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include MD (Medical Doctor), OB (Obstetrician), and GYN (Gynecologist).
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