You specialize in women's health surgery. As a GYN ONC Surgeon, you're performing cancer surgeries while managing the overall oncological care of women with reproductive cancers.
OB/GYN Physician (Obstetrics Gynecology Physician) pay typically runs $188K–$208K at this level, and jobs in this field are projected to hold roughly steady through 2034.
OB/GYN Physicians manage the full arc of women's reproductive health — from contraception and fertility to pregnancy, delivery, and menopause — through a combination of office-based medicine and surgery. The diversity of the work is a defining feature: few specialties require this degree of clinical breadth, and the technical demands span outpatient procedures, major abdominal surgery, and complex deliveries.
Practice patterns vary widely by setting. Academic OB-GYNs balance patient care with teaching and research; private practice physicians often have higher volume and more direct autonomy. Employed group practice positions sit between those poles, with varying expectations around call and productivity.
The deeper challenge is often sustaining the emotional reserves the work requires over a full career. Adverse outcomes in obstetrics carry particular weight — a difficult delivery, a fetal loss, a surgical complication — and the cumulative effect is real. People who thrive have developed healthy relationships with imperfection and grief, find genuine meaning in the work's most significant moments, and have built practices and personal lives that replenish rather than deplete them.
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View all Healthcare roles →You specialize in women's health surgery. As a GYN ONC Surgeon, you're performing cancer surgeries while managing the overall oncological care of women with reproductive cancers.
Median pay for an OB/GYN Physician (Obstetrics Gynecology Physician) 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 OB (Obstetrician), OBGYN Doctor (Obstetrics and Gynecology Doctor), and Physician OB (Physician Obstetrician).
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