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103 HEALTHCARE NEWS 103 30 highest-paying medical jobs in the US By Alan Condon F orbes analyzed data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment Statistics and isolated occupations that fall into the Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations category to develop a list of the most lucrative medical jobs in the country, published Aug. 8. Here are the 30 highest-paying medical jobs in the U.S., broken down into average hourly pay and average annual pay: Occupation Average Hourly Pay Average Annual Pay 1 Cardiologist $170.18 $353,970 2 Anesthesiologist $159.22 $331,190 3 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon $149.74 $311,460 4 Emergency Medicine Physician $149.35 $310,640 5 Orthopedic Surgeon, Except Pediatric $147.22 $306,220 6 Dermatologist $145.55 $302,740 7 Radiologist $145.06 $301,720 8 Surgeon, All Other $143.17 $297,800 9 Obstetrician and Gynecologist $142.41 $296,210 10 Pediatric Surgeon $139.57 $290,310 11 Ophthalmologist, Except Pediatric $129.85 $270,090 12 Neurologist $128.68 $267,660 13 Orthodontist $128.50 $267,280 14 Physician, Pathologist $128.45 $267,180 15 Psychiatrist $120.08 $249,760 16 General Internal Medicine Physician $116.44 $242,190 17 Family Medicine Physicians $113.43 $235,930 18 Physicians, All Other $111.30 $231,500 19 Nurse Anesthetists $97.34 $202,470 20 Pediatricians, General $95.40 $198,420 21 Dentists, All Other Specialists $86.25 $179,400 22 Dentist, General $80.37 $167,160 23 Podiatrist $76.15 $158,380 24 Prosthodontist $69.10 $143,730 25 Pharmacist $60.43 $125,690 26 Optometrist $60.31 $125,440 27 Medical Dosimetrist $59.98 $124,750 28 Physician Assistant $57.43 $119,460 29 Nurse Practitioner $56.75 $118,040 30 Nurse Midwife $54.91 $114,210 Healthcare staffing company moves into Laser Spine Institute's former HQ By Alan Condon S taffing company Maxim Healthcare Services signed a lease for 71,000 square feet of a 176,000-square-foot facility that previously served as Laser Spine Institute's Tampa, Fla., headquarters, according to the Tampa Bay Business Journal. Laser Spine Institute — which committed to the space in 2014 — shuttered in 2019, leaving employees and patients in the lurch after a series of financial blows and lawsuits that eventually led to its demise. Because the headquarters was built specifically for Laser Spine Institute, real estate investment company Highwoods Properties invested heavily in renovating the space from a medical facility to a multitenant office building, according to the Feb. 24 report. In February 2020, 92,000 square feet of the building was leased to Fanatics, an e-commerce company. But before Laser Spine Institute went bust, it was a force to be reckoned with. The company was founded in 2005 by three physicians — James St. Louis, MD, Glenn Hamburg, MD, and Michael Perry, MD — and at the height of its operations grew to more than 1,000 employees with ASCs in Tampa, St. Louis, Cincinnati and Scottsdale, Ariz. Despite impressive revenue growth, Laser Spine Institute was in the troughs of various large lawsuits. The most significant case, dating to 2006, was brought by a competing spine center and accused the company of breach of fiduciary duty, defamation and tortious interference, among other allegations. In 2018, a federal court ordered the company to pay $264 million in damages to the complainant. A string of ASC closures and a reduced operating cost structure sparked the beginning of the practice's downfall, and it closed in March 2019. n