Surgery PhysEmp Salary Report: May 2026

Two surgical positions in California’s Central Valley — Modesto and Stockton, neither typically confused with Beverly Hills — are currently advertising up to $650,000 a year.

Visa Reversal Exposes Physician Pipeline’s Foreign Dependence

Visa Reversal Exposes Physician Pipeline's Foreign Dependence

The Trump administration’s reversal of its visa freeze for foreign-trained physicians exposes the structural fragility of America’s physician pipeline and healthcare’s deep dependence on international medical graduates. This policy episode reveals how workforce planning has become hostage to immigration politics while domestic training capacity remains fundamentally inadequate to meet demand.

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