Technology has changed the way 'old surgery' is now done. This is a good thing. This is bound to happen to doctors, like any other profession, doctors or surgeons, has to evolve to other fields in medicines the marketplace warrants.
But I do think Surgeons in general still commands steep salaries no other professional can't match except sales and executives positions. I recently pulled my wife's boss/doctors salary coz' their public information in California. He performs hips surgery for people. His base salary for UC Davis was $120K a year and the rest of his payout came totalled $383K in 2007. You tell me hip Surgeon don't make any money....cha**ching...
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