invasive procedures. Specialties that are common worldwide List of specialties recognized in the European Union and European Economic Area The European Union publishes a list of specialties recognized in the European Union, and by extension, the European Economic Area. Note that there is substantial overlap between some of the specialties and it is likely that for example "Clinical radiology" and "Radiology" refer to a large degree to the same pattern of practice across Europe. Accident and emergency medicine Allergist Anaesthetics Cardiology Child psychiatry Clinical biology Clinical chemistry Clinical microbiology Clinical neurophysiology Craniofacial surgery Dermatology Endocrinology Family and General Medicine Gastroenterologic surgery Gastroenterology General Practice General surgery Geriatrics Hematology Immunology Infectious diseases Internal medicine Laboratory medicine Nephrology Neuropsychiatry Neurology Neurosurgery Nuclear medicine Obstetrics and gynaecology Occupational medicine Oncology Ophthalmology Oral and maxillofacial surgery Orthopaedics Otorhinolaryngology Paediatric surgery Paediatrics Pathology Pharmacology Physical medicine and rehabilitation Plastic surgery Podiatric surgery Preventive medicine Psychiatry Public health Radiation Oncology Radiology Respiratory medicine Rheumatology Stomatology Thoracic surgery Tropical medicine Urology Vascular surgery Venereology List of North American medical specialties and others In this table, as in many healthcare arenas, medical specialties are organized into the following groups: Surgical specialties focus on manually operative and instrumental techniques to treat disease. Medical specialties that focus on the diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of disease. Diagnostic specialties focus more purely on diagnosis of disorders. Salaries According to the 2022 Medscape Physician Compensation Report, physicians on average earn $339K annually. Primary care physicians earn $260K annually while specialists earned $368K annually. The table below details the average range of salaries for physicians in the US of medical specialties: Specialties by country Australia and New Zealand There are 15 recognised specialty medical Colleges in Australia. The majority of these are Australasian Colleges and therefore also oversee New Zealand specialist doctors. These Colleges are: In addition, the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons supervises training of specialist medical practitioners specializing in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in addition to its role in the training of dentists. There are approximately 260 faciomaxillary surgeons in Australia. The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners is a distinct body from the Australian Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. There are approximately 5100 members of the RNZCGP. Within some of the larger Colleges, there are sub-faculties, such as: Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine within the Royal Australasian College of Physicians There are some collegiate bodies in Australia that