Surgeon
| Highest | $30,000 / mo · United States |
|---|---|
| Experience | 5+ yrs |
| Degree | Required |
| First paycheck | 6 years medical school + 2–3 years clinical residency |
Pay in the destination countries
Monthly, in US dollars. Each country is an Imora admission package — open one for that route's fees, language requirement and deadline.
| Country | Monthly |
|---|---|
| United StatesTOEFL 80–100 · $10–70k | $30,000max |
| SwitzerlandIELTS 6.5 · CHF 0.9–8k | $26,400 |
| NorwayIELTS 6.0–6.5 · NOK 130–260k | $21,600 |
| AustraliaIELTS 6.0–6.5 · AUD 30–50k | $21,600 |
| New ZealandIELTS 6.5 · NZ$34–56k | $19,800 |
| CanadaIELTS 6.0–6.5 · CAD 20–40k | $19,800 |
What does the day look like?
Only 25% to 40% of working hours are spent in the operating theatre performing elective or emergency procedures like appendectomies, cholecystectomies, bowel resections, and hernia repairs using scalpels, electrosurgical diathermy, laparoscopy, or da Vinci robotic consoles. The rest of the clinical time involves morning ward rounds, monitoring intensive care patients, running outpatient clinics, and reviewing CT, MRI, and ultrasound imaging on PACS software.
Another 20% to 25% of the day goes to multidisciplinary team meetings, pathology reviews, obtaining informed consent, and writing operative notes in electronic health record systems like Epic or Cerner. Standard elective shifts run 8 to 10 hours, but 12-hour or 24-hour on-call emergency rotations push total weekly hours to between 48 and 70 hours.
Where does this lead?
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