Crackdown on surgeon title doesn’t go far enough: AMA
Allowing podiatric surgeons to continue to use the title will mislead patients, says AMA president Professor Steve Robson
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The plan to restrict use of the title ‘surgeon’ to just three medical specialties should extend to a crackdown on podiatric surgeons, the AMA says.
Late last year, state and territory health ministers agreed to make ‘surgeon’ a so-called protected title, in order to severely curtail the number of doctors calling themselves ‘cosmetic surgeons’.