Physician Burnout: The Silent Epidemic

Each year, 300 to 400 physicians in the United States will die from suicide – that's nearly one physician a day. In fact, physicians are more likely than their peers in other professions to suffer from depression, experience burnout, and commit suicide. Gastroenterologists are certainly not immune from burnout with both trainees and attending faculty routinely expressing moderate levels of burnout. And there’s nothing fake about this news, it just happens to be