Specialty of Pediatric Surgery Defined Pediatric surgery is defined as the diagnostic, operative, and postoperative surgical care of patients from prenatal diagnosis through adolescence with congenital and acquired anomalies and diseases, be they developmental, inflammatory, neoplastic, or traumatic.
According to the study cited in this Advance Healthcare article, entry-level physical therapists made an average of $66,545 in 2011, whereas PTs with 16 or more years of experience earned an average salary of $84,656.
Top-paid physical therapists can make over $53 per hour. You can earn over $53.21 per hour as a physical therapist if you are among the top 10 percent in earnings, according to May 2011 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.