Will Robots Replace Emergency Room Surgeon?

Emergency Room Surgeon has a Robot Impact Score of 12 out of 100 on the Geppetto Jobs Index, placing it in the Low impact band. 2 commercial robots currently target this work, and the displacement timeline is speculative. This is a category-level research estimate describing automation exposure for the occupation, not a prediction about any individual person's job.

Automation impact breakdown

Composite impact score12/100
Risk band (OECD)Low
Oxford (Frey & Osborne) score1/100
IFR deployment score3/10
TimelineSpeculative
Impact typeTask Augmentation
SectorHealthcare
Median annual salary (US)$299,000 (BLS OES 2024)
Current global employment900,000
O*NET code29-1067.00
Robots tracked for this role2

How this score is calculated

The composite Robot Impact Score weights O*NET task data (35%), IFR robot deployment figures (30%), Oxford and OECD academic estimates (20%), and robot density for the role (15%). Scores describe occupation-level exposure and are estimates, not forecasts.