How many hours a day does a surgeon work for?

I worked in the medical industry for 17 years as a medical device rep spending time in the operating room. It is good that you are looking to become a surgeon. This is a area that requires great dedication. Surgeons work in a clinic environment an d then to the operating room environment. Normally a surgeon will work 2-3 days a week in the clinic which is a 8-6pm job. ON the days he is not in clinic, he will be operating and that day schedule will vary at times but normally that is a 7 am start time for most surgeries and then it is based on how many cases and what those cases are. Those days the hours worked can be from 6-9 hours. As a surgeon, most times there is a PA that works with you and assist in the surgeries but not always. The PA is also with you in clinic seeing patients with you. You will be seeing recent surgery patients in the hospital right after surgery and that happens before clinic and often time before and during surgery days. I would say overall a surgeon is going to work about 10 hours a day.