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That's a very good point about radiology being replaceable.
Hmm, would you say there is still less social interaction in surgery than most other specialties?
I can take physical discomfort,
Yeah, I guess doing the same procedure over and over again might not be super interesting or educational.
If you just want to cut people up without talking to them and master anatomy and histology, pathology is the obvious way to go. It will be also more anatomically diverse than any surgical specialty, since you'll have to examine the whole body. The compensation doesn't seem too bad, about the middle of the field in earnings among all physicians.
http://www.medscape.com/sites/public/physician-comp/2012
The difference is qualitative, not quantitative. In the OR, you spend time with people you know and are expected to be more to the point. Small talk is the overwhelming norm even during surgeries, and it might get quite awkward if you communicated only the necessities. Patient interactions are on average briefer than in the conservative specialties, but you will correspondingly see more patients. The only real me-time in any specialty is paper work.
Oh, and the number one thing to protect you from lawsuits will be the rapport you build with your patients. In any specialty (or profession, for that matter), expect the most well-liked people to be paid the most.