Will AI replace Podiatrists?
AI reaches some of this job’s work, but most of it stays with people.
28/100
Moderate exposure
More exposed to AI than 44% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 0% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 35% of the work
What the job involves
Diagnose and treat diseases and deformities of the human foot.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Within reach(4)
- Advise patients about treatments and foot care techniques necessary for prevention of future problems.
- Refer patients to physicians when symptoms indicative of systemic disorders, such as arthritis or diabetes, are observed in feet and legs.
- Educate the public about the benefits of foot care through techniques such as speaking engagements, advertising, and other forums.
- Perform administrative duties, such as hiring employees, ordering supplies, or keeping records.
Out of reach(7)
- Treat bone, muscle, and joint disorders affecting the feet and ankles.
- Diagnose diseases and deformities of the foot using medical histories, physical examinations, x-rays, and laboratory test results.
- Prescribe medications, corrective devices, physical therapy, or surgery.
- Surgically treat conditions such as corns, calluses, ingrown nails, tumors, shortened tendons, bunions, cysts, or abscesses.
- Correct deformities by means of plaster casts and strapping.
and 2 more
Also called
Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM) · Podiatric Surgeon · DPM · Foot and Ankle Surgeon · Physician · Podiatric Physician · Podiatrist · Chiropodist
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics