@article{e5e91e1301e74bceb9084dd5a82aab1a,
title = "The Abdominal Transplant Surgery Workforce: Current state and future trends",
abstract = "Transplant surgical workforce concerns have arisen in the last 5 years as reflected in challenges securing job opportunities for new fellows. The present survey was designed by the ASTS Membership and Workforce Committee to describe the current practice characteristics of transplant centers in order to estimate changes in the workforce. The survey questionnaire requested information about the transplant programs, the transplant surgeons involved in the program, and the estimated changes in the staffing of the program over the next 3 years. Seventy-one transplant centers responded from a total of 235 identified and queried (30.2% response rate), with median responding centers per UNOS region of 7 (IQR 4.5-8.5). The recruitment outlook for the next 3 years forecasts a positive inflow of surgeons at a 2:1 rate (incoming:leaving). The new female transplant workforce within the responding cohort has increased from 3.7% in 1980 to 18.4% in 2010. Currently, 13.1% of practicing US transplant surgeons in this survey are female which is higher than many other surgical specialties. This report represents the most up-to-date view into the abdominal transplant surgical workforce. The positive job recruitment outlook for transplant surgeons and the narrowing gender gap are new findings from this study.",
keywords = "education, employment, physician education",
author = "Kaldas, {Fady M.} and Rocca, {Juan P.} and Bhati, {Chandra S.} and Ning Duan and Evenson, {Amy R.} and Tan, {Henkie P.} and Redfield, {Robert R.} and {di Sabato}, {Diego M.} and Atsushi Yoshida and Abt, {Peter L.} and Geevarghese, {Sunil K.}",
note = "Funding Information: previously reported the largest number of transplant surgeons' held grants were those sponsored by industry (73%), followed by non‐NIH externally sponsored grants (60%), and NIH grants (41%). Englesbe et al reported among a cohort of 373 young surgeons who completed transplant fellowships over a seven‐year period, only 10 achieved NIH funding as principal investigator of a K‐level career developmental award or an R‐level independent investigator award. Additionally, 78% of the survey respondents indicated that they wished they had more research time. Historically, general surgery among the surgical subspecialties received the largest fraction of NIH dollars, followed by otolaryngology, neurosurgery, urology, and orthopedics. However, recent trends show an increase in NIH funding for transplant among surgical subspecialties. Hu et al reported that transplant surgery has expanded rapidly its proportional contributions to total surgical funding by research methodology and discipline from 15% in 2003 to 21% of funds in 2013. This growth was largely driven by an increase in U‐awards, which comprised 36% of transplant grants. The rate of abdominal transplant surgeons' participation in research (76%) was higher than other surgical specialties. This survey did not explore grant holdings, but Florence et al Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd",
year = "2019",
month = oct,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1111/ctr.13659",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "33",
journal = "Clinical Transplantation",
issn = "0902-0063",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "10",
}
