Sex Differences in Faculty Rank Among Academic Surgeons in the United States in 2014

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 268, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 193-200

  Blumenthal, Daniel M ^a   Bergmark, Regan W ^b   Raol, Nikhila ^c,d   Bohnen, Jordan D ^a   Eloy, Jean Anderson ^e   Gray, Stacey T ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^e NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

faculty development; quality of life; sex differences in academic rank; surgeon workforce

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICARE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RECTUM SURGERY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; THORAX SURGERY; UNITED STATES; UROLOGY; VASCULAR SURGERY; CAREER MOBILITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX FACTOR; SEXISM; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREER MOBILITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SEXISM; SURGEONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85050087731     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002662     Document Type: Article

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