Characterizing Leadership Trends in Hand Surgery Fellowship Programs

CONCLUSIONS: Fellowship directors are largely White and men. They are distinguished by their research productivity. A few select programs contribute an outsized proportion of individuals to FD positions. This may be due to a pipeline effect or because applicants with ambition to become FDs pursue specific programs for training.CLINICAL RELEVANCE: This study characterizes the academic/demographic factors of hand surgery FDs.PMID:36157297 | PMC:PMC9492798 | DOI:10.1016/j.jhsg.2022.06.002

Source: Hand Surgery - September 26, 2022 Category: Surgery Authors: Ashwin Madhan Manish P Mehta Peter R Swiatek Erik B Gerlach John J Carney Chirag M Shah Source Type: research