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To characterize osteopathic (DO) general surgeons serving as faculty in university-based general surgery departments and compare their academic productivity metrics to allopathic (MD) colleagues.

May 6, 2022CureusOpen Access

Cross-Sectional Study of Osteopathic General Surgeons in University-Based General Surgery Departments

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MKMustafa KhanUniversity of North Texas RPRonit PatnaikJohns Hopkins University CWCassidy WheelerLouisiana State University

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Cross-sectional study reveals lower academic productivity among osteopathic faculty in university surgery departments, highlighting disparities in research mentorship.

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To characterize osteopathic (DO) general surgeons serving as faculty in university-based general surgery departments and compare their academic productivity metrics to allopathic (MD) colleagues.
Reviewed 106 university-based general surgery departments to identify faculty degree, academic rank, fellowship training, and medical school graduation year.
Identified 70 DO surgeons across 34 institutions and compared them to a control cohort of 1,307 MD surgeons at the same institutions.
Analyzed total publications, citations, and h-index using univariate tests and negative binomial regression models adjusting for degree, gender, and years since graduation.
Among 70 DO surgeons identified (53 assistant professors, 16 associate professors, 1 professor), 92.9% completed a fellowship and 35.7% completed residency at a university-based program.
Univariate comparisons showed MD faculty graduated earlier (mean 23.3 vs. 14.8 years, p<0.0001), had more publications (median 35 vs. 5, p<0.0001), more citations (median 655 vs. 61, p<0.001), and a higher h-index (median 12 vs. 3, p<0.001).
Negative binomial regression demonstrated that MD assistant professors had higher publications (exponential coefficient 2.24, 95% CI 1.67–3.02; p<0.001), citations (3.10, 95% CI 2.20–4.11; p<0.001), and h-index (1.93, 95% CI 1.36–2.73; p<0.001), with similar MD advantages observed at the associate professor rank.

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Khan et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a83eee44d653d38678de814 https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24791

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Cross-sectional study reveals lower academic productivity among osteopathic faculty in university surgery departments, highlighting disparities in research mentorship.

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