title: Academic careers and lifestyle characteristics of 171 transplant surgeons in the ASTS.
abstract: This manuscript reports the demographics, education and training, professional activities and lifestyle characteristics of 171 members of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS). ASTS members were sent a comprehensive survey by electronic mail. There were 171 respondents who were 49 ± 8 years of age and predominantly Caucasian males. Female transplant surgeons comprised 10% of respondents. ASTS respondents underwent 15.6 ± 1.0 years of education and training (including college, medical school, residency and transplantation fellowship) and had practiced for 14.7 ± 9.2 years. Clinical practice included kidney, pancreas and liver organ transplantation, living donor surgery, organ procurement, vascular access procedures and general surgery. Transplant surgeons also devote a significant amount of time to nonsurgical patient care, research, education and administration. Transplant surgeons, both male and female, reported working approximately 70 h/week and a median of 195 operative cases per year. The anticipated retirement age for men was 64.6 ± 8.6 and for women was 62.2 ± 4.2 years. This is the largest study to date assessing professional and lifestyle characteristics of abdominal transplant surgeons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Swedish Medical Center, Swedish Organ Transplant Program, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Florence
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Fryer
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Olthoff
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pomfret
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Sheiner
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sanfey
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Bumgardner
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003625:Data Collection; D004493:Education; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013043:Specialties, Surgical / Q000193:education; D019737:Transplants; D014481:United States; D016526:Workload