TY - JOUR
T1 - Endocrine surgery and the surgeon-scientist
T2 - Bridging the gap between a rich history and a bright future
AU - Demblowski, Lindsay A.
AU - Khan, Tahsin M.
AU - Zeiger, Martha A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Some limitations of our investigation include the retrospective, descriptive nature, inclusion of only three time points instead of a more longitudinal study, and lack of follow up of the output (publications) associated with each grant to evaluate the productivity and success rate of these funded projects. Furthermore, the absolute number of PIs and grants for each year of this study is below the threshold for a meaningful statistical analysis. We also are only evaluating funding from a single funding agency (NIH), albeit the NIH is also the largest funding source of biomedical research in the world. By definition, our project is geographically limited to the United States, and we cannot comment on funding status of endocrine surgeon-scientists internationally. Nevertheless, our data demonstrates that endocrine surgeons have more grant funding now, have more female grantees than 10 years prior and are looking at a broader array of topics. Our findings support the notion that surgeon-scientists are continuing to perform a robust body of endocrine surgery-related research in the present day.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/4
Y1 - 2023/4
N2 - Introduction: We evaluate National Institutes of Health (NIH) data to describe endocrine surgical research performed by surgeons in the United States. Methods: An internal NIH database was queried for endocrine surgery-related grants awarded to surgeons in 2010, 2015, and 2020. The grants were then compared based on cost, grant type, research type, and endocrine topic. Results: Eighteen grants ($6.4 M) focused on endocrine surgery-related research topics were identified in 2020, 17 ($7.3 M) in 2015, and 11 ($3.8 M) in 2010. In 2020, 14 grants were basic science and 4 were clinical outcomes, and pancreatic endocrine disease and thyroid disease each comprised 6 grants. R01 and R21 grants comprised 10 (55.6%) of the grants in 2020, compared to 10 (58.5%) in 2015 and 8 (72.7%) in 2010, while K08 and K23 grants increased to 4 (22.2%) in 2020 from 2 (11.8%) in 2015 and none in 2010. Conclusion: There were more K-awards focused on endocrine surgery-related research in 2020 compared to 2015 and 2010, suggesting the pipeline is growing.
AB - Introduction: We evaluate National Institutes of Health (NIH) data to describe endocrine surgical research performed by surgeons in the United States. Methods: An internal NIH database was queried for endocrine surgery-related grants awarded to surgeons in 2010, 2015, and 2020. The grants were then compared based on cost, grant type, research type, and endocrine topic. Results: Eighteen grants ($6.4 M) focused on endocrine surgery-related research topics were identified in 2020, 17 ($7.3 M) in 2015, and 11 ($3.8 M) in 2010. In 2020, 14 grants were basic science and 4 were clinical outcomes, and pancreatic endocrine disease and thyroid disease each comprised 6 grants. R01 and R21 grants comprised 10 (55.6%) of the grants in 2020, compared to 10 (58.5%) in 2015 and 8 (72.7%) in 2010, while K08 and K23 grants increased to 4 (22.2%) in 2020 from 2 (11.8%) in 2015 and none in 2010. Conclusion: There were more K-awards focused on endocrine surgery-related research in 2020 compared to 2015 and 2010, suggesting the pipeline is growing.
KW - Endocrine surgery
KW - NIH funding
KW - Surgeon-scientist
KW - Surgical research
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U2 - 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.10.007
DO - 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.10.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 36266134
AN - SCOPUS:85150318010
SN - 0002-9610
VL - 225
SP - 690
EP - 693
JO - American journal of surgery
JF - American journal of surgery
IS - 4
ER -