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Published on: January 5, 2017
Distribution of the head and neck surgical oncology workforce in the United States
Abhinav Talwar1, Alex J Gordon2, Arnaud F Bewley3
1Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Background:
The recent trends in education and geographic distribution of the head and neck surgery workforce have not been studied extensively.
Methods:
We reviewed publicly available sources to locate all fellowship-trained head and neck surgeons and recent graduates. The number of surgeons in each state was compared against head and neck cancer incidence data from the Centers for Disease Control.
Results:
The number of graduates increased annually by 1 per 100 000 000 people from 2011-2020. The average number of fellowship-trained surgeons per state was 10 (SD: 12). The average number of new head and neck cancer cases per surgeon was 247 (SD: 135). Ten states (20%) had cases >1 SD above the national average/surgeon, while 3 (6%) had cases >1 SD below the national average.
Conclusion:
Head and neck surgeons are located in most states, but not uniformly. Most states have approximately average density of surgeons; however, several states are outliers.
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