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. 2024 Mar 25;9(1):e23.00111. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.OA.23.00111

TABLE II.

Demographic Data of All Academic Orthopaedic Surgeons Employed in Academia in 2022

Characteristic Retained New
Gender
 Male 1,427 (88.58%) 1,116 (85.58%)
 Female 184 (11.42%) 188 (14.42%)
Years in practice
 0 to 10 421 (26.13%) 705 (54.06%)
 11 to 20 534 (33.15%) 271 (20.78%)
 21 to 30 391 (24.27%) 185 (14.19%)
 ≥31 265 (16.45%) 143 (10.97%)
Subspecialty
 Adult reconstruction 201 (12.48%) 190 (14.57%)
 Foot and ankle 109 (6.77%) 102 (7.82%)
 Hand and upper extremity 198 (12.29%) 152 (11.66%)
 Musculoskeletal oncology 90 (5.59%) 48 (3.68%)
 Pediatric 174 (10.80%) 135 (10.35%)
 Shoulder and elbow 60 (3.72%) 46 (3.53%)
 Spine 180 (11.17%) 157 (12.04%)
 Sports medicine 279 (17.32%) 226 (17.33%)
 Trauma 197 (12.23%) 152 (11.66%)
 Other 22 (1.37%) 19 (1.46%)
 No fellowship 101 (6.27%) 77 (5.90%)
School rank
 1 to 20 478 (29.67%) 280 (21.47%)
 21 to 50 497 (30.85%) 377 (28.91%)
 ≥51 636 (39.48%) 647 (49.62%)