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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Oct 10.
Published before final editing as: Ann Surg. 2025 Aug 4:10.1097/SLA.0000000000006880. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006880

Table 1:

Summary of representation in the BRIMR rankings of unique surgeon-scientists from 2013 to 2023.

Representation in Blue Ridge Rankings
Residency Training NIH Funding Quartile
First 394 (70.5%)
Second 91 (16.3%)
Third 27 (4.8%)
Fourth 6 (1.1%)
Not on BRIMR Institution Sheets 41 (7.3%)
Gender
Male 421 (75.3%)
Female 138 (24.7%)
Graduate Degree(s)
PhD 104 (18.6%)
Master’s 113 (20.2%)
PhD/Master’s 9 (1.6%)
None 333 (59.6%)
IMG
Yes 57 (10.2%)
No 502 (89.8%)
Specialty
Bariatric 1 (0.2%)
Breast 12 (2.1%)
Cardiothoracic 105 (18.8%)
Colorectal 17 (3.0%)
Endocrine 16 (2.9%)
General 22 (3.9%)
Pediatric Surgery 43 (7.7%)
Plastics 35 (6.3%)
Surgical Oncology 94 (16.8%)
Transplant 74 (13.2%)
Trauma/Acute Care/Critical Care/Bum 77 (13.8%)
Vascular 63 (11.3%)
Multiple Grants
Yes 227 (40.6%)
No 332 (59.4%)
Grant Types
R01 Awards 392 (39.9%)
Other R Awards 203 (20.7%)
K08 Awards 114 (11.6%)
Other K Awards 57 (5.8%)
P Awards 25 (2.5%)
U Awards 102 (10.4%)
T Awards 90 (9.1%)

Abbreviations: Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research (BRIMR), National Institutes of Health (NIH), International Medical Graduate (IMG)