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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Jun 16;215(5):661.e1–661.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.06.015

Table 1.

Physician Characteristics

Demographic
Characteristics
N Percentage

Gender Female 191 57
Male 144 43

Medical
Specialty
FPMRS* 173 51.6
Ob/Gyn 114 34.0
Gynecologic Oncology 11 3.3
MIS* 8 2.4
Urology 6 1.8
REI* 5 1.5
General Surgery 4 1.2
Colorectal Surgery 3 0.9
Internal Medicine 3 0.9
Plastic Surgery 2 0.6
Cardiology 2 0.6
Radiology 2 0.6
Neurosurgery 1 0.3
Anesthesiology 1 0.3

Type of
Institution of
physician
practice
Teaching Hospital 318 94.9
Private Practice 8 2.4
Military 7 2.1
Other 2 0.6

Level of Training Attending Physician 233 69.6
Resident 55 16.4
Fellow 47 14.0
*

FPMRS = Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, MIS = Minimally Invasive Surgery, REI = Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility