Table 1.
Specialties of Physician Mothers Included in the Study (n=130)
| Specialty | Number | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Surgical | ||
| Anesthesiology | 8 | 6.2 |
| Ear, nose & throat | 1 | 0.8 |
| General surgery and subspecialties | 6 | 4.6 |
| Medicine/interventional cardiology | 8 | 6.2 |
| Medicine/gastroenterology | 7 | 5.4 |
| Medicine/pulmonary and critical care | 1 | 0.8 |
| Obstetrics gynecology | 6 | 4.6 |
| Ophthalmology | 1 | 0.8 |
| Pediatrics/gastroenterology | 1 | 0.8 |
| Pediatrics/pulmonary | 1 | 0.8 |
| Radiology | 4 | 3.1 |
| Urology | 1 | 0.8 |
| Total surgical | 45 | 34.6 |
| Non-surgical | ||
| Dermatology | 1 | 0.8 |
| Family medicine | 4 | 3.1 |
| * General internal medicine and subspecialties | 55 | 42.3 |
| Internal medicine/pediatrics | 1 | 0.8 |
| Neurology | 4 | 3.1 |
| Pathology | 2 | 1.5 |
| * Pediatrics and other pediatric subspecialties | 13 | 10.0 |
| Physical medicine and rehab | 1 | 0.8 |
| Psychiatry | 3 | 2.3 |
| Radiation oncology | 1 | 0.8 |
| Total non-surgical | 85 | 65.4 |
*
Procedure-based subspecialties, such as gastroenterology, interventional cardiology, and pulmonary in internal medicine and pediatrics were categorized as “surgical,” and other subspecialties (e.g., endocrinology) were categorized as “non-surgical.”