The effect of receiving an award from the American Association for Thoracic Surgery FoundationCentral MessagePerspective
Objective: This study's objective was to evaluate the scholastic and career effects of receiving either the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Foundation research scholarship or surgical investigator program. Methods: AATS annual reports and recipient listings were used to generat...
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| author | Edgar Aranda-Michel, PhD James D. Luketich, MD Rashmi Rao, BS Victor O. Morell, MD George J. Arnaoutakis, MD Arman Kilic, MD Courtenay Dunn-Lewis, PhD Ibrahim Sultan, MD |
| author_facet | Edgar Aranda-Michel, PhD James D. Luketich, MD Rashmi Rao, BS Victor O. Morell, MD George J. Arnaoutakis, MD Arman Kilic, MD Courtenay Dunn-Lewis, PhD Ibrahim Sultan, MD |
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| description | Objective: This study's objective was to evaluate the scholastic and career effects of receiving either the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Foundation research scholarship or surgical investigator program. Methods: AATS annual reports and recipient listings were used to generate the awardees. MEDLINE and SCOPUS were used to assess publications, citations, and H-Index for awardees. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) RePorter was used to collate NIH grant awarding to awardees. Publicly available institutional profiles were used to assess promotion status and leadership positions. Results: Awardees of the research scholarship had a median of 4733 citations and a median H-Index of 33. The surgical investigator program recipients had a median of 1346 citations with a median H-Index of 17. Across both funding mechanisms, 45% secured subsequent NIH funding. Most awardees received an academic promotion, with 62% of the research scholarship awardees promoted to full professor and 37% of the surgical investigator program to associate professor. Approximately half (48%) of all awardees hold leadership positions, with most being a clinical director or division chief. Conclusions: Receiving the AATS Foundation research scholarship or surgical investigator program positions early-career cardiothoracic surgeons for a promising future in academic surgery. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7e14a9528179445e97120873d01718d82022-12-22T02:38:49ZengElsevierJTCVS Open2666-27362022-06-0110282289The effect of receiving an award from the American Association for Thoracic Surgery FoundationCentral MessagePerspectiveEdgar Aranda-Michel, PhD0James D. Luketich, MD1Rashmi Rao, BS2Victor O. Morell, MD3George J. Arnaoutakis, MD4Arman Kilic, MD5Courtenay Dunn-Lewis, PhD6Ibrahim Sultan, MD7Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PennDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PennDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PennDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PennDivision of Cardiac Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FlaDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PennDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PennDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Penn; Address for reprints: Ibrahim Sultan, MD, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Center for Thoracic Aortic Disease, University of Pittsburgh, Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 5200 Centre Ave, Suite 715, Pittsburgh, PA 15232.Objective: This study's objective was to evaluate the scholastic and career effects of receiving either the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Foundation research scholarship or surgical investigator program. Methods: AATS annual reports and recipient listings were used to generate the awardees. MEDLINE and SCOPUS were used to assess publications, citations, and H-Index for awardees. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) RePorter was used to collate NIH grant awarding to awardees. Publicly available institutional profiles were used to assess promotion status and leadership positions. Results: Awardees of the research scholarship had a median of 4733 citations and a median H-Index of 33. The surgical investigator program recipients had a median of 1346 citations with a median H-Index of 17. Across both funding mechanisms, 45% secured subsequent NIH funding. Most awardees received an academic promotion, with 62% of the research scholarship awardees promoted to full professor and 37% of the surgical investigator program to associate professor. Approximately half (48%) of all awardees hold leadership positions, with most being a clinical director or division chief. Conclusions: Receiving the AATS Foundation research scholarship or surgical investigator program positions early-career cardiothoracic surgeons for a promising future in academic surgery.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666273622000754AATS Foundationacademic promotionsurgeon-scientists |
| spellingShingle | Edgar Aranda-Michel, PhD James D. Luketich, MD Rashmi Rao, BS Victor O. Morell, MD George J. Arnaoutakis, MD Arman Kilic, MD Courtenay Dunn-Lewis, PhD Ibrahim Sultan, MD The effect of receiving an award from the American Association for Thoracic Surgery FoundationCentral MessagePerspective JTCVS Open AATS Foundation academic promotion surgeon-scientists |
| title | The effect of receiving an award from the American Association for Thoracic Surgery FoundationCentral MessagePerspective |
| title_full | The effect of receiving an award from the American Association for Thoracic Surgery FoundationCentral MessagePerspective |
| title_fullStr | The effect of receiving an award from the American Association for Thoracic Surgery FoundationCentral MessagePerspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effect of receiving an award from the American Association for Thoracic Surgery FoundationCentral MessagePerspective |
| title_short | The effect of receiving an award from the American Association for Thoracic Surgery FoundationCentral MessagePerspective |
| title_sort | effect of receiving an award from the american association for thoracic surgery foundationcentral messageperspective |
| topic | AATS Foundation academic promotion surgeon-scientists |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666273622000754 |
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