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ArticlePediatric research2025

Pediatric subspecialty workforce: what is needed to secure its vitality and survival?

Christiane E Dammann, Cristina M Alvira, Sherin U Devaskar, Joseph W St Geme, W Christopher Golden, Catherine M Gordon, Benjamin Hoffmann, Satyan Lakshminrusimha, Laurel K Leslie, Maria Trent and 2 more

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Article in Pediatric research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Women in neonatology - 10 years in review.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Christiane E DammannDivision of Newborn Medicine, Tufts Medicine Pediatrics at Tufts University, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, US. cdammann@tuftsmedicalcenter.org.ORCID 0000-0002-0854-1288
Cristina M AlviraDivision of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, US.
Sherin U DevaskarDepartment of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, US.
Joseph W St GemeDepartment of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, US.
W Christopher GoldenEudowood Neonatal Pulmonary Division, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, US.
Catherine M GordonEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, US.
Benjamin HoffmannDepartment of Pediatrics, Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Oregon Health & Science University, Baltimore, US.
Satyan LakshminrusimhaDepartment of Pediatrics, UC Davis Children's Hospital, Sacramento, US.
Laurel K LeslieAmerican Board of Pediatrics, Chapel Hill, US.
Maria TrentDivision of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, US.
Karen K WinerEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, US.
H Barrett FrommeDepartment of Pediatrics, UChicago Medicine at the University of Chicago, Chicago, US.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

impactThe pediatric subspecialty workforce is challenged by shortages and geographic maldistribution of subspecialists. We invited leaders in pediatrics to discuss how the field's vitality and survival can be secured. These leaders presented their own opinions and not the opinion of the society or organization that they are presenting. Early exposure of future trainees to pediatrics and advocacy for improved reimbursement structures, loan repayment, and funded programs for physician scientists will enhance the recruitment and retention of pediatric subspecialists to guarantee advancement of knowledge and the appropriate care of children with chronic and complex diseases.

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PMID39455858

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