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Stabilizing and strengthening the US physician-scientist faculty workforce in academic medicine: a proposed institutional framework.

Christopher S Williams, Megan Allen, Paige Cooper-Byas, John Hawley, Louis J Muglia, E Dale Abel, Julie A Bastarache, Carolyn Calfee, John M Carethers, David N Cornfield and 18 more

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

28 authors.

Christopher S WilliamsDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Megan AllenDamon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, New York, New York, USA.
Paige Cooper-ByasBurroughs Wellcome Fund, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
John HawleyAmerican Society for Clinical Investigation, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Louis J MugliaBurroughs Wellcome Fund, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
E Dale AbelDepartment of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Julie A BastaracheDivision of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Carolyn CalfeeDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA.
John M CarethersDepartment of Medicine, Moores Cancer Center, and Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity, UCSD, San Diego, California, USA.
David N CornfieldDivision of Pulmonary, Asthma, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
Oliver EickelbergDivision of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Emily J GallagherDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
Anna GrekaBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Peter J GruberDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Anthony N HollenbergDepartment of Medicine, Boston Medical Center and Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Heidi H KongChevy Chase, Maryland, USA.
Barbara KazmierczakDepartments of Medicine and Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Gary A KoretzkyOffice of the Provost, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Mark LachsDivision of Geriatrics and Palliative Care Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Deborah J LenschowDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Geoffrey PittCardiovascular Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Don C RockeyDigestive Disease Research Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
Lisa M SatlinDepartment of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA.
Barry P SleckmanDepartment of Medicine, Heersink School of Medicine, O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
David A StoltzDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa, USA.
Jatin M VyasDivision of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA.
Thomas J WangUniversity of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Kyu Y RheeDepartment of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Physician-scientists represent one of the most impactful, yet underrecognized, innovations of 20th century academic medicine. Defined by a commitment to full-time careers in investigative work, physician-scientists have repeatedly demonstrated a unique ability to identify and solve problems of unmet medical need in a focused and intentional manner using their dual training in clinical medicine and the scientific method as both stethoscope and scalpel. Unfortunately, while the value of physician-scientists has never been greater, the institutional infrastructure to support them has never been explicitly defined (1), a deficiency now amplified by mounting financial pressures from both clinical revenue models and an increasingly constrained research funding landscape (2, 3). This white paper reports the output of a consortium of academic medical centers, foundations, and professional societies seeking to remedy this deficiency. This consortium specifically developed a framework to formalize the career path of physician-scientist faculty into a professionally unified and financially sustainable structure amenable to adoption across US academic medical centers and health systems. Key components of this framework included an administratively operational definition of physician-scientists, and 3 central and interconnected pillars (academic, financial, and organizational) that are rooted in this foundational definition. Herein, we detail core concepts and concrete recommendations.

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Academic Medical CentersFaculty, MedicalPhysiciansResearch PersonnelAcademiaBiomedical ResearchHumansUnited StatesWorkforce

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PMID42048164
PMCPMC13313495

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