Mark J Lambrechts, Jeremy C Heard, Yunsoo A Lee, Nicholas D D'Antonio, Zachary Crawford, Tariq Z Issa, Payton Boere, Ari Clements, John J Mangan, Jose A Canseco, Alan S Hilibrand, Christopher K Kepler, Alexander R Vaccaro, Gregory D Schroeder
INTRODUCTION: The relationship between research productivity in training and future productivity as an attending spine surgeon is not well-established in the literature nor has the effect of geographic location of training institutions on future academic success been investigated. The aim of our study was to (1) summarize characteristics of academically productive spine surgeons, (2) assess predictors of long-term academic productivity, and (3) establish the effect of geographic location on long-term academic productivity...
March 21, 2023: Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons