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Table 15: Distribution of U.S. Medical School Faculty by Gender, Degree and Department

MD PhD/OHD* MD-PhD/MD-OHD* OTHER+
DEPARTMENT Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
Anatomy 51 16 1,182 383 51 6 12 13
Biochemistry 60 12 1,606 450 56 10 11 10
Microbiology 82 18 1,129 350 54 5 11 18
Pathology-Basic^ 1,183 488 723 282 329 53 24 45
Pharmacology 96 11 1,077 294 98 11 15 8
Physiology 105 9 1,282 306 81 9 11 11
Other Basic Sciences 171 41 1,022 358 75 7 34 41
Subtotal 1,748 595 8,021 2,423 744 101 118 146
Anesthesiology 2,626 973 194 59 295 35 48 41
Dermatology 297 148 76 35 35 8 3 3
Family Medicine 1,422 578 224 164 37 11 50 109
Emergency Medicine 619 188 13 5 14 4 14 11
Internal Medicine 12,519 3,583 1,495 735 1,189 175 83 196
Neurology 1,421 323 294 183 277 35 13 41
Ob-Gyn 1,827 902 272 149 109 35 5 202
Ophthalmology 866 184 258 114 96 17 21 33
Orthopedic Surgery 976 62 160 32 43 1 27 30
Otolaryngology 498 61 187 71 36 5 12 51
Pathology-Clinical^ 685 238 329 142 198 29 25 32
Pediatrics 4,444 2,757 561 461 390 97 56 227
Physical Medicine 369 211 101 53 22 6 25 47
Psychiatry 2,782 1,057 1,456 962 221 41 141 259
Public Health 267 102 352 258 45 2 63 78
Radiology 2,955 956 953 121 228 35 118 42
Surgery 5,426 498 723 222 399 24 77 103
Other Clin Sciences 40 8 49 12 8 2 3 7
Subtotal 40,039 12,829 7,697 3,778 3,642 562 784 1,512
Vet Sciences 0 0 25 10 1 0 0 3
Allied Health 0 1 74 70 1 0 47 103
Dentistry 0 0 74 12 2 0 0 0
Social Sciences 25 12 31 20 2 1 6 9
Administration 109 13 73 27 16 0 35 32
All Others 34 15 230 74 15 4 71 164
Subtotal 168 41 507 213 37 5 159 311
TOTAL 41,955 13,465 16,225 6,414 4,423 668 1,061 1,969

*OHD: Other Health Doctorate

+Other: Faculty without Doctoral degree

^Some medical schools include Pathology with basic sciences; others include it with the clinical sciences.

Missing degree and/or gender data: (1,467)

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