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Table 16: Distribution of U.S. Medical School Faculty by Postdoctoral Research Training Degree and Department

MD PhD/OHD* MD-PhD/MD-OHD*
DEPARTMENT YES NO YES NO YES NO
Anatomy 42 13 1,199 253 41 10
Biochemistry 63 6 1,798 117 57 3
Microbiology 82 14 1,279 101 50 6
Pathology-Basic^ 806 608 749 128 291 56
Pharmacology 89 8 1,177 115 85 10
Physiology 100 6 1,358 141 74 10
Other Basic Sciences 113 39 939 257 68 9
Subtotal 1,295 694 8,499 1,112 666 104
Anesthesiology 1,072 1,999 156 58 206 97
Dermatology 197 194 74 15 31 9
Family Medicine 430 1,406 94 272 23 23
Emergency Medicine 139 550 9 8 5 10
Internal Medicine 8,887 5,208 1,526 395 1,064 178
Neurology 973 556 309 63 206 65
Ob-Gyn 1,127 1,254 298 83 105 26
Ophthalmology 506 429 263 74 89 16
Orthopedic Surgery 396 540 100 72 37 5
Otolaryngology 201 297 148 83 25 13
Pathology-Clinical^ 415 433 377 72 172 42
Pediatrics 3,896 2,505 634 286 379 62
Physical Medicine 126 411 69 80 22 6
Psychiatry 1,117 2,061 1,088 933 158 73
Public Health 151 185 207 331 37 7
Radiology 1,116 2,200 647 278 176 56
Surgery 2,765 2,388 555 239 281 96
Other Clin Sciences 28 15 34 20 6 2
Subtotal 23,542 22,631 6,588 3,362 3,022 786
Vet Sciences 0 0 24 7 1 0
Allied Health 0 1 44 89 1 0
Dentistry 0 0 33 44 1 0
Social Sciences 10 24 20 23 1 1
Administration 63 51 39 58 15 1
All Others 22 16 139 144 9 9
Subtotal 95 92 299 365 28 11
TOTAL 24,932 23,417 15,386 4,839 3,716 901

*OHD: Other Health Doctorate

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

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