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Table 8: Distribution of U.S. Medical School Faculty by Degree
and Department
|
|
MD
|
PhD/OHD*
|
MD-PhD/MD-OHD*
|
Other+
|
|
Department
|
Number
|
%
|
Number
|
%
|
Number
|
%
|
Number
|
%
|
|
Anatomy
|
67
|
0.1
|
1,565
|
6.9
|
57
|
1.1
|
25
|
0.8
|
|
Biochemistry
|
72
|
0.1
|
2,059
|
9.1
|
67
|
1.3
|
21
|
0.7
|
|
Microbiology
|
101
|
0.2
|
1,484
|
6.5
|
59
|
1.2
|
29
|
1.0
|
|
Pathology-Basic^
|
1,674
|
3.0
|
1,007
|
4.4
|
382
|
7.5
|
69
|
2.3
|
|
Pharmacology
|
107
|
0.2
|
1,372
|
6.1
|
109
|
2.1
|
23
|
0.8
|
|
Physiology
|
114
|
0.2
|
1,589
|
7.0
|
90
|
1.8
|
22
|
0.7
|
|
Other Basic Sciences
|
213
|
0.4
|
1,385
|
6.1
|
82
|
1.6
|
76
|
2.5
|
|
Subtotal
|
2,348
|
4.2
|
10,461
|
46.2
|
846
|
16.6
|
265
|
8.7
|
|
Anesthesiology
|
3,606
|
6.5
|
254
|
1.1
|
330
|
6.5
|
89
|
2.9
|
|
Dermatology
|
446
|
0.8
|
111
|
0.5
|
43
|
0.8
|
6
|
0.2
|
|
Family Medicine
|
2,003
|
3.6
|
388
|
1.7
|
48
|
0.9
|
159
|
5.2
|
|
Emergency Medicine
|
810
|
1.5
|
18
|
0.1
|
18
|
0.4
|
25
|
0.8
|
|
Internal Medicine
|
16,130
|
15.3
|
2,230
|
5.0
|
1,367
|
13.6
|
280
|
5.0
|
|
Neurology
|
1,749
|
3.2
|
477
|
2.1
|
312
|
6.1
|
54
|
1.8
|
|
Ob-Gyn
|
2,732
|
4.9
|
421
|
1.9
|
144
|
2.8
|
209
|
6.9
|
|
Ophthalmology
|
1,051
|
1.9
|
373
|
1.6
|
113
|
2.2
|
54
|
1.8
|
|
Orthopedic Surgery
|
1,042
|
1.9
|
192
|
0.8
|
44
|
0.9
|
57
|
1.9
|
|
Otolaryngology
|
559
|
1.0
|
258
|
1.1
|
41
|
0.8
|
63
|
2.1
|
|
Pathology-Clinical^
|
925
|
1.7
|
471
|
2.1
|
227
|
4.5
|
57
|
1.9
|
|
Pediatrics
|
7,215
|
13.0
|
1,022
|
4.5
|
490
|
9.6
|
283
|
9.3
|
|
Physical Medicine
|
584
|
1.1
|
154
|
0.7
|
28
|
0.5
|
72
|
2.4
|
|
Psychiatry
|
3,843
|
6.9
|
2,420
|
10.7
|
262
|
5.1
|
400
|
13.2
|
|
Public Health
|
370
|
0.7
|
611
|
2.7
|
47
|
0.9
|
141
|
4.6
|
|
Radiology
|
3,914
|
7.0
|
1,076
|
4.7
|
263
|
5.2
|
160
|
5.3
|
|
Surgery
|
5,934
|
10.7
|
946
|
4.2
|
423
|
8.3
|
180
|
5.9
|
|
Other Clin Sciences
|
48
|
0.1
|
62
|
0.3
|
10
|
0.2
|
10
|
0.3
|
|
Subtotal
|
52,961
|
95.4
|
11,484
|
50.7
|
4,210
|
82.6
|
2,299
|
75.7
|
|
Vet Sciences
|
0
|
0.0
|
35
|
0.2
|
1
|
0.0
|
3
|
0.1
|
|
Allied Health
|
1
|
0.0
|
144
|
0.6
|
1
|
0.0
|
150
|
4.9
|
|
Dentistry
|
0
|
0.0
|
86
|
0.4
|
2
|
0.0
|
0
|
0.0
|
|
Social Sciences
|
37
|
0.1
|
51
|
0.2
|
4
|
0.1
|
15
|
0.5
|
|
Administration
|
122
|
0.2
|
100
|
0.4
|
16
|
0.3
|
67
|
2.2
|
|
All Others
|
49
|
0.1
|
304
|
1.3
|
19
|
0.4
|
236
|
7.8
|
|
Subtotal
|
209
|
0.4
|
720
|
3.2
|
43
|
0.8
|
471
|
15.5
|
|
TOTAL
|
55,518
|
100
|
22,665
|
100
|
5,099
|
100
|
3,035
|
100
|
*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 data: (1,213)
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