Mortality and Severe Complications Among Newly Graduated Surgeons in the United States
Howard R, Thelen A, Chen X, Gates R, Krumm A, Millis M, Gupta T, Brown C, Bandeh-Ahmadi H, Wnuk G, Yee C, Ryan A, Mukherjee B, Dimick J, George B. Mortality and Severe Complications Among Newly Graduated Surgeons in the United States. Annals Of Surgery 2023, 279: 555-560. PMID: 37830271, PMCID: PMC10939969, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000006128.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedClinical CompetenceHospital MortalityHospitalsHumansMedicarePostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesSurgeonsUnited StatesConceptsYears of practiceSevere complicationsRelative riskGeneral surgeonsIndependent practiceYears of independent practiceCareer surgeonsRelative risk of mortalityAmerican Board of SurgerySurgeon yearsMixed modelsSurgeon characteristicsRate of mortalityMedicare claimsComplicationsSurgeonsPatient outcomesPatientsMortalityAmerican BoardOutcomesAssociation of Surgical Resident Competency Ratings With Patient Outcomes
Kendrick D, Thelen A, Chen X, Gupta T, Yamazaki K, Krumm A, Bandeh-Ahmadi H, Clark M, Luckoscki J, Fan Z, Wnuk G, Ryan A, Mukherjee B, Hamstra S, Dimick J, Holmboe E, George B. Association of Surgical Resident Competency Ratings With Patient Outcomes. Academic Medicine 2023, 98: 813-820. PMID: 36724304, DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000005157.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient outcomesGeneral surgery residentsMilestone ratingsSevere complicationsInpatient general surgical proceduresSurgery residentsGeneral surgical proceduresHigh-risk procedureCross-sectional studyCompetency ratingsGeneral surgical residentsRisk-adjusted ratesClinical outcomesIndex operationSurgical proceduresGeneral surgeonsMedicare populationComplicationsNational MedicareYears of practiceSecondary analysisClinical performanceSurgical residentsOutcomesMortality