Dudeja Vikas, Smithson Mary, Chen Herbert, Keswani Sundeep, Brock Malcolm, Goldstein Allan M
Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Surgery, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama.
Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
J Surg Res. 2022 Nov;279:A1-A7. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2022.03.033. Epub 2022 Jul 9.
Surgeon-scientists are uniquely positioned to contribute to our understanding of the fundamental biology of surgical disease and to bring a unique perspective that leads to innovation in the diagnosis and treatment of many conditions. However, it is broadly recognized that due to the changing landscape of surgery and science, the surgeon-scientists of today face multiple challenges in this pursuit. Today, surgeon-scientists face an increased pressure from their department and hospital to generate clinical revenue, decreased availability of grant funding, greater administrative burden, rising complexity of fundamental research, increased medical school debt, and a growing desire for work-life balance. Given that survival of surgeon-scientists is critical for the progress of not only surgery but medical innovation at large, many surgical societies, notably the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) and the Society of University Surgeons (SUS) have focused on the issues faced by surgeon-scientists. In this regard, the Basic and Translational Research Committee of the AAS and the Research Committee of the SUS organized a hot topic session at the 2021 Academic Surgical Congress in which experts discussed and addressed many issues concerning the surgeon-scientist pathway. This manuscript provides an overview of the issues discussed at this session.
外科医生科学家在推动我们对外科疾病基础生物学的理解，并带来独特视角以促进多种病症诊断和治疗方面的创新上具有独特优势。然而，人们普遍认识到，由于外科手术和科学领域不断变化的形势，如今的外科医生科学家在这一追求上面临多重挑战。如今，外科医生科学家面临着来自所在科室和医院要求创造临床收入的更大压力、科研经费可获得性降低、行政负担加重、基础研究复杂性增加、医学院债务上升以及对工作与生活平衡的渴望日益强烈。鉴于外科医生科学家的存续不仅对外科手术的进展至关重要，对整个医学创新也至关重要，许多外科协会，尤其是学术外科协会（AAS）和大学外科医生协会（SUS），都关注到了外科医生科学家所面临的问题。在这方面，AAS的基础与转化研究委员会以及SUS的研究委员会在2021年学术外科大会上组织了一次热点话题会议，专家们在会上讨论并探讨了许多与外科医生科学家发展路径相关的问题。本手稿概述了此次会议上讨论的问题。
