Is there an impending loss of academically productive trauma surgical faculty? An analysis of 4,015 faculty.

Objective: Compare the academic impact of trauma surgery faculty relative to faculty in general surgery and other surgery sub-specialties. Methods: Scholarly metrics were determined for 4,015 faculty at the top 50 NIH-funded university-based and 5 hospital-based surgery departments. Results: Overall, 317 trauma surgical faculty were identified (8.2%). This compared to 703 other general surgical faculty (18.2%) and 2830 other sub-specialty surgical faculty (73.5%). The average size of the trauma surgical division was 6 faculty. Overall, 43% were assistant professors, 29% associate professors, and 28% full professors, while 3.1% had PhDs, 2.5% were MD, PhDs, and, 16.3% were division chiefs/directors. Compared with general surgery, there were no differences regarding faculty academic levels or leadership positions. Other surgical specialties had more full professors (39% vs. 28% p

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