Affording Childcare on a Surgical Resident’s Salary
This cross-sectional study of surgical residents' net income found that, after accounting for mean annual expenditures and childcare costs, a surgical resident's salary was insufficient to cover living expenses and childcare costs for single resident parents. This financial obstacle may deter individuals from pursuing surgical residency or from starting families as surgical residents.
Authors
- Mackenzie M. Mayhew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9907-8923)
- Mohamad El Moheb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1897-2145)
- Allan Tsung
- Russell Gardner Witt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3747-8633)
- Margaret Mercante (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3376-1864)
- Susan J. Kim
- Nidhi Kuchimanchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1274-1399)
- Lily S. Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8020-3753)
- E. Tocco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2330-5760)
- Maria F. Nunez
Institutions
- University of Virginia (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-03-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.0708
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.73