Assessment of the National Institutes of Health Salary Cap Gap Reveals the Increasing Financial Burden of Training and Hiring Surgeon-Scientists
This analysis demonstrates that the NIH salary cap gap creates a financial challenge for institutions and Departments of Surgery, which is projected to increase substantially over the next decade. These data highlight the urgency to advocate for policy development to adequately compensate federally funded surgical investigators and should facilitate dialogue within institutions to develop alternative funding mechanisms for surgeon-scientists.
Authors
- Shannon Jordan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1886-8532)
- Arden M. Morris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5795-2940)
- Ankush Gosain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0428-1503)
- Sarah Bangerth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7952-0679)
- Krista Haines (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2056-1820)
- Todd K. Rosengart
- Timothy R. Donahue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1175-2545)
- David C. Linehan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1859-2203)
- Juliet Emamaullee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4238-3057)
- Anton N. Sidawy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6878-7740)
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- George Washington University (US)
- University of Virginia (US)
- University of Rochester (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Surgery
- Published
- 2025-06-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/sla.0000000000006795
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.76