Precocious Leadership in Military Orthopedic Surgery
Military orthopedic surgeons assume the leadership roles of department chair and residency program director significantly earlier in their careers than their civilian peers and exhibit modestly higher sex diversity. Structural and cultural aspects of military medicine likely contribute to these differences, offering a model for early leadership cultivation and highlighting the opportunity for early leadership experience in military orthopedics.
Authors
- Jeannie Huh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8229-5767)
- Dustin Lybeck
- Marcus Hoof (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2957-1416)
- Gabriel Mason
- Luke Villamaria
- James D. Baker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2987-5663)
- Jeannie Patzkowski
Institutions
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple (US)
- United States Army Institute of Surgical Research (US)
- Joint Base San Antonio (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Military Medicine
- Published
- 2025-08-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usaf458
- Primary Topic
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00