What The Study Did:
Researchers looked at trends in diversity by sex and race/ethnicity among applicants to U.S. surgical residency and fellowship programs from 2008-2018 to see if diversity was increasing.
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Issam Koleilat, M.D., of the Montefiore Medical Center in New York, is the corresponding author.
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