Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Editorial
. 2023 Aug;31(3):218-220.
doi: 10.1177/22925503211042872. Epub 2021 Sep 20.

Retirement: A Primer for Plastic Surgeons

Achilles Thoma  1
Affiliations
Editorial

Retirement: A Primer for Plastic Surgeons

Achilles Thoma. Plast Surg (Oakv). 2023 Aug.
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

The author declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: I may receive royalties from the sale of the textbook “Evidence-Based Surgery: A Guide to Understanding and Interpreting the Surgical Literature”.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Challenges Faced by Retiring Surgeons.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Fréchette D, Hollenberg D, Shrichland A, Jacob C, Datta I. What’s Really behind Canada’s Unemployed Specialists? Too Many, Too Few Doctors? Findings from the Royal College’s Employment Study –2013. The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; 2013.
    1. Kurek N, Darzi A. The ageing surgeon. BMJ Qual Saf. 2020;29(2):95-97. - PubMed
    1. Ganapathy K. Should neurosurgeons retire? Neurol India. 2019;67(2):370-374. - PubMed
    1. Antunes M. The age of the surgeon: how old is too old? Acta Med Port. 2019;32(6):413-441. - PubMed
    1. American Medican Association (AMA). Competency and retirement: evaluating the senior physician. Health Equity. Available at: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/health-equity/competency-and-re... (published June 23, 2015, accessed July 5, 2021).

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources