The vanishing physician-scientist?

Not the End of the Physician-Scientist

In 1984 Gordon N. Gill, professor of medicine at the University of California at San Diego, published an essay entitled “The End of the Physician-Scientist?’ He described how from the mid1960s to the early 1980s the biomedical research enterprise in the United States passed largely out of the realm of clinical investigators and into that of Ph.D. scientists working at the molecular level. He al...

Shine on, Young Physician-Scientist.

Physician-scientists have been recognized as an important piece for the advancement of medicine by being translators of medical research. Despite this recognized role, physician-scientists in the United States have decreased from 5% of all physician workforce in 1987 to 1.5% in 2014. Why, in spite of their relevance, have physician-scientists become a rara avis in medical research? It is a comp...

The physician-scientist: a value proposition.

The American Society for Clinical Investigation has supported the career development of physician-scientists for the past 100 years. As the ASCI looks to its next 100 years, it must be a leading force, not only for advancing the research of physician-scientists, but also for stimulating public advocacy for biomedical research in this country.

The Role of the Physician-Scientist in Our Evolving Society

The physician-scientist represents the medical-scientific version of the "triple threat" athlete. Yet, in medicine as in sports, specialization and business are ever more in the forefront. As the field of medicine evolves, it is likely that the role of the physician, the scientist, and the physician-scientist will continue to change. Whether this is for the good or bad will only be known in hin...

Preventive health care for an endangered species--the physician scientist.