Mortality Among Surgeons in the United States

Vishal R Patel; Stephen A Stearns; Michael Liu; Thomas C Tsai; Anupam B Jena

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2025.2482

Mortality Among Surgeons in the United States

JAMA Surg. 2025 Sep 1;160(9):1032-1034. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2025.2482.

Authors

Vishal R Patel^{1

2}, Stephen A Stearns^{1

2

3}, Michael Liu¹, Thomas C Tsai^{1

2}, Anupam B Jena^{1

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
⁴ National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

PMID: 40737024
PMCID: PMC12311820 (available on 2026-07-30)
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2025.2482

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Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study examines mortality rates and leading causes of death among US surgeons compared with nonsurgeon physicians and other occupation groups.