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10 SPINE LEADERSHIP Physicians in These 14 Specialties More Likely to Vote Republican By Akanksha Jayanthi W hile physicians are generally split 50/50 between the Democrat and Republican parties, parti- sanship is less evenly divided when looking at individual specialties. Data compiled by New Haven, Conn.-based Yale researchers indicate some specialties lean heavily Dem- ocratic while others lean heavily Republican, reports e New York Times. e researchers looked at two public data sets: One that listed every physician in the U.S. and one showing the party registration of every voter in 29 states. ey found about 46 percent of all physicians are registered as Republicans, but party lines fluctuated between specialties. The following 14 medical specialties have higher than average rates of Republican physicians: (Note: Percents reflect physicians holding Republican party registration.) Surgery — 67 percent Anesthesiology — 65 percent Urology — 62 percent ENT — 61 percent Radiology — 59 percent Ophthalmology — 57 percent Physical therapy/rehabilitation — 54 percent Dermatology — 53 percent Family medicine — 52 percent Emergency medicine — 51 percent Cardiology — 49 percent Gastroenterology — 49 percent Pulmonary — 48 percent Ob/Gyn — 47 percent The following 10 medical specialties have lower than average rates of Re- publican physicians: Oncology — 43 percent Nephrology — 43 percent Pathology — 42 percent Internal medicine — 41 percent Neurology — 40 percent Endocrinology — 40 percent Geriatrics — 37 percent Pediatrics — 32 percent Psychiatry — 24 percent Infectious disease — 23 percent is data is the first to directly measure the po- litical leanings of a large sample of physicians — 34,532 in 29 states — across specialties. One theory for these political clusters has to do with specialty salaries, according to the report. "e highest-paid doctors earn many times as much as those in the lower-paying specialties. e fields with higher average salaries tended to contain more doctors who were Republican, while the comparative- ly lower-paying fields were more popular among Democrats," according to the report. is hypothesis aligns with the broader trend of wealthier individuals leaning Republican. Another theory is based on gender, as more women have become physicians, and they tend to enter certain specialties, according to the re- port. Just as women tend to lean Democrat gen- erally, as women physicians gravitate to certain specialties (pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology and psychiatry), it may make those fields more blue, according to the report. n US News & World Report: Top 20 Hospitals for Adult Neurology & Neurosurgery By Laura Dyrda H ere are the top 20 hospitals for adult neurology and neu- rosurgery from the U.S News & World Report rankings. 1. Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. 2. Johns Hopkins Hospital in Balti- more 3. NewYork-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell in New York City 4. Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston 5. UCSF Medical Center in San Fran- cisco 6. Cleveland Clinic 7. NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City 8. UCLA Medical Center in Los An- geles 9. Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago 10. Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Wash- ington University in St. Louis 11. Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston 12. Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City 13. Rush University Medical Center in Chicago 14. Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian in Philadelphia 15. Emory University Hospital in At- lanta 16. St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix 17. Houston Methodist Hospital 18. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles 19. Stanford (Calif.) Health Care-Stan- ford Hospital 20. UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside in Pittsburgh n