The hematology workforce in the United States: past, present, and strategies for the future
Abstract
From 2017-2021, the American Society of Hematology (ASH) completed the largest study ever conducted of the hematology workforce in the United States (US). The study highlighted a deficit in the classical hematology (CH) workforce: despite very high CH clinical volumes encountered by practicing hematologists and medical oncologists, less than 5% of all hematology and medical oncology fellows reported having a career focus in CH. Underlying this was a lack of mentorship in CH compared to malignant hematology and solid tumor oncology. In this Viewpoint article, we discuss factors shaping the US hematology workforce and how decades of inadequate investment in mentorship, research, and subspecialty training contributed to low interest in CH among trainees. We present an overview of ASH's many initiatives to grow the hematology clinical and research workforce in the US and globally, for the future of the field.
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Authors: Alfred Ian Lee, Leah E. Masselink, Rakhi P. Naik, Hetty E. Carraway, Nathan T. Connell, Laura DeCastro, Georgette A. Dent, Donna DiMichele, Leslie R. Ellis, Andrés Gómez‐De León, Alison W. Loren, Tiffany L Lucas, Ariela L. Marshall, Martha P. Mims, Marquita Nelson, Srikanth Nagalla, Casey L. O’Connell, Soo Jung Park, Anita Rajasekhar, Deva Sharma, Melody Smith, Lachelle D. Weeks, Ted Wun, Josel Fritz, Robby James Reynolds, Nathalie van Havre, Clese Erikson
Institutions: Brigham and Women's Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania, University of Florida, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Johns Hopkins University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Southern California, Yale University, George Washington University, Stanford University, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, UC San Diego Health System, Moores Cancer Center, University of California, Davis, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Baylor College of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, University of Minnesota System, Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, Dr. Herbert & Nicole Wertheim Family Foundation, American Society of Hematology