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JULY 13, 2018

Compensation Plan Shrinks Sex-Related Pay Gap for Surgeons

By Christina Frangou

Phoenix—With a pay gap between men and women in surgery that is acknowledged but inadequately addressed, the surgical department at the University of Alabama at Birmingham set out to restructure its compensation model and found that adoption of a structured compensation plan markedly narrowed—but did not erase completely—the gap at the institution.

“While this has not eliminated the gender pay disparity at our institution, it is a step in the right