67th Annual Meeting Abstracts

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The Aging Urologist
Kenneth Thomas, *Emily Graham, Jeffrey Lysiak, Stuart Howards, Tracey Krupski
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Introduction:
We documented the retirement and practice patterns of urologists aged 60 to 80 in the United States.
Materials & Methods: 20 urologists were randomly selected from each yearly age between 60 and 80 (420 individuals) who either were currently or had been board certified urologists in the US. Survey questions focused on retirement status and type of practice.
Results: We acheived an 88.8% response rate. 52.0% of participants continue to practice urology part or full time. The mean age of urologists working full time was 65.4 and that of part time urologists was 71.5. Half the urologists surveyed were retired by age 72.1. Of the working urologists, 49% were involved in a group private practice (GPP), 29.5% in a solo private practice (SPP), and 10.5% in an academic practice (AP). The average age of active urologists in GPP, SPP, and AP is 66.3, 67.0, and 68.7 respectively.
Conclusions: Over half of retirement age urologists continue to work. Urologists work longer part time than full time. Those Urologists in GPP retire at a faster rate and have a lower mean practicing age than those in SPP. Academicians have the slowest retirement rate and the most mature practicing age.

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