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Survey Results 2005

Nearly 40% of our members from around the world responded to the Member Survey in early 2005. The median age of those responding was 47, and 98% were male. Over 95% were surgeons, and the majority had received advanced training in HPB surgery (58%), transplant surgery (18%) or surgical oncology (10%). Three-fourths were full-(47%) or part-time (28%) faculty whereas 25% were in clinical practice. Over 95% were involved in patient care; over 90% were teaching; over 85% did research; and nearly 80% also did administrative work. Over 85% of the clinical practice involved HPB disease, and 25% also were transplant surgeons.

The services considered most important by the membership were the World Congresses (96%), the official journal, HPB (86%), the Regional Congresses (80%), and the website (77%). With respect to a future Membership Directory, a website-based version was preferred. With respect to improving HPB, the membership considered it very important to increase original articles (63%) and review articles (49%). Interestingly, 84% of respondents thought that the IHPBA should require submission of free papers from World Congresses. With respect to World Congresses, 83% thought that they should be held only on even years and that they should be rotated to the three regions (82%) and should not be held with other international societies (53%). Similarly, respondents thought that Regional Congresses should be held only in the odd years (68%) and should be held throughout the region (77%).

The missions considered very important to the majority of members responding were education (82%), research (61%), patient care (58%) and training (58%). Interestingly, 60% of members considered it very important to develop practice guidelines while 59% thought that improving HPB was very important. The vast majority of respondents also thought that the IHPBA should oversee clinical trials, develop an HPB Fellowship Registry and accredit HPB fellowships. Finally, 90% of members responding expressed overall satisfaction with the IHPBA.