{
  "abstract": "Pain medicine has long been recognized as a dynamic, interdisciplinary specialty, with anesthesiology historically serving as the predominant training pathway.1 However, recent trends suggest a shift in the clinical backgrounds of trainees entering pain medicine. Understanding these evolving trends is essential to inform fellowship training structures, workforce planning, and the specialty’s future direction.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Catholic Health Mercy Hospital, Rockville Centre, New York, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Vasanth Selvam"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Anesthesiology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Nivetha Srinivasan"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Anesthesiology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Alejandro Hallo-Carrasco"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Anesthesiology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Aditi Master"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Anesthesiology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Jean D Eloy"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Anesthesiology - Pain Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Christine Hunt"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Changes in the clinical backgrounds of pain medicine fellows in ACGME-accredited programs, 2020–2024",
  "uid": "dd425840-9309-558c-8e2d-37020cb60b23"
}