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Acknowledgements

The authors wish to acknowledge the help of the faculty and staff at the Wayne State University C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development for their support in preparation of this manuscript as well as Dr. R. Welch, a mentor to one of the authors.

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This work was supported by a National Institutes of Health Women’s Reproductive Health Research (WRHR) career development award (K12HD001254-17) awarded to one of the authors.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Vincent’s Medical Centers, New York, NY, 10011, USA

    Katherine J. Kramer

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA

    Conrad R. Chao

  3. Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Sandra Sadek

  4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California at Irvine, Orange, CA, 92868, USA

    M. Elena Rhoads-Baeza

  5. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Harper Hospital, 3990 John R. Street, 7 Brush North, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA

    Maurice-Andre Recanati

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Study conception and design was performed by KK. Material preparation was performed by CC. The first draft of the manuscript was written by KK and M-AR. Review and editing was done by SS and MER-B. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Kramer, K.J., Chao, C.R., Sadek, S. et al. Physician reentry: a largely unfulfilled promise. Arch Gynecol Obstet 307, 327–329 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-022-06771-2

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