self/Ophthalmologist money in federal elections

A slash pair, not two separate keys merged

FEC forms store self/Ophthalmologist when that exact pair is what the filer typed. LobbyVault does not build the row by adding SELF plus OPHTHALMOLOGIST. The $3,591,534 total is itemized individual gifts whose grouped employer text matches the slash string. It is not a Census of private eye-care offices and not a state medical-board licensee file.

People who typed OPHTHALMOLOGIST, SELF-EMPLOYED, Self-Employed/Physician, MD, or a clinic legal name sit in other rows if stored that way. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into this mixed-case pair. The FEC field is not an academy membership list. Occupation pages show titles stored beside the pair.

392 donors and 14,717 lines

392 unique donors produced 14,717 self/Ophthalmologist contribution lines totaling $3,591,534. That is on the order of 38 itemized receipts per donor and a mean gift near $244. Mean per donor is about $9,162. The packet does not publish a mean gift as its own FEC field; $244 is total divided by 14,717 lines. It does not split retina versus comprehensive practice.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and association PAC filings are outside the $3,591,534 unless an individual receipt itself carries this slash string. Unitemized gifts never appear. Coverage is federal itemized individual receipts only.

OPHTHALMOLOGIST and SELF-EMPLOYED stay separate

OPHTHALMOLOGIST, SELF-EMPLOYED, PHYSICIAN, and SURGEON are separate keys. Combining them with self/Ophthalmologist would mix a slash pair, a specialty word, a generic self-employment label, and a credential. This page stays at $3,591,534 for self/Ophthalmologist only.

Occupation breakdowns list titles next to the pair. Hospital legal names remain other keys when donors typed a facility instead of the slash phrase. State filings are omitted from the $3,591,534.

Donor table

The self/Ophthalmologist donor table lists disclosed names, amounts, and recipient committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution. LobbyVault does not infer a private-practice EIN, a board certification, or a motive from the slash pair. The 392 unique-person count is not a census of self-employed ophthalmologists.

Follow committees on the table for party and office. This page does not assign a partisan percentage to the pair. Repeat names among 14,717 lines from 392 people are expected. People who typed OPHTHALMOLOGIST only are not in these 392 unless a receipt also grouped to self/Ophthalmologist.

Source

FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $3,591,534, 14,717 contributions, 392 donors, top employer self/Ophthalmologist. The ranking uses FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Compare other industry keys on the industry index. Use occupation pages for titles stored next to this pair.

Keep self/Ophthalmologist’s $3,591,534, 14,717 contributions, and 392 donors on this mixed-case slash string. OPHTHALMOLOGIST, SELF-EMPLOYED, unitemized gifts, and committee PAC documents stay on their own records. The donor table lists disclosed recipients without converting the string into a NAICS office-of-physicians total.

Slash-pair dollars versus OPHTHALMOLOGIST and SELF-EMPLOYED

self/Ophthalmologist is a mixed-case slash pair, not a sum of the OPHTHALMOLOGIST row plus a self-employment row. The $3,591,534, 14,717 lines, and 392 donors describe only receipts whose grouped text matches that pair. Clinic legal names, SURGEON, and MD remain other keys.

About 38 receipts per person is a thicker repeat pattern than some other clinical slash pairs. Unitemized gifts and association PAC filings stay out. The packet does not split subspecialties and does not certify a private-practice EIN.

Occupation pages show titles stored beside the slash pair. The industry index ranks other clinical and self-employment strings separately. Follow the donor table for disclosed recipients. This page does not assign a partisan percentage to self/Ophthalmologist. Source: FEC.gov via LobbyVault.

Keep self/Ophthalmologist’s 392 donors and 14,717 lines on the mixed-case slash pair. OPHTHALMOLOGIST and SELF-EMPLOYED remain other keys. The donor table lists disclosed recipients for the $3,591,534 only. About 38 gifts per person, a mean gift near $244, and about $9,162 per donor are packet arithmetic. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS.

Questions

How much have self/Ophthalmologist-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $3,591,534 to the self/Ophthalmologist employer string, from 14,717 contributions and 392 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a medical-association PAC and not a NAICS physician-office total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Is this the same as the OPHTHALMOLOGIST row?

No. self/Ophthalmologist is a distinct slash-joined pair as stored, including mixed case. OPHTHALMOLOGIST and SELF-EMPLOYED are separate keys if stored that way. LobbyVault does not add those rows into this total. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Does this include hospital-employed ophthalmologists?

Only if the grouped employer text is self/Ophthalmologist. Hospital legal names are separate keys if stored that way. A receipt counted here carries the slash pair. Staff who typed SURGEON or MD sit in those other rows. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

How many unique donors listed self/Ophthalmologist?

The rollup counts 392 donors and 14,717 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not a medical-board headcount of private-practice ophthalmologists. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.