What SURGEON donors give in federal races

Broad specialty-adjacent pool

$18,386,780 is the occupation-level dollar total. 56,508 is the itemization count. 4,547 is the donor-record count. Mean contribution size is about $325. Mean dollars per donor record are about $4,043. Repeat giving is about 12 itemizations per donor record.

4,547 donor records is a wide pool for this dollar band. The per-line mean of about $325 sits with other licensed-clinical strings that generate many modest itemizations rather than a few large checks.

These means are not typical-check estimates. The packet does not include a specialty split, a hospital-versus-private-practice cut, or a recipient list.

SURGEON is not orthopaedic surgeon and not MD

ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON, PHYSICIAN, MD, and DOCTOR are neighboring occupation keys. This page cites only SURGEON: $18,386,780, 56,508 contributions, and 4,547 donors. Those other strings stay outside the total unless the bulk extract normalized them to SURGEON.

The FEC record does not verify board certification or hospital privileges. Retired surgeons, specialists who typed the generic noun, and people using the word loosely can all appear. Cross-walking this page to a medical-board list would overstate or understate the overlap.

Reading the three facts together

A citation that showed only $18,386,780 would hide that the money arrived in 56,508 pieces. A citation that showed only 4,547 donors would hide how often those records reappear. Use all three facts.

LobbyVault does not infer party or health-policy motive from the occupation column. Recipient committees are a different join. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $18.4 million.

Occupation versus industry for surgical work

Industry pages group employers. A surgeon in private practice and a surgeon employed by a hospital system share this occupation string if they typed SURGEON. Adding occupation dollars to a health-care industry total double-counts overlapping itemizations.

Open the SURGEON occupation page for rows. Use the occupations index to see neighboring clinical titles as separate keys.

Limits and source

Occupation is free text. Extra words (cardiac surgeon, retired surgeon) create parallel buckets when they do not normalize to SURGEON. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code.

Source: FEC Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault. Quote occupation equals SURGEON, then $18,386,780, 56,508 contributions, and 4,547 donors.

Generic surgical title without a board match

SURGEON in this extract is $18,386,780 on 56,508 itemizations from 4,547 donor records, or $18.4 million in compact millions. Arithmetic means are about $325 per contribution and about $4,043 per donor record, with roughly 12 itemizations per donor record. Means are not medians. ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON is a separate specialty key in this harvest and is not included.

PHYSICIAN and MD remain other occupation pages unless the bulk extract normalized them to SURGEON. Combining those keys without naming each source total changes the unit from one FEC string to a homemade cluster. Industry pages should not be added to $18,386,780. A public-record citation that stays inside the packet is: occupation equals SURGEON, dollars equal $18,386,780, contributions equal 56,508, donors equal 4,547. Live hub filters may change displayed sums; this file restates harvested packet facts only.

4,547 donor records is a wide pool for this dollar band. Cardiac surgeon, retired surgeon, and other extra-word hybrids create parallel buckets when they do not normalize to SURGEON. Board certification is not verified. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code, so they never enter $18,386,780. Compact millions ($18.4 million) are the same headline amount as $18,386,780, rounded to one decimal place.

Keep SURGEON on its own line with its own dollar, contribution, and donor facts. The occupations index is the inventory of neighboring clinical titles. 4,547 is a contributor-record count, not a unique-person estimate after name matching. Quote occupation equals SURGEON, then $18,386,780, 56,508 contributions, and 4,547 donors. Candidate and committee pages hold the recipient side. LobbyVault does not infer motive from the occupation column.

Specialty adjectives such as cardiac or orthopedic create other keys unless they normalized to SURGEON. This page is the generic noun: $18,386,780, 56,508 contributions, and 4,547 donors. About 12 itemizations per donor record is a moderate repeat rate. Board lists are not joined. Quote the three facts and stop.

Hospital privileges are not in the packet. 4,547 donor records is not a unique-person estimate after name matching. Restate the citation as occupation equals SURGEON, dollars equal $18,386,780, contributions equal 56,508, donors equal 4,547.

Questions

How much have SURGEON donors given in FEC records?

Itemizations that list SURGEON sum to $18,386,780 across 56,508 contributions and 4,547 donor records in the LobbyVault index of FEC bulk data. The figure is an occupation-string total, not a count of board-certified surgeons. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Are orthopaedic surgeons included in SURGEON?

Only if they typed SURGEON. ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON is a separate occupation string unless the bulk extract normalized it here. This page covers SURGEON: $18,386,780, 56,508 contributions, and 4,547 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

What is the average SURGEON contribution?

Dividing $18,386,780 by 56,508 itemizations yields about $325 per contribution. Dividing by 4,547 donors yields about $4,043 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does listing SURGEON prove hospital privileges?

No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify board certification. Retirees and specialists who typed the generic noun can appear. Quote 56,508 contributions and 4,547 donor records with the dollars. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules.