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SURGEON

Total Donated

$18,386,780

Contributions

56,508

Unique Donors

4,547

Donors who entered SURGEON as occupation account for $18,386,780 in itemized federal receipts in LobbyVault’s index of FEC.gov files. That sum sits on 56,508 contributions from 4,547 donor records. SURGEON is a generic clinical noun, not ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON, PHYSICIAN, or MD. In compact form the occupation total is $18.4 million.

Key figures

  • SURGEON itemizations sum to $18,386,780 from 56,508 contributions and 4,547 donors.
  • Occupation is donor-supplied Form 3/3X text, not a medical-board roster.
  • Mean amounts are about $325 per contribution and about $4,043 per donor record.
  • ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON, PHYSICIAN, and MD are separate occupation buckets unless normalized to SURGEON.

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.

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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.

Occupation is self-reported on FEC Form 3/3X itemizations. Indexed on LobbyVault from FEC bulk data.

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