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Of these, 122 (27.3%) were women. Most (280 [62.6%]) had medical and\/or surgical retina training. More than half (265 [59.3%]) completed a uveitis-specific fellowship. The majority (257 [57.5%]) were in private practice. Greater proportions of university or hospital-based (51.7% vs 29.1%;\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u2009.001) and female (79.5% vs 51.7%;\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u2009.001) uveitis specialists completed uveitis-specific fellowship training. More female uveitis specialists practiced in university or hospital-based settings (54.9% vs 37.8%;\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u2009.001). No uveitis specialists were identified in 6 states. Mean\u2009\u00b1\u2009SD travel time and distance to the nearest uveitis specialist were 45.8\u2009\u00b1\u200951.9 minutes and 40.7\u2009\u00b1\u200955.9 miles (65.5\u2009\u00b1\u200989.9 km), respectively. In a multivariate regression analysis, those traveling 60 miles (96.6 km) or more to the nearest uveitis specialist were more likely to reside in rural census tracts that were rural (\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u2009.001), outside the Northeast (\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u2009.001), and with greater proportions of the population below the federal poverty level (\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u2009.001).\n                    <jats:bold>Conclusions:<\/jats:bold>\n                    There are imbalances in the composition of identified uveitis specialists and in the geographic access to uveitis care in the United States. 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