Accepted Article This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/ctr.12967 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. DR. ELIZA WRIGHT BEAL (Orcid ID : 0000-0003-2191-6811) Received Date : 14-Dec-2016 Accepted Date : 12-Mar-2017 Article type : Original Article Title: Factors contributing to employment patterns after liver transplantation Authors: Eliza W. Beal, MD 1 , Dmitry Tumin, PhD 2 , Khalid Mumtaz, MBBS, MSc 3 , Michael Nau, PhD 4 , Joseph D. Tobias, MD 2 , Don Hayes Jr., MD, MS 5 , Kenneth Washburn, MD 1 ; Sylvester M. Black, MD, PhD 1 . 1. The Department of General Surgery, Division of Transplantation, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210 2. The Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205 3. The Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210 4. The Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center, Columbus OH 43210 5. The Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210 Contribution: EWB, DT, KM, MN JDT, DH, KW, SMB were involved in the conception and design of the study. DT completed the data analysis. EWB, DT, MN prepared the manuscript. EWB, DT, KM, MN, JDT, DH, KW, SMB participated in revision, critical review and final approval of the manuscript. Funding: None Corresponding Author: Sylvester M. Black, MD, PhD The Division of Transplantation Department of Surgery OSU Wexner Medical Center 410 W. 10 th Ave., North 235 Doan Hall Columbus, OH 43210-1240 Email: Sylvester.Black@osumc.edu Phone: (614) 293-6255 Fax: (614) 293-8516 Running Title: Employment patterns after liver transplantation