cardiac surgery

Hello. I am a current MS4 at a US medical school currently applying to the I-6 integrated cardiothoracic surgery programs as well as general surgery. I have a strong interest in adult cardiac surgery based on my research experiences and rotations and I'm set and this is something I want to do...

Current PGY 2 at a community program pursuing CT surgery and looking for remote thoracic and/or cardiac surgery research opportunities. Have 5, soon to be 6 publications between medical school and residency, but hoping to be able to publish in CT before applying for fellowship in a few years. My...

Brother graduated from cards fellowship last year and has been working in an academic setup in the same city making a base salary of $360k plus additional benefits He’s gone through a job search recently with different offers which are widely varying While the compensation packages are still at...

Hi there, I am an ECFMG certified IMG who specialized in general surgeon in a foreign country (not US or Canada). My goal is to get accepted into an ACGME accredited surgery fellowship in the US. I hear about a lot of surgeons doing a non-acgme fellowship, after which they come back to their...

Outside of Congenital, Transplant / Mechanical Assist device / Heart failure, I've noticed that there are a lot of senior fellows/residents taking 6 months to a year for further super fellowship training following graduation. Was interested to see what everyone's opinions were on the different...

Hey all, first-time user poster on sdn - I followed the forum throughout undergrad and med school I matched 2018 into Gen surg program at a smaller mid-west program. Its a normal 5yr program, which allow years for research but hold it mostly responsible to the student to find funding. I would...

hi I have a question. why any patient w/ CIED who is going for surgery we switch off the device ?? is it because we use diathermy and it will ruin the device? thank you

These rankings are based on the final product of each institution. It is my belief that three things contribute primarily to this: 1) autonomy 2) surgical volume and 3) surgical complexity. Top tier: 1. UPENN - Undisputed power house. Dr. Acker continues to get his choice of the top 1-2...

Hi All, Ive read SDN for ages now, the forums have really helped inspire me to be a surgeon. Im currently pre-med and so know Ive got a bit of time to decide, but as the title suggest I can't decide/would like some advice on the following surgical specialities: Congenital Cardiac, Neurosurgery...

I dont want to start another argument like in the last thread. I am not using him as an example of what I say is feasible I am just curious. Why does the profile for Dr Henry Brem, Director of Neurosurgery @ Hopkins say one of his expertise is Cardiac Surgery...

This question will be an odd one, but please answer the question rather than inform me of the obvious - it'd be practically impossible to accomplish. However ... I cannot decide between Neurosurgery & Congenital Cardiac Surgery. I am invested in and love both these surgical fields and wouldn't...

HEART PROBLEM NEED HELP Male, Age 21, 6ft and 189lbs About a year and a half ago I started having chest pains including heart burn, tightness of chest and trouble breathing. So I went into the family doctor. He thought it was from Acid Reflux so we did an endoscopy to scope my Stomach it came...

Just wondering what everyone found most useful. Are the lectures that the JCTSE sets up adequate, or is it better to grab a good thoracic book (medical management of thoracic sx...) and cardiac book (no f***in idea) and just go from there. Cheers.