thoracic surgery

Dear All, I failed to match this year into thoracic surgery fellowship as a general surgery applicant. Briefly, I am a US IMG and I have done a substantial amount of Oncology research (Endocrine, Liver, Pancreas) before and during residency and have a good number of presentations/publications...

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...

Hi all, I trained at the Lahey clinic for IP within the past 5 years, and wanted to give future applicants a brief pro/con. One difference I find between programs is the service time they will have you do, it varies widely between none-- heavy service. Pros Adequate procedure volume Great...

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...

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.