Interesting CT surg article

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http://www.aats.org/TSR/Cardiothoracic-Surgeon/Interested-in-cardiothoracic-surgery.html


I hope this guy is right. If this is true, how long do you think it will take for the job market to correct? Also, any opinions on how long it would be until CT fellowships become difficult to get?

Thanks


"Over one-quarter of current active cardiothoracic surgeons in the United States are 65 years or older. Another quarter of active cardiothoracic surgeons are in the 55 to 65 year age group. At the current rate of 100 cardiothoracic trainees per year, there will be a shortfall of over 2000 cardiothoracic surgeons over the next 15 years."

 

[DrDawg]

Thanks for the article. Very interesting. Some have also speculated that because of the decreasing # of CT surgeons, CT surgery will only be done at tertiary centers in the future.