top med schools for orthopedic and cardio-thorasic surgery

[aalber9]

Just interested in finding out which med schools have the best programs for orthopedic say the top 3 and cardio-thorasic surgery also top three. thanks for the help.

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[Cassidy61]

orthopaedic (highly disputed who the top three are, but for academics, here are a few)

cornell (hospital for special surgery)
wash u
mayo
pitt
iowa
hopkins
nyu (hospital for joint disease)
case western
brown

and many, many more!!!!

 

[dukeblue01]

aalber9,
thoracic.

I don't know which are tops, but I am also interested in both areas.

 

[edmadison]

One word of caution. It is very helpful to look at residency programs based on specialty, if you are trying to decide where to go/apply. Making a decision to go to a medical school because it has a good CT program probably is not a good idea -- Choosing a medical school based on an four week elective you will do in fourth year. Further, if you are at a school that is hot in area, you may actually get less experience because you will have to compete with fellows, residents and visiting medical students for OR time.

This of course would not apply to MD/PHD folks, it that case the research rep is a big deal

Ed