Thoracic
Surgeon
Duties
and responsibilities:
A thoracic surgeon is a medical doctor who
performs operations on the heart, lungs, esophagus, and other organs in the
chest. This also includes surgeons who can be called cardiothoracic
surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, general thoracic surgeons, and congenital
heart surgeons.
Salary:
$350,000
Education:
Thoracic
surgeons have to graduate from medical school and most commonly will go on to
complete a five-year general surgery residency. After this they must
successfully matriculate through an approved cardiothoracic surgery residency
program for either two or three years. Some thoracic surgeons choose to do
additional training in a sub-specialized area but this training is largely
optional, except for congenital heart surgery.
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