Six-Year Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program

The six-year CT residency program includes:

• Three years of prerequisite cardiothoracic surgery clinical training
• Three years requisite cardiothoracic surgery clinical training
• Two years academic enrichment through laboratory or clinical research opportunities (ideal for those wishing to pursue additional degrees)

This curriculum provides residents with a focused background and hands-on experience in cardiothoracic surgery, including:

• 26 months core surgical education for cardiac track
• 25 months core surgical education in thoracic track

It allows for one resident per post-graduate year in each of the cardiac and thoracic tracks for a total complement of 12 residents.

Requisite Education and Rotations

Rotations and the associated educational requisites provide intense, in-depth exposure to those disciplines most closely related to cardiothoracic surgery.

Requisite education in:

• Surgical oncology
• Abdominal Transplantation
• Minimally invasive surgery
• Acute care surgery
• Trauma surgery
• Cardiothoracic anesthesiology
• Vascular surgery
• Critical care
• Interventional cardiology
• Gastrointestinal surgery
• Colorectal surgery
• Pediatric surgery
• Adult cardiac surgery
• General thoracic and foregut surgery