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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;81:1179-1180
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Correspondence

The Future of Cardiac Surgery Training Programs

Gan H. Dunnington, MD, Marc P. Pelletier, MD

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, 2500 Grant Rd, Room 318, Mountain View, CA 94040

(Email: dunningtong@yahoo.com).

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To the Editor:

Drs Lytle and Mack [1] made an interesting assessment of the state of cardiac surgery and its future. One omission was worth noting (ie, the future of the thoracic residency training program). Current requirements mandate a full general surgery residency prior to entry into a cardiothoracic residency. During that time, 2 to 3 of those training years are spent learning the mastery of diseases cared for by general surgeons (ie, skills that will never be used again once that trainee becomes a cardiothoracic surgeon). Instead of 5 years of studying general surgery, why couldn't the cardiac surgeons of the . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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