Thoracic Surgeon
Duties
and Responsibility:
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:
$23,000-$25,000
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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