Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia)
Northwestern University
Stanford University
University of Maryland
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Pennsylvania
University of Rochester
Medical University of South Carolina
University of Southern California
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
University of Virginia
University of Washington
Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals
The 6-year Integrated Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program at the Medical College of Wisconsin accepts residents who have graduated from an LCME accredited medical school or are ECFMG certified. The program is divided into three parts based on level of training. The first two post-graduate years are considered the junior resident years, the third and fourth post-graduate years are considered the mid-level resident years, and the fifth and sixth post-graduate years are considered the chief resident years.
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Mount Sinai School of Medicine
The residency program, ACGME-accredited since 1962, was commended at the last ACGME inspection and awarded the maximum 5 year cycle. The 2-year program will run in parallel with an innovative 6-year Integrated Cardiothoracic Surgery Program. The exact rotations depend on whether residents select the thoracic or cardiac track.
The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at The Mount Sinai Medical Center is a high volume program and one of the largest thoracic surgery departments in New York. In addition to one of the most successful mitral surgery programs in the United States headed by Dr. David H. Adams, and an established minimally invasive thoracic surgery program, The Mount Sinai Medical Center is distinguished by its complex aortic surgery program headed by Dr. Randall B. Griepp and Dr. Paul Stelzer, and cardiovascular research groups including those headed by Dr. Eric Rose and Dr. Valentin Fuster.
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New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia)
The six year integrated Cardiothoracic Residency Program began in 2010 when the first two residents were accepted. This innovative, accredited program accepts applications for two post graduate positions each year. Columbia is a nationally recognized, high quality and innovative center with high surgical volume that utilizes advanced techniques and procedures. The program is designed to develop future leaders and innovators in the field of cardiac and thoracic surgery. This Integrated six year program will eventually, at NY Presbyterian – Columbia, phase out the traditional program that begins after General Surgery training.
The program utilizes an initially balanced approach to surgical diseases, combining rotations in the General Surgery program with rotations in the cardiac and thoracic specialties, including cardiology interventional cardiology, intensive care, imaging, vascular surgery, acute care surgery and other traditional general surgical blocks. Integrated into this, on an increasing basis, are rotations in both Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery.
The Integrated Six year program is equally divided into three year portions. This allows for an opportunity to elect academic enrichment period of one or two years, if the resident wishes.
During the second three year period, gradually increasing exposure and responsibility in adult cardiac, pediatric cardiac, and thoracic surgical areas is acquired. Throughout the training period a rigorous core curriculum along with didactic teaching and conference schedule is woven as an integral part of the training program.
During the final year it is expected that the resident will be able to assume major patient care and intraoperative responsibility in the full rang of patients and procedures, including the latest techniques, therapies and devices. The resident will be eligible, upon successful completion, to take the examinations leading to certification by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.
This program represents a unique experience to train in a major academic and clinical institution, and will position the graduate well for the future.
Applications for this program are accepted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS), and Columbia participates with the National Residency Match Program (NRMP).
For further information, contact Jennifer Quill, Residency Program Manager at jq19@columbia.edu or (212) 305-0423.
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Northwestern University
The 6-year Integrated Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program at Northwestern University accepts residents who have graduated from a U.S. or Canadian medical school accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), U.S. college of osteopathic medicine accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), or are ECFMG certified.
The program provides a basic surgical exposure with progressive concentration in the field of cardiothoracic surgery. Graduates will be eligible for the American Board of Thoracic Surgery Certification Exam. Training is also given in echocardiography and cardiac catheterization. Rotations are at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Children's Memorial Hospital, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, and MacNeal Hospital (all sites are located in Chicago). Elective time for a concentration on thoracic, congenital, and adult cardiac is also incorporated.
The 6-year Integrated Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program at Northwestern University is a participating member of the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) and accepts applications only through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).
Interview Dates:
November 17, 2011: Dinner with current residents
November 18, 2011: Interview day
January 19, 2012: Dinner with current residents
January 20, 2012: Interview day
Contact Michael Yensel, Residency Coordinator, at myensel@nmh.org for more information.
The program is approved by the RRC in Thoracic Surgery to accept one candidate per year.
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Stanford University
The Integrated Cardiothoracic Surgical Training Program at Stanford is an innovative, integrated six-year curriculum divided into two parts with an optional two years of academic enrichment after completion of the initial curriculum:
- Part I: The first two years comprise Prerequisite Clinical Training in Cardiothoracic Surgery.
- Part II: The final four continuous years comprise Requisite Clinical Training in Cardiothoracic Surgery.
- Optional 2-Year Academic Enrichment: Following the initial curriculum, there is the potential for two years of Academic Enrichment through either laboratory or clinical research opportunities or pursuit of a graduate degree in a related or ancillary field (e.g., MPH, MBA, MS, or PhD).
The program will accept two candidates each year following medical school graduation.
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University of Maryland
The University of Maryland-Baltimore is accepting applications for its Integrated Cardiothoracic Residency Training Program for PGY 1, 2010. Six-year program with opportunity to spend 1-2 additional years in basic or translational research in cardiovascular medicine or to pursue graduate degree in related or ancillary field (P.P.H., M.B.A., M.S., or Ph.D.).
Overarching comprehensive curriculum is tightly focused and will prepare you to be a uniquely trained cardiovascular surgeon able to take advantage of the new opportunities in cardiovascular medicine. Objective of this novel training pathway is to provide you with total immersion into the diagnosis and management of all aspects of cardiovascular and thoracic diseases through multi-disciplinary training that better prepares you for new challenges.
For more information, contact Joanne Gizzi, Residency Coordinator, at jgizzi@smail.umaryland.edu or 410-328-3822. The University of Maryland-Baltimore will participate in the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) and the National Residency Match Program (NRMP) when a NRMP # is assigned. In the meantime, please feel free to submit your resume and letter of interest directly to jgizzi@smail.umaryland.edu.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
In 2010, the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will begin a new six-year integrated residency program, which residents will enter directly from medical school. The Residency Review Committee for Thoracic Surgery, the national residency accrediting body, approved the program in July 2009. Students at North American medical schools may apply for the program through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).
The curriculum includes rotations in vascular interventional radiology, endoscopy, cardiology, and endovascular surgery, and will provide residents with the background and experience using these new techniques in order to build a career as future “cardiothoracic specialists.” The program has been carefully designed to balance cardiovascular and thoracic care, and includes extensive exposure to fields relevant to thoracic surgery such as GI endoscopy, surgical oncology, and gastrointestinal (foregut) surgery. Completion of the program will lead to certification by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.
The new program will replace UNC’s traditional 3-year cardiothoracic surgery residency program and the general surgery residency that precedes it. UNC’s 3-year program will be phased out as residents in the integrated 6-year program fill the early years of the program.
All aspects of the new curriculum are based on proven models of education currently available at the University of North Carolina. The curriculum preserves the significant contribution of general surgery and vascular surgery training to the development of a well-rounded cardiothoracic surgeon.
The training program is designed to allow progressive resident responsibility at all levels, as the resident gains knowledge and technical ability. Emphasis is placed on academic knowledge and accomplishment as well as clinical expertise in patient care. Graded responsibility under appropriate attending supervision is delegated to residents based on demonstrated capability.
We believe that this tightly focused, comprehensive curriculum will produce better trained cardiothoracic surgeons and will be gratifying to the resident physicians who complete the program.
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University of Rochester
The University of Rochester 6-Year Integrated Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program was approved to begin training in July 2011. The program is approved to accept one resident per year and currently has one first year and one second year resident.
The training program is designed to allow progressive resident responsibility at all levels, commensurate with knowledge and technical ability. Emphasis is placed on academic knowledge and accomplishment as well as clinical expertise in patient care. Graded responsibility under appropriate attending supervision is delegated to residents based on demonstrated capability in order to provide quality patient care.
The first three years of the curriculum are designed to provide broad training in both surgical and medical specialties, including intensive care unit care of post-op CT patients as well as a graduated level of surgical responsibility and patient complexity. The length of the rotations are designed to coincide with the general surgery training program but are assigned to maximize operative experience in general, vascular and CT surgery. A robust curriculum in simulation is utilized to maximize residents’ basic and advanced skill sets in cardiac and thoracic surgery to further accelerate their ability to achieve mastery of techniques to optimize intraoperative performances. The last three years of training are devoted to the surgical, percutaneous, and minimally invasive treatment of acquired and congenital cardiac disease, thoracic and esophageal disease. The assigned services provide 2000 cases for the residents in all areas of their index case requirements. The rotations are designed so that the residents rotate through cardiac and thoracic surgery each year with progressive responsibility at the senior and finally, chief resident level. In addition, there is a three-month block in the PGY-5 year for the resident to focus on an area of his or her choosing for addition training in either adult cardiac, congenital cardiac or thoracic/esophageal surgery. The resident will have exposure to heart transplantation and utilization of ventricular assist devices during this time period as well.
“Simulation Course in Cardiac Surgery”
Through the Grateful Donors Program at the University of Rochester Medical Center we have recently purchased a computerized high-fidelity Ramphal pig heart simulator and developed a “Simulation Course in Cardiac Surgery”
The course is to enhance skills for CT residents, general surgery residents and NPs involved in CT critical care. These skill sets are essential for the everyday performance of cardiac surgery and the care of post op patients and simulation represents the most important change in traditional curricula which allows residents and NPS to develop and master new skills outside the pressured environment of the OR or ICU. CT surgery is developing a national approach to utilize simulation in an organized fashion for resident education.
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/surgery/education/residencies-fellowships/ctlinks.cfm
For information contact suzanne_hutchings@urmc.rochester.edu
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Medical University of South Carolina
The six-year integrated program in which a resident is matched out of medical school at the PG-1 level. Residents for the integrated program apply in their fourth year of medical school, similar to standard applications for other residency programs. Upon completion of an integrated residency, residents are eligible to sit for ABTS certification. One position is matched each year.
In 2007, the MUSC faculty developed a six-year integrated CT residency program matching directly out of medical school. This was approved by the Thoracic Surgery Residency Review Committee in July 2008. The first six-year program resident began training July 1, 2009. Only 10 such programs have been approved to date, and our program is proud to be one of the first three programs to be approved along with Stanford and the University of Pennsylvania which could completely change cardiothoracic surgery education.
The rotation schedule for the first three years of the new six-year program includes traditional general surgery rotations because of their educational value to a cardiothoracic surgeon. Rotations in related specialties (cardiology, heart failure, imaging, echo, cath lab, etc.) will provide in depth exposure to these disciplines which relate closely to cardiothoracic surgery. Increasing exposure to cardiothoracic surgery itself will occur in each of the first three years. Rotations in the final three years are only slightly changed from the current independent program experience.
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University of Southern California
The 6-year Integrated Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program at The University of Southern California provides a well-balanced curricula designed to train future innovators and leaders in Cardiothoracic surgery. The nationally recognized Departments of Surgery and the CardioVascular Thoracic Institute, both under the direction of pioneer, Dr. Vaughn A Starnes, have combined resources to ensure residents receive important early essential skills training and ultimately progress to become highly competent cardiothoracic surgeons. In addition to cardiac and thoracic surgery, the early curriculum includes rotations in acute care surgery, intensive care, cardiovascular anesthesia/perfusion, imaging, cardiology and vascular surgery. Senior residents will become proficient in all aspects of complex cardiac and thoracic diseases including transplantation assist devices, minimally invasive and robotic surgery, as well as complex endovascular therapies. The educational program includes a highly structured didactic core curriculum, weekly educational conferences and frequent participation in our renowned simulation training program.
How to apply: The I-6 program at The University of Southern California is currently accepting applications for two residents per year and accepts application through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).
Interview dates: December 9, 2011, January 20, 2012
More Information: For more information, contact Mitzi Clendening, Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Coordinator, at 323-442-7824 or Mitzi.Clendening@med.usc.edu. The program director of the Cardiothoacic Residency Program is Dr. Craig J. Baker, MD (cbaker@surgery.usc.edu).
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University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
The faculty of UTHSCSA's Cardiothoracic Surgery Division welcomes your interest in the six year Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery program. This is a newly organized, concentrated course of study specifically designed to efficiently provide the very best training through an integrated, multidisciplinary, competency-based approach.
Each of our faculty chose the cardiothoracic surgery career path because it offers the opportunity to significantly help others while providing a comfortable life for our families and us. As we continue to practice this rigorous and challenging medical specialty daily, we have noted that projections suggest a shortage of CT Surgeons in the next decade. While we cannot predict the exact landscape of CT surgery, it seems clear our skill set will remain in demand.
We are therefore pleased to be one of the early medical schools approved to offer to interested and focused medical students a six-year curriculum in Cardiothoracic Surgery. This program offers a substantial savings in matriculation time (six years rather than seven, eight years or more) for the motivated medical school graduate to learn, master, and then to perform the delicate and crucial art of heart surgery and other essential thoracic operative procedures. It also affords the opportunity of supervised, yet hands-on cardiac surgery and thoracic surgery experience in the third year.
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University of Washington
The University of Washington now offers a six-year integrated residency program that residents will enter directly from medical school. The program has been carefully designed to balance cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, and includes extensive exposure to fields relevant to cardiac and thoracic surgery such as GI endoscopy, surgical oncology, cardiac catheterization, echocardiograph, and gastrointestinal (foregut) surgery. Completion of the program will lead to eligibility for certification by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS). Emphasis is placed on academic knowledge and accomplishment as well as clinical expertise in patient care.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants will be considered based on their individual preparedness, ability, aptitude, academic credentials, communication skills, and personal qualities such as motivation and integrity.
- USMLE step 1 and step 2 exams must be completed
Applicants must be a graduate of a U.S. or Canadian medical school accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) or otherwise be qualified as specified as follows:
- A graduate of a U.S. college of osteopathic medicine accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA)
- A graduate of a medical school outside the U.S. and Canada who has received a currently valid certificate from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) prior to appointment, or a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in a U.S. licensing jurisdiction in which they are training
- A graduate of a medical school outside the U.S. who has completed a Fifth Pathway program provided by an LCME-accredited medical school
International Medical Graduates: If you are not a citizen of the U.S. and do not hold Permanent Resident status, you will need to secure a visa prior to commencement of training.
Please refer to the ECFMG website for detailed information on registering for the USMLEs, ECFMG Certification, and the J-1 visa sponsorship process.
How to Apply: The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Washington is a participating member of the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) and accepts applications only through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Canadian applicants should contact the Canadian Residents Matching Service. NRMP program code: 1918461C0.
Interviews: Scheduled date for the Integrated Six-Year Program:
January 14, 2012 (Another interview date may be added if deemed necessary.)
More Information: For more information, contact Delloney Wallyce, Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Coordinator, at 206-685-8644 or delloney@uw.edu. The director of the Cardiothoracic Residency program at UW is Division Chief Douglas Wood, MD.
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University of Virginia
The Division of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery at the University of Virginia is nationally recognized as a top level academic training program for thoracic surgery. The thoracic surgery program has been training physicians in Thoracic Surgery since 1955 when W. Harry Muller, Jr., MD established the program. Since 1992, Irving L. Kron, MD and the distinguished Division faculty have continued to provide the dedicated commitment to excellence in preparing physicians in clinical thoracic surgery, teaching, and research.
The 6 year integrated (I-6) Thoracic Surgery Residency program at the University of Virginia, approved January 2011, is designed for residents entering directly from medical school for training in cardiothoracic surgery. Upon completion of the six year program, residents will be eligible for certification by The American Board of Thoracic Surgery. There is one (1) position each year designated for the I-6 program.
The integrated curriculum includes rotations in general surgery, cardiac ICU, trauma, cardiology and interventional cardiology, simulation training along with graduated rotations in cardiac, thoracic, and vascular surgery. The residency program will run concurrently with the nationally recognized and established thoracic surgery fellowship program.
Residency applicants will be considered based on their individual ability, aptitude, academic credentials, communication skills, and their motivation and preparedness for education in cardiothoracic surgery.
- USMLE step 1 and step 2 exams must be completed.
Graduates of a U.S. or Canadian medical school accredited by the Liaison Committee of Medical Education (LCME) or otherwise be qualified as specified below:
- A graduate of a US college of osteopathic medicine accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA)
- A graduate of a medical school outside the U.S. and Canada who has received a currently valid certificate from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) prior to appointment.
Eligible applicants will participate ONLY through the National Residency Match Program (NRMP) process and only accepts applications via the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).
