Cardiothoracic surgery is the subspecialty in surgery that focuses on the heart and the chest or thorax. In some jurisdictions the foci are separated into heart and thoracic surgery. The specialist ...

On a bright day in May 1953, American surgeon John Gibbon performed the first ever successful open-heart operation with a heart-lung machine, which he and his wife Mary had developed. This ...

In this interview, we spoke to Dr. Alexander Marmureanu, a thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon, about his day-to-day role and responsibilities as well as his career highlights. It's a very good ...

Looking ahead to 2035, a growing disparity is projected between the number of cardiothoracic surgeons needed and the number available. Researchers cite such trends as fewer trainees in surgery ...

Michael Fischbein, MD, PhD, the Thelma and Henry Doelger Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery at Stanford Medicine and the 2023-2024 President of the Western Thoracic Surgical Association (WTSA), took ...

A new study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery offers rare insight into what it's like to grow up as the child of a cardiothoracic (CT) surgeon mother, revealing a powerful blend of ...

GREENBRAE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MarinHealth is proud to announce the launch of its new Cardiothoracic Surgery Program, as part of the MarinHealth Heart and Vascular Institute, to provide advanced ...

Johannes R. Kratz, MD, has been named as the inaugural chief of UCSF’s Division of Thoracic Surgery, one of the leading academic robotic thoracic surgery programs in the western U.S. He brings a track ...

The Thoracic Surgery Independent Fellowship is a three-year program that accepts four residents annually. The residency program emphasizes the central role of the residents in the management of ...