Dr. Chin-Hao Chen demonstrates ‘ultrafast open tracheostomy.’
Dr. Pierre – Emmanuel Falcoz and the Thoracoscore
Dr. Pierre Emmanuel Falcoz, thoracic surgeon from Strasbourg, France and the thoracoscore for predicting in-patient mortality.
The Happiness of Surgeons
Today’s surgery is a far cry from the surgical practice of our fathers and grandfathers, and it shows. Surgeons today report high levels of burnout, job dissatisfaction and depression in a survey of American surgeons reported in a new article by Balch et. al.
Thoracic surgery and the STS database
a discussion of the Thoracic Surgery database, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the upcoming STS conference in Atlanta, Georgia. A call for participants in the Thoracic Surgery database.
Who is performing your thoracic surgery, part II
Promoting the thoracic surgery specialty during an interview with Ilene Little, founder and writer for Traveling4Health.com
The Thoracic Surgeons of Bogota
After living and working in Bogota, Colombia for the last five months as part of a separate project, I have decided that the story of the thoracic surgeons of Bogota needs to […]
Who is performing your thoracic surgery?
The majority of general thoracic surgical operations in the United States are performed by surgeons not specializing in thoracic surgery. [despite the fact that] Both general thoracic surgeons and cardiac surgeons achieve better outcomes than general surgeons.” Schipper et. al (2009).
