Research update: Recruiting interested surgeons

Cirugia de Torax extends an invitation to all thoracic surgeons interested in participating in clinical research.

If you are interested in participating in our data collection process as a site investigator – please click on the link to fill out one of our secure, encrypted Site Investigator Applications. While we are strongly recruiting surgeons from areas of moderate to high altitude, we are encouraging interested surgeons from any location to consider participating.

Why participate?

As busy surgeons, many of you just don’t have the time to devote to full-time research, academic projects and scholarly writing. That doesn’t mean you aren’t interested in, and can not make a significant contribution to the literature surrounding topics in thoracic surgery. By signing up as a site investigator, you (or your delegates) will use our new electronic applications to upload and submit de-identified data about your patient populations and outcomes for use in our study. (It’s like the STS general thoracic database – but easier!)

In return, you will have made a significant and lasting contribution to the existing body of knowledge in your chosen specialty, and will receive due credit in all subsequent articles and publications based on these contributions.

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Mexican Surgeons:  See you at the conference in Cancun..

Sociedad Mexicana de Neumologia y Cirugia de Torax

Cirugia de Torax.org heads south of the border for the upcoming Sociedad Mexicana de Neumologia y Cirugia de Torax congreso (conference) this April. It’s also a chance for surgeons to find out more about the high altitude project.

The title of this post is apt in more ways that one.  The Mexican Society of Pulmonologists and Thoracic Surgeons is meeting for their 2012 annual meeting this April, and yes, Cirugia de Torax.org is going to be there.  We’re hoping to interview and talk to some of Mexico’s greatest innovators and researchers in thoracic surgery during our visit this year.

We will be also talking about the high altitude lung surgery project with interested and potential participants – including prospective timelines, data collection tools (and validity of measurements), and expected responsibilities/ duties of site participants.

This year’s conference is being held in Cancun, from April 9th thru April 13th, 2012.  Check back in April for more news and conference coverage.