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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001;121:S1-S2
© 2001 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Developing the Academic Surgeon: A Symposium

Developing academic cardiothoracic surgeons

Irving Kron, MD, Edward Verrier, MD

From the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, and the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.

Address for reprints: Edward D. Verrier, MD, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Washington, Box 356310, 1959 NE Pacific St, Seattle, WA 98195.

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   Introduction
 
Three years ago, during a thoracic surgical meeting in New Orleans, we were having dinner with Bill Baumgartner and Larry Kaiser at Emeril's restaurant, discussing "the future" of cardiothoracic surgery. Not only were we concerned about attracting the "best and the brightest" into our specialty generically, but we were even more concerned about attracting and nurturing the next generation of "academic" cardiothoracic surgeons. We had recently observed a decline in the number of training programs in the country and in the number of applicants for training. More important, we were concerned about our ability to attract and maintain a diversified, committed faculty. What were some of the factors making . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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