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Advance your career with the STS Career Center—your go-to resource for exclusive job opportunities, professional connections, and career-building tools in cardiothoracic surgery.

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Education

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Event
STS Leadership Institute 2025-26

An opportunity for early and mid-career STS surgeon members to learn how to lead in and out of the OR.

Apr 4, 2025 – Jan 30, 2026

Zoom, Chicago, and New Orleans

Webinar
Conduits for CABG—Where Do We Stand?

Join a group of expert faculty for an in-depth discussion on the latest advances, controversies, and best practices in conduit strategies for CABG. The panelists will discuss:

State-of-the-Art CABG Conduits – Beyond the Basics
Arterial Grafts: What’s the Gold Standard Today?
Challenges in Everyday Cases – What Would You Do?

Moderators

Mario Gaudino, MD, PhD
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY

Irbaz Hameed, MD
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Apr 10, 2025

7 p.m. ET

Event
2025 STS Mock Oral Exam Course

Demystify the Oral Board Exam with STS Prep

Apr 22 – May 8, 2025

Virtual

Data & Research

Initiatives and resources to improve quality care for patients

STS National Database

The gold standard for clinical registries and quality improvement

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Public Reporting

Institutional performance and national benchmarks for survival, complications, and other measures.

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Current Projects

The latest research in progress from programs funded by STS

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Data Access Programs

STS data for quality improvement initiatives, clinical trials, and research

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Resources

Essential tools for cardiothoracic surgeons

Risk Calculators

Calculate a patient’s risk of mortality and morbidities for common surgeries.

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Early Career Hub

Guidance and resources for CT surgeons in the first 7 years of practice

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Clinical Practice Documents and Policies

Improve patient outcomes with guidelines from experienced medical professionals.

Surgical Checklists

PDFs to prepare you and your team for upcoming surgeries.

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News & Media

The latest from the field of thoracic surgeryView All >

Podcast
#7, S1 Trials & Treatment: Lobectomy vs Sublobar Resection for early-stage NSCLC

In this episode of Thinking Thoracic, co-host Dr. Jeff Yang welcomes Dr. Gavitt Woodard and Dr. Christopher Seder to discuss their recent research on lobectomy versus sublobar resection for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer. Their studies, leveraging data from The STS General Thoracic Surgery Database, provide insights into the long-term survival outcomes of these surgical approaches.

45 min.

Blog
Trump Administration’s Executive Orders on Healthcare: What You Need to Know

Since taking office in January, the Trump administration has issued a series of executive orders (EOs) and actions that have significant implications for the healthcare landscape. These policies could affect hospitals, Medicare coverage, and regulatory oversight.

Mar 25, 2025

2 min read

Molly Peltzman, STS Advocacy

Podcast
#173, S5 Stop Procrastinating

Do you ever say to yourself, “I don’t feel like doing this today?” On this episode, Tim Pychyl, PhD, procrastination researcher and author of Solving the Procrastination Puzzle, talks about procrastination and how to avoid it. Pychyl reveals the latest research on why people get stuck and offers strategies to "break free from self-destructive ideas and habits" and start living an inspired life. Listen today.

1 hr

STS News, the Society’s quarterly magazine for members only, brings you the latest CT surgery news, research, stories, and more to help keep you in the know and connected to your peers.

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