For surgeons beginning academic careers, developing a research portfolio is frequently a key metric of success. Yet many have significant concerns about finding adequate funding in an era where National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding is at an all-time low. However, early career investigators have a number of advantages, even in a competitive research climate.
STS surgeon leaders Drs. Douglas J. Mathisen, Keith S. Naunheim, and Raymond L. Singer share what makes STS-PAC, the only political action committee that exclusively represents cardiothoracic surgery, so important and why should contribute. Learn more.
In this roundtable discussion, Vinay Badhwar, MD, James R. Edgerton, MD, Niv Ad, MD, and Richard J. Shemin, MD discuss what's new in the treatment of atrial fibrillation, ways to adopt new techniques, and evidence-based decisions.
