Career Resources

Video
Mentorship in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Mentorship is an important component to success for many up-and-coming cardiothoracic surgeons. For established surgeons, being a good mentor is equally as important. Vinay Badhwar, MD (West Virginia University) moderates a discussion that includes Shanda H. Blackmon, MD, MPH (Mayo Clinic), Melanie A. Edwards, MD (Saint Louis University), and David D. Odell, MD, MMSc (Northwestern University) talking about how mentorship is critical to the future of the specialty and what STS is doing to promote mentorship for early career surgeons.

Podcast
#20: How to Recruit More Women Into Surgery

Women make up 46% of medical school graduates; however, only 22% of cardiothoracic surgery trainees are women. Of the 8,617 people who have been certified by The American Board of Thoracic Surgery to date, only 308 (3.6%) are women. STS Director-at-Large Shanda H. Blackmon, MD, MPH says that has to change. She provides 10 tips on how to attract more female candidates into the specialty. Her talk originally was given at the 2018 European Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Blog
Teaching as an Early Career Surgeon: The View from the Other Side of the Table

Managing the transition from new surgeon to teacher

May 14, 2018

6 min read

Mara B. Antonoff, MD

Blog
The Importance of Good Communication with Referring Physicians

A key source of patients will be referrals, and those rely on strong communication with fellow physicians.

Apr 13, 2018

3 min read

V. Seenu Reddy, MD, MBA

Podcast
#9: Mentorship in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Mentorship is an important component to success for many up-and-coming cardiothoracic surgeons.

18 min.

Blog
Finding the Balance Between Clinical, Academic, and Administrative Responsibilities

Finding the ability to balance one’s professional, academic, and clinical responsibilities is essential—and the sooner this is achieved, the better.

Mar 19, 2018

4 min read

Damien J. LaPar, MD, MSc

Blog
Strategies for Obtaining Funding as a New Investigator

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.

Feb 22, 2018

5 min read

David D. Odell, MD, MMSc