Career Resources

Podcast
#29: How to Develop a Productive Mentor/Mentee Relationship

Some of the most successful cardiothoracic surgeons credit mentors for part of their achievements. Whether you are still in training, an early careerist, or a senior surgeon, taking part in a productive mentor/mentee arrangement has long-term benefits.

17 min.

Blog
How Busy Surgeons Can Achieve Work-Life Integration

Jan 23, 2019

5 min read

Mara B. Antonoff, MD

Blog
Negotiating Your Second Contract: Know Your Worth

Dec 14, 2018

4 min read

V. Seenu Reddy, MD, MBA

Blog
Finding a First Job: Lessons Learned

What is your first job supposed to look like?

Nov 8, 2018

4 min read

Damien J. LaPar, MD, MSc

Blog
Finding a Niche

Having a niche as junior cardiothoracic surgery faculty can make you more valuable to your team and patients.

Aug 13, 2018

3 min read

Gabriel Loor, MD

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