The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 137, Issue 5 , Pages 1054-1062 , May 2009

Factors affecting interest in cardiothoracic surgery: Survey of North American general surgery residents

  • Ara A. Vaporciyan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Ara A. Vaporciyan, MD, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit 445, Houston, TX 77030-4009.
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  • Carolyn E. Reed, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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  • Clese Erikson, MPAff

      Affiliations

    • Center for Workforce Studies, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC
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  • Michael J. Dill, MPP

      Affiliations

    • Center for Workforce Studies, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC
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  • Andrea J. Carpenter, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
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  • Kristine J. Guleserian, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Children's Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, Texas
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  • Walter Merrill, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

Received 5 January 2009 ,Revised 24 February 2009 ,Accepted 26 February 2009.

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 This article is being published simultaneously in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

PII: S0022-5223(09)00500-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.03.044

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 137, Issue 5 , Pages 1054-1062 , May 2009

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