Thoracic surgeon

Thoracic surgeon

1. Duties and responsibilities:
1. Anatomy, embryology, physiology and pathology of the pericardium, heart, great vessels, trachea, lungs, esophagus, and mediastinum.
2. Intricate understanding of congenital cardiothoracic pathophysiology and the routine perinatal, intensive care, and perioperative management of the conditions.
3. The pharmacology, indications and complications of drugs commonly used in the specialty.
4. The principles of preoperative assessment, anesthetic management, and postoperative management of cardiothoracic surgical patients.
5. The natural history of treated and untreated cardiac surgical conditions, including ischemic heart disease and its complications, valvular heart disease, thoracic aortic disease, heart failure and transplantation of heart and lung, conduction system disturbances, pericardial disease.
6. The natural history and progression of thoracic surgical diseases, including medicinal masses, lung masses, esophageal diseases (benign and malignant), thoracic infections, tracheal stenosis and masses, and penetrating thoracic injuries.
7. Advanced surgical issues as they apply to the specialty, such as wound healing, hemostasis, electrolytes/fluid management, surgical nutrition, hyper alimentation, and ventilator management.
8. The technology, interpretation and complications of invasive and noninvasive diagnostic methods, including CT, PET and MRI scanning, cardiac catheterization, coronary angiography, and echocardiography.
9. The physiology, technology, indications and complications of cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators.
10. Principles and complications of extracorporeal circulation.
11. Principles and complications of techniques for myocardial and cerebral protection.

Salary:350,000

Education: Penn Surgery is committed to developing the future leaders of surgery.  The Department and its faculty strive to educate a broad range of trainees including undergraduates exploring careers in surgery, residents and fellows developing their surgical techniques and knowledge, nurses and advanced care providers working within surgical specialties and practicing physicians looking to expand their surgical skills.  With the world class resources at the University of Pennsylvania, its Perelman School of Medicine, and three training hospitals, we offer unparalleled educational and research opportunities. 

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Reflection: would you like to be one ? yes I would like to be one because you could operate people and yeah I would like to be  one