COVID‐19 and cardiothoracic surgery: Effects on training and workforce utilization in a global pandemic

B Smood, JR Spratt, JH Mehaffey… - Journal of cardiac …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The COVID‐19 pandemic has disrupted all aspects of healthcare, including
cardiothoracic surgery (CTS). We sought to determine the pandemic's impact on CTS …

Multiinstitutional evaluation of a debate-style journal club for cardiothoracic surgery trainees

JGY Luc, CS Fowler, SB Eisenberg, AL Estrera… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Traditional journal clubs address individual articles and are limited in terms of
breadth and depth of content covered. The present study describes the outcomes of a novel …

[HTML][HTML] Early effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the North American cardiothoracic surgery job market

JGY Luc, A Pizano, F Udwadia, S Gupta… - Journal of thoracic …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The present study aims to report the early effect of the coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the cardiothoracic surgery job market in North America …

Considerations for a holistic model in evaluating medical students for cardiothoracic surgical residency

E Aranda-Michel, LE Trager, JJ Han… - Seminars in thoracic and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Program directors are tasked with selecting whom they think will be the best fit for residency
and the next leaders of the field. While numerical metrics have played a vital role in this …

[HTML][HTML] Remote simulator training of coronary artery bypass grafting during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic

K Takahashi, C Tanaka, R Numaguchi, Y Kuroda… - JTCVS open, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic presents in-person exposure risk
during surgical education. We aimed to validate the feasibility of fully remote faculty …

The status of cardiothoracic surgery trainee education and recruitment: An update one year into the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

JK Olive, JGY Luc, OA Preventza - JTCVS open, 2021 - jtcvsopen.org
1. Olive JK, Luc JGY, Cerqueira RJ, Eulert-Grehn JJ, Han JJ, Phan K, et al. The
cardiothoracic surgery trainee experience during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

[HTML][HTML] Commentary: Zoom into the coronary anastomosis during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

D Ahmad, V Tchantchaleishvili - Jtcvs Open, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cardiothoracic surgery (CTS) training has been dramatically affected by the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Hospitals and residents have had to adapt to rapidly …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of the Perioperative Period After Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients with the History of COVID-19

AV Gabriyelyan, OV Cheveliuk, SV Romanova… - Ukrainian Journal of …, 2021 - cvs.org.ua
Previous COVID-19 is known to have negative impact on postoperative course of coronary
artery bypass grafting. According to a number of foreign sources, mortality after coronary …

[HTML][HTML] Commentary: Training in the time of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

FA Tibayan - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2021 - jtcvs.org
As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) virus spread around the world, no aspect of
society was spared. Our medical systems strained to and in some cases beyond the …

[PDF][PDF] ImPulse: Towards Establishing Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Training in Gaza

B Zapen - 2022 - researchgate.net
Congenital heart diseases are the most common birth deformities requiring surgical
intervention. Given the nature of infant patients, pediatric cardiac surgeons need to master …