Given surgery’s inherent risks, a patient should be able to make the most informed decisions possible in selecting surgical treatment. However, there is little information on what factors patients deem important when choosing a surgeon.
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Professional Affairs
September 16, 2015
No guidelines for credentialling ECMO physicians exist, so the authors surveyed ECMO programs to determine what institutional credentialling mechanisms consist of. The survey response rate was 42%. 66% of institutions require credentialling, 57% of institutions had credentialling mechanisms, and yearly recertification was required in 16%.
September 5, 2015
The consequences of the flawed process of investigation of scientific misconduct and premature conclusions of the outcomes are discussed.
August 13, 2015
Recorded via Google Hangouts, Joel Dunning and Ahmad Al Khaddour discuss the current state of cardiothoracic surgery in Syria.
July 3, 2015
Work/life balance and good rhythm are possible in cardiothoracic surgery! Faculty members from the University of Washington show off their moves at a recent WTSA event.
June 18, 2015
In this STSA President's Invited Lecture given at the 2014 STSA Annual Meeting, David Shahian discusses Ernest Codman’s vision of enhancing quality in health care, noting that 100 years later some of Dr. Codman's key principles still remain strongly relevant.
June 17, 2015
Robert Sade moderates a debate with Richard Ohye and James Jaggers regarding the performance of surgery by cardiothoracic surgery residents.
June 12, 2015
Dr. Robert Sade has made it his personal mission to educate surgeons regarding ethics and to help truly establish the field of surgical ethics. The Ethics of Surgery: Conflicts and Controversies represents the latest of his efforts.
June 12, 2015
During the last decade, the world of academic research and publication was attacked by low quality and commercial
journals that mimic the peer-reviewed scientific journals that I call this phenomenon “questionable journals” .
June 11, 2015
Douglas Wood, Fawwaz Shaw, Emily Farkas, and Nahush Mokadam discuss work-life balance within the cardiothoracic surgery specialty.