Training Locations
Residents receive rotational experience at the following hospitals:
Rotations
During the first three years of the thoracic surgery integrated residency program, residents will undergo clinical training in General Surgery, Vascular Surgery, and Cardiology as well as Cardiothoracic Surgery. The residents then have the option to pursue research for a maximum of two years. The final three years of the residency program is comprised of in-depth training in Cardiothoracic and General Thoracic surgery.
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First Year |
Ben Taub Hospital (five months) |
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Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center (four months) |
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Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center (two months) |
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Texas Children's Hospital (one month) |
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Second Year |
Ben Taub Hospital (six months) |
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Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center (one month) |
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Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center (five months) |
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Third Year |
Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center (four months) |
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Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center (eight months) |
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Fourth Year |
Texas Children's Hospital (three months) |
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Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center Cardiovascular Surgery (three months) |
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Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center (three months) |
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University of Texas MD Anderson (three months) |
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Fifth Year |
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center General Thoracic Surgery (two months) |
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Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center Cardiovascular Surgery (three months) |
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Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center (three months) |
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Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center Adult Cardiac, Minimally Invasive, Robotic Cardiac Surgery (three months) |
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Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center Structural Heart/Cardiac Cath Lab (one month) |
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Sixth Year |
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center Adult Cardiac, Minimally Invasive, Robotic Cardiac Surgery (three months) |
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Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center Aortic Surgery (three months) |
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Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center Heart/Lung Transplant Surgery |
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Ben Taub Hospital (three months) |
Upon completion of this program, residents will be board-eligible in Thoracic Surgery through the American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS).
