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The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) is an international association of cardiothoracic surgeons. It was founded in 1917 by the earliest pioneers in the field of thoracic surgery. Headquartered in Beverly, Massachusetts, it has over 1,200 members from 35 countries. To be considered for membership, a surgeon must have a proven ...
Pedro J. del Nido is a Chilean pediatric cardiac surgeon who was the 95th president of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), succeeding David J. Sugarbaker and preceding Joseph S. Coselli. [1]
Pages in category "Presidents of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Cardiac surgery training in the United States is combined with general thoracic surgery and called cardiothoracic surgery or thoracic surgery. A cardiothoracic surgeon in the U.S. is a physician who first completes a general surgery residency (typically 5–7 years), followed by a cardiothoracic surgery fellowship (typically 2–3 years). The ...
The STS National Database was established in 1989 as an initiative for quality improvement and patient safety among cardiothoracic surgeons. The Database has four components—the Adult Cardiac Surgery Database (ACSD), the General Thoracic Surgery Database (GTSD), the Congenital Heart Surgery Database (CHSD), and the Intermacs Database—and now houses more than 7.5 million surgical records.
The American Board of Thoracic Surgery is an American surgical organization devoted to thoracic surgery. [1] The ABTS will soon shut down their access to the Self-Education Self Assessment in Thoracic Surgery.
The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine is a biweekly peer-reviewed medical journal published by the American Thoracic Society. It covers the pathophysiology and treatment of diseases that affect the respiratory system , as well as topics of fundamental importance to the practice of pulmonary , critical care , and sleep ...
The journal was established in 1931 as the Journal of Thoracic Surgery. The journal has the second highest impact factor of all cardiothoracic surgery journals. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2020 impact factor is 5.209, ranking it 21st out of 212 journals in the category "Surgery". [1]