Thoracic Surgeon

Duties and Responsibilities: 

A thoracic surgeon is in charge of performing operations on the heart, lungs, esophagus, and other organs in the chest. This also includes surgeons who can be called cardiothoracic surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, general thoracic surgeons, and congenital heart surgeons.

Salary: $100,000 - $400,000 

Education:

Thoracic surgeons have to graduate from medical school and most commonly will go on to complete a five-year general surgery residency. After this they must successfully matriculate through an approved cardiothoracic surgery residency program for either two or three years. Some thoracic surgeons choose to do additional training in a sub-specialized area but this training is largely optional, except for congenital heart surgery.

Reflection: 

I honestly would not like to be a thoracic surgeon because I am honestly scared of seeing so much blood, I think I’d probably faint in the middle of the operation.