Thoracic Surgeon

Duties and responsibilities:

A thoracic Surgeon is a medical doctor who performs operations on the heart lungs esophagus, and other organs in the chest. These also include surgeons who can be called cardiothoracic surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, thoracic surgeons, and congenital heart surgeons.


Education:

They have to graduate from school and most commonly will go on to complete a five-year general surgery residency.

Reflection:

Do you think you would like to be one?

No I wouldn’t because it is a difficult career!