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Training in paediatric cardiac surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2017

Edward L. Bove
Edward L. Bove*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan Medical SchoolAnn Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Correspondence to: E. L. Bove, MD, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, 5144 Cardiovascular Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States of America. Tel: +734-936-4980; Fax: +734 936 7353; E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Congenital heart surgery has evolved into its own specialty requiring unique techniques and skills. Recognizing the need to establish a special certification in congenital heart surgery, the American Board of Thoracic Surgery began the process in 2005, eventually granting the first certifications to qualified applicants in 2009. The American Council for Graduate Medical Education and the Thoracic Surgery Residency Review Committee have now approved specific training programs throughout the United States that will help to ensure the proper training of congenital heart surgeons for the future.

Type
Original Articles
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 26 , Special Issue 8: HeartWeek 2016 , December 2016 , pp. 1471 - 1473
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2017 

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Footnotes

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Presented at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Heart Institute, Andrews/Daicoff Cardiovascular Program, International Symposium on Postgraduate Education in Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States of America, Thursday, 11 February, 2016 and Friday, 12 February, 2016.

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