Thoracic surgeon

Thoracic surgeon

Duties and responsibilities: Your primary care physician, cardiologist, pulmonologist, or gastroenterologist may send you to a thoracic surgeon if he/she feels that you could benefit from an operation to treat a condition involving the heart, lungs, esophagus, mediastinum, or chest wall.

Salary: $100,000-$600,000

Education: becoming a board-certified cardiac surgeon entails an extensive training process. The first step is completing four years of undergraduate school and fulfilling medical school prerequisites, such as courses in biology, chemistry, math and physics. After earning a bachelor's degree, the student must pass the Medical College Admissions Test.

Four years of medical school is required to earn a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree. This training includes classroom and laboratory learning in the first two years and extensive work with patients under the supervision of one or more licensed physicians during the last two years. Along with practice in patient examinations and diagnoses, the student is often trained in acute, chronic, preventive and rehabilitative care to provide a well-rounded medical education.

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