Just as today's adults reach the age when they're most likely to need cardiac surgery, the U.S. is likely to face a severe shortage of cardiothoracic surgeons, according to a new study. Health policy ...

Saint Alphonsus in Boise earned a three-star TAVR ranking from STS and ACC, placing it among the nation’s top heart programs ...

Health and population trends could increase demand for cardiothoracic surgeons in the United States far greater than the supply – diminishing and delaying care, according to a report in Circulation: ...

Efforts to overcome the severe shortage of ­government cardiothoracic ­surgeons have been hit with a severe blow, with ...

A new study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, a journal from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), offers rare insight into what it's like to grow up as the child of a cardiothoracic (CT) ...

Using projections based on data from the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, investigators from The Ohio State University are issuing a warning to thoracic surgeons and public health officials that we ...

EAST STROUDSBURG — There is a new face leading Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono’s cardiac surgery program, while a familiar one has bid farewell. The Lehigh Valley Health Network has named its Chief of ...

Cardiothoracic practice in Nigeria is developing but faces multiple challenges that need to be overcome to enable sustainable practice. That was the consensus of thoracic surgeons, who gathered at the ...

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) - along with its charitable arm, The Thoracic Surgery Foundation (TSF), recently awarded $125,000 in fellowship grants to five standout cardiothoracic surgeons ...

Health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad said patients at government hospitals faced long wait times to undergo procedures such as coronary artery bypass graft or surgery to remove kidney stones. (Bernama pic) ...