Thoracic Surgeon

Duties and Responsibilities:

Thoracic Surgeon is a medical doctor who performs 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 surgery.

Salary:$350,000-$500,000

Educational Requirements:

Thoracic surgeons have to graduate from a medical school and most commonly will go to complete a five-year general surgery residency. After this they must successfully matriculate through the approved cardiothoracic surgery residency program for either two three years. Some thoracic surgeons choose to do additional training.