Education

To improve health care in the future, we provide rigorous training for residents and medical students.

Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency - Residents become skilled in the full range of cardiac, thoracic and esophageal repairs, with graduated responsibility for the care of patients. In 2010, UNC will begin a new, integrated 6-year residency in Cardiothoracic Surgery; residents will enter the program directly from medical school. 

General Surgery Residents - UNC General Surgery residents rotate on both the thoracic (post-graduate year 1) and cardiac (post-graduate year 2) surgery services.

Medical Students - Medical students are usually on our service for a two-week period during their third year. They participate in all functions of the service. Some students do a sub-internship during their fourth year. With the Department of Physiology, we offer the Physio-heart surgery selective (PHSSL) for first-year students, and our faculty members frequently lecture to medical students.