CARDIOTHORACIC SURGEON

HISTORY AND BACKGROUND OF CAREER

• Cardio surgery has been a relevant profession in the U.S because many people in America have serious heart conditions and can be fixed with surgery.
• It was originated by Daniel Hale Williams was the first man open heart surgery in 1893
• During World War II was when heart surgery became a big profession to help save a majority of U.S. Soldiers

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CAREER

• Education: a bachelor in pre-medicine training: shadowing a doctor at a hospital
• Colleges: Colombia university,Duke University, and Harvard.
• Related jobs: nurse, neurosurgeon, and general surgeon
• Personality/skills: communication skills, friendly and passionate, and filling out medical charts.

OBTAING A CAREER

• Opportunities: shadowing a doctor or surgeon in college/ high school diploma
• Best route: take required science classes in high school and college and AP classes

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Daily duties: to make sure the patient is prepared for surgery and knows all of the possibility of what can happen during the surgery.
• Big picture: cardiothoracic surgeons are to make sure that your heart, lungs, and esophagus are all in working condition and to fix them if not.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Work hours: 12 hour shifts but are on call for 24 in case of emergency.
• Salary the average salary is a little over 500,000 a year.
• Dress code: scrubs are mandatory so that things don't get on your cloth during the work day

JOB REFLECTION

• Challenges: there is a lot of school which Is expensive, on call 24/7, extremely stressful because someone's life is literally in your hands.
• Economic downturns: there are not many people in this field you have to be very good to be apart of cardiothorcic

CONCLUSION

• This job is important to society because it helps people live a long life and allow people to do more of what they lik. This would be a good job for me because I have always wanted to be a surgeon because my grandma and mom are and they are the people I look up to and I want to follow in there foot steps.

WORK CITED

• Explorehealthcreers.org
• Study.com
• My future.com
• Biography.com