A chest (general thoracic) surgeon is a fully trained physician who, after medical school, has completed five years of training in an accredited general surgery program, plus an additional three years in a subspecialty program to learn the specialized skills of a thoracic and cardiac surgeon. Following this training, the surgeon then chooses to become board-certified and specialize in either general thoracic surgery or cardiac surgery, or sometimes both.
Thoracic surgeons are medical doctors who specialize in chest, heart, and lung surgery. Thoracic surgeons may further specialize in one area, such as heart surgery or lung surgery, or in a subspecialty of that area, such as coronary artery bypass surgery.
2006-12-11 03:28:37
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answered by jerrys_love 3
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Thoracic surgeons deal with diseases of the chest (thorax). The organs of the chest include the lungs, bronchii, trachea, esophagus, thymus, and (of course) the heart. However, heart and great vessel surgery is ususally the domain of a sub-subspecialty of thoracic surgery, namely thoracic-cardiovascular surgery (TCV).
Here is a website from a well-known academic department that describes the diseases that they treat:
http://www.umm.edu/thoracic/thoracic3.html
Thoracic surgeons go to medical school for four years. Then they complete a general surgery internship and residency for 5-6 years. Then they complete subspecialty fellowship training in thoracic surgery for another 3-5 years, sfter whichthey are eligible to sit for the board examination in that specialty. Thoracic surgeons in the US typically earn about $350,000 per year.
See this link for how much doctors earn:
http://www.medicuspartners.com/pdfs/ME_Compensation_09172004.pdf
2006-12-11 04:05:29
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answered by Jerry P 6
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A thoracic surgeon does surgery on the chest. They go to school for the same amount of time as any other doctor with 4 years premed 4years medschool and 4-6 years of residency. it is alot of work and they do not make money per surgery surgeons usually make between 50,000 and 100,000 a year good luck
2006-12-11 03:32:06
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answered by kindra1988 6
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Thoracic surgeons work on the chest and lungs, peeps. They are MDs and have to go to all those schools like most MDs. They may need to take additional courses to specialize. I'm sure what they charge is based on the community and what the insurance companies will pay.
2006-12-11 03:26:32
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answered by needsumthin2002 3
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The earnings relies upon on the wellbeing facility. A thoracic healthcare expert works on all factors of the chest hollow area alongside with the guts, which may be called a cardiothoracic healthcare expert. human beings shouldn't pass into clinical professions for the money. because of the fact in case you do, likelihood is which you will suck and not have any affected person bedside way. It takes many, some years to alter right into a thoracic healthcare expert. It additionally takes 1000's of greenbacks to get there. to no longer point out, in basic terms 30% of the folk who be conscious to clinical college certainly get customary. i'm hoping your extreme college GPA substitute into fantastic because of the fact if it wasn't, sturdy success. additionally, you're able to desire to first get a sturdy score on the MCAT (clinical college Admissions try) that maximum faculties require. confident, to alter right into a thoracic healthcare expert you're able to desire to alter right into a physician (MD) first and then finished various years of conventional surgical operation and thoracic surgical operation instruction. you're able to desire to have a bachelor's degree in something as properly drugs as a manner to be viewed to get into clinical college. i could anticipate (alongside with a bachelor's degree) approximately 12-sixteen years, doubtlessly even longer.
2016-12-18 11:23:37
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answered by mcgeehee 4
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Digestive tract, spleen, liver, pancreas, stomach, appendix,gall bladder type surgeries. They make as much as any other specialty surgeon.
2006-12-11 03:24:43
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answered by Robert B 7
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operate on the throat and the same as most doctors!@
2006-12-11 03:19:30
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answered by nswblue 6
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