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Romantic
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12/20/07 - 03:28 AM

Can some one please post here as to whether the IMGs are entiled to the Cardiac Surgery residency program in US hospitals or not? Plz suggest me as its going to define my future beause I want to be a Cardiac Surgeon trained from USA. I belong to Pakistan and will shortly give my Step1............any Suggestions r WELCOME

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maoudoody
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12/20/07 - 03:35 AM

concentrate on ur exams and get great scores then think of what u think

Romantic
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12/20/07 - 12:16 PM

Yes well that exactly im doing right now....concentrating on my current studies Final Year. But I just asked to know whether I'll get my future career outlined the way i do want to.....pursuing the Surgical career in USA! I was apprehensive lest Im not allowed to have residency in Cardiac Surgery after completion of my Steps.........well THANX buddy again 4 suggesting me to concentrating on my studies 4now...by the way what's your score in STEPs

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12/20/07 - 01:44 PM

Romantic,
just to clarify a couple of things...first of all in theory it is not impossible for an img to get any residency/fellowship, but there is a very slim chance 1-b/c most of those subspecialties are in big name uni prog's with very few openings/year 2-most of those programs prefer people who trained at their hospitals which take very few img's.
Cardiac surgery vs thoracic vs vascular are extremely competitive, but with excellent scores anything is possible. if this is what u want dont study your books, eat your books!

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12/20/07 - 03:04 PM

CT Surgery is doable..it is not the hardest fellowship out there...CT is fairly easier compared to the others due to the lifestyle...Even vascular is not bad..the hard ones are Plastics, Colo-Rectal, Pediatrics (One of the Hardest), Surgical Oncology..

wolverine9
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12/21/07 - 08:23 AM

To be realistic, it's highly unlikely for an IMG to get cardiac surgery...

eldoctorcito
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12/21/07 - 02:46 PM

wolv go and read some stuff man... yo have no idea what you are saying...
it's one of the easier subspecialties to go into... nobody wants to do 60 - 80 hours as an attending...
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doar
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12/22/07 - 07:43 AM

Eld, you are right..I dunno what wolf is saying either..I know a handful of IMG's that have gone into Cardio Thoracic and who have just matched for next year..no one wants to do it..its a HELL of a lifestyle...

surgerybeast
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12/23/07 - 07:46 AM

CT is not popular at all anymore because people are having a hard time finding jobs. i'd say it'll be harder to get the surgery residency than the actual cardiac fellowship...

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12/23/07 - 08:09 AM

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surgerybeast wrote:
CT is not popular at all anymore because people are having a hard time finding jobs. i'd say it'll be harder to get the surgery residency than the actual cardiac fellowship...

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12/23/07 - 08:28 AM

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doc_ER
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12/23/07 - 12:11 PM

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As for job openings its probably easier for a general surgeon to find work than a CT in some cities due to work load which is getting extremely reduced for CT/cardiac/vascular because of competition from other specialties (interv cardio); besides, procedures a long and uncomfortable, you can repair 8 hernias in the time it takes you to do almost any procedure in CT.

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12/23/07 - 12:13 PM

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even a mediastinoscopy take a couple of hours!

Romantic
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01/12/08 - 02:59 PM

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Thanku all for the suggestions! actually Cardiac Surgery 4me is just more than an speciality of choice 4me..bcz our country direly needs highly trained CT Surgeons and we hardly have 2-3 in whole of the country so I wanna take it on...moreover, I've alwayz imagined myself to b CTS....yes I think for IMGs it might b a little harder to a residency in that but as said by DOC_ER thta it could only be possible by bagging the highest scores in my STEPS and then no one's gonna inhibit me from going 4it....so from now on I promise not to just read books BUT EAT THEM.......>>>!

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