Attrition of the cardiothoracic surgeon-scientist: Definition of the problem and remedial strategies

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Electronic address: john_ikonomidis@med.unc.edu.
² Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France. Electronic address: philippe.menasche@aphp.fr.
³ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Mo.
⁴ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Brown University, Providence, RI.
⁵ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
⁶ Division of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Editorial

John S Ikonomidis et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Aug.

. 2019 Aug;158(2):504-508.

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.03.057. Epub 2019 Apr 3.

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Electronic address: john_ikonomidis@med.unc.edu.
² Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France. Electronic address: philippe.menasche@aphp.fr.
³ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Mo.
⁴ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Brown University, Providence, RI.
⁵ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
⁶ Division of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Statement

Authors have nothing to disclose with regard to commercial support.

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