Skip to main content
Journal cover image

Report of the 2015 Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Practice Survey.

Publication ,  Conference
Morales, DLS; Khan, MS; Turek, JW; Biniwale, R; Tchervenkov, CI; Rush, M; Jacobs, JP; Tweddell, JS; Jacobs, ML
Published in: Ann Thorac Surg
February 2017

BACKGROUND: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Workforce on Congenital Heart Surgery (CHS) undertook a third subspecialty Practice Survey (2005, 2010, 2015) to obtain contemporary data. METHODS: A search for potential participants was conducted using multiple directories and websites. The survey instrument was widely distributed electronically. All surgeons listing congenital or pediatric cardiac surgery among interests were targeted. RESULTS: There were a total of 213 respondents: 177 (83%) were practicing congenital heart surgeons (median age 50 years; range, 34 to 80 years; 93% men), 9 (4%) were CHS trainees, 17 (8%) were retired congenital heart surgeons, and 10 (5%) were others. For practicing surgeons, mean duration of postgraduate training was 10 ± 2 years and 151 (85%) were CHS-board certified. Median practice duration for congenital heart surgeons was 15 years (less than 1 to 42 years). Work hours per week were greater than 70 for 74 (42%) surgeons, 103 (58%) work at a freestanding children's hospital, and 113 (64%) have full academic appointments. Caseload for 47 (27%) surgeons was less than 100 cases/year and 42 (24%) performed greater than 200 cases/year. For practicing surgeons, anticipated median retirement age was 66 years (range, 55 to 83 years), 31 (18%) estimated ≤5 years to retirement, and 163 (92%) were extremely or very satisfied in their career. CONCLUSIONS: These data provide contemporary insights regarding the CHS workforce in North America and should help facilitate rational plans to address the needs of an expanding patient population.

Duke Scholars

Published In

Ann Thorac Surg

DOI

EISSN

1552-6259

Publication Date

February 2017

Volume

103

Issue

2

Start / End Page

622 / 628

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Thoracic Surgery
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Surgeons
  • Societies, Medical
  • Respiratory System
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Humans
 

Citation

APA
Chicago
ICMJE
MLA
NLM
Morales, D. L. S., Khan, M. S., Turek, J. W., Biniwale, R., Tchervenkov, C. I., Rush, M., … Jacobs, M. L. (2017). Report of the 2015 Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Practice Survey. In Ann Thorac Surg (Vol. 103, pp. 622–628). Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.05.108
Morales, David L. S., Muhammad S. Khan, Joseph W. Turek, Reshma Biniwale, Christo I. Tchervenkov, Michele Rush, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, James S. Tweddell, and Marshall L. Jacobs. “Report of the 2015 Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Practice Survey.” In Ann Thorac Surg, 103:622–28, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.05.108.
Morales DLS, Khan MS, Turek JW, Biniwale R, Tchervenkov CI, Rush M, et al. Report of the 2015 Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Practice Survey. In: Ann Thorac Surg. 2017. p. 622–8.
Morales, David L. S., et al. “Report of the 2015 Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Practice Survey.Ann Thorac Surg, vol. 103, no. 2, 2017, pp. 622–28. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.05.108.
Morales DLS, Khan MS, Turek JW, Biniwale R, Tchervenkov CI, Rush M, Jacobs JP, Tweddell JS, Jacobs ML. Report of the 2015 Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Practice Survey. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017. p. 622–628.
Journal cover image

Published In

Ann Thorac Surg

DOI

EISSN

1552-6259

Publication Date

February 2017

Volume

103

Issue

2

Start / End Page

622 / 628

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Thoracic Surgery
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Surgeons
  • Societies, Medical
  • Respiratory System
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Humans