Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program at the University of Washington Affiliated Hospitals provides integrated training in all areas of cardiac and thoracic surgery through an intensive two-year didactic, clinical, and investigative program. This program is dedicated to the education of individuals who will become excellent clinicians; some of these will, in addition, go on to careers in academic medicine. Graduates of this program practice throughout North America, but the University of Washington bears a special responsibility to the four state consortium known as WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho), for which it is the sole medical school.
Three major hospitals are involved in the Cardiothoracic Surgery teaching program:
- University of Washington Medical Center
- Children's Hospital and Medical Center
- Veteran's Affairs Medical Center
Rotations are also available at Harborview Medical Center, for the Seattle trauma unit. The surgical service at each of these hospitals is staffed by the University of Washington School of Medicine.
The Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program is a two-year program which can provide significant individualization of training between adult cardiac, congenital, transplant, and thoracic areas. There are approximately 600 adult cardiac cases and 600 thoracic cases performed annually at the University Medical Center, 350 open and closed cardiac cases at Children's Hospital and Medical Center, and 200 adult cardiac and 250 thoracic procedures at the Seattle Veteran's Affairs Medical Center.
Applying
UW Cardiothoracic Surgery participates in ERAS (Electronic Residency Application Service), hosted by the Association of American Medical Colleges. We no longer accept paper applications.
For further information on applying to our residency program, contact Ambika Beck, (206) 685-8644.
Vacation Policy
All residents are allowed three weeks (15 working days) annual leave, granted by arrangement with the Program Director.
Health Care Insurance
Opportunities are provided for enrollment in a special group plan. A monthly contribution by the University is applied to group life insurance, long term disability, and whatever medical plan is elected.
Professional Liability Insurance
Coverage is provided under a University of Washington Master Policy for all approved activities of Housestaff.
reviewed 5/06