Report of the 2005 STS Congenital Heart Surgery Practice and Manpower Survey Marshall L. Jacobs, MD, Constantine Mavroudis, MD, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, MD, Christo I. Tchervenkov, MD, Glenn J. Pelletier, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 82, Issue 3, Pages 1152.e1-1152.e13 (September 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.04.022 Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 The distribution of age (as of December 31, 2004) by decade for all active congenital heart surgeon survey respondents (minimum age 33 years, maximum 78; mean 48.3 ± 8.3). Median age male (shaded bars), 48 years; median age female (black bars), 43.5 years. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 82, 1152.e1-1152.e13DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.04.022) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Total number of years of postgraduate training (clinical and research) after medical school for all active congenital heart surgeon survey respondents (median 9 years; mean 9.21 ± 1.6 years). (N/A = no answer.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 82, 1152.e1-1152.e13DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.04.022) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Geographical distribution of practice sites by states and provinces of all active congenital heart surgery respondents. (Black area = northeast United States; white area = midwest United States; right-hatched white area = southern United States; cross-hatched area = western United States, Alaska, and Hawaii; left-hatched black area = Canada.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 82, 1152.e1-1152.e13DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.04.022) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Distribution of congenital heart surgery case volume per surgeon for the years 2003 (black bars) and 2004 (shaded bars). (N/A = no answer.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 82, 1152.e1-1152.e13DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.04.022) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 5 Number of years in current practice situation for active congenital heart surgeon respondents. (Average number of years in practice = 9.5 ± 8.2; number of years in previous practice = 5.0; first year of practice, n = 11.) (N/A = no answer.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 82, 1152.e1-1152.e13DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.04.022) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 6 Spectrum of training and supervisory activities of active congenital heart surgeon survey respondents. (ABTS = American Board of Thoracic Surgery; black bars = yes; shaded bars = no; open bars = no answer.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 82, 1152.e1-1152.e13DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.04.022) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 7 (A) Anticipated number of years until retirement from clinical practice of congenital heart surgery. (B) Expected age at the time of anticipated retirement for all active congenital heart surgeon survey respondents. (N/A = no answer.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 82, 1152.e1-1152.e13DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.04.022) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 8 Career satisfaction as expressed by active congenital heart surgeon survey respondents. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 82, 1152.e1-1152.e13DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.04.022) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions