1. Basic and translational research careers as early faculty cardiothoracic surgeons— perspectives from 2 young investigators 
Keshava Rajagopal, MD, PhD, Bryan A. Whitson, MD, PhD 
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 
Volume 152, Issue 2, Pages (August 2016)
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2. Figure 1
A pathway for early research success for the early investigator: Steps highlighted in green, in our opinion, are comparatively less difficult to accomplish, compared with steps highlighted in red.
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3. Keshava Rajagopal, MD, PhD, and Bryan A. Whitson, MD, PhD
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jtcvs )
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