THORACIC SURGERY
RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION
THORACIC SURGERY
RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION (2013 AATS Update)
Tom C. Nguyen, MD
President TSRA
Emory Advanced TAVR Fellow
Columbia University
THORACIC SURGERY
RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION
PROJECTS COMMITTEE Chair: Gabriel Loor (Cleveland)
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BASIC CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY PRINCIPLES
Multimedia
(e.g. cpb, IMA, bronch, anastomosis)
Written by residents for residents
50 contributing residents; 83 chapters (cardiac, thoracic, congenital)
Free or minimal cost: pdf, eBook, Amazon ($22.50)
Downloaded 7,818:
Revenue: $1829 (2011); $1969 (2012)
Translated Turkey
? collaboration w JCTSE
TSRA PRIMER
TSRA REVIEW BOOK
TSRA CLINICAL SCENARIOS Clinical Scenarios cardiac, thoracic, congenital
50+ contributing residents/faculty; 75 chapters
May be helpful for oral ABTS
Available: pdf, eBook, Amazon, iPhone App (via Ed Bender)
Rules: no prior involvement w oral ABTS
THORACIC SURGERY
RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION
TSRA PRIMER
RELEASE: 2013 AATS
Audience: Medical Students,
General Surgery Residents,
1st year CT Fellows
Basic Cardiothoracic
Surgery Principles
(e.g. cpb, IMA, bronch, anastomosis)
50 contributing residents, 7
faculty, 44 chapters
Multimedia: iPad
Available on iTunes for free
THORACIC SURGERY
RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION
TSRA PRIMER
RELEASED: 2011 AATS
Audience: CT Surgery residents in
training
Written by residents for residents
50 contributing residents; 83
chapters (cardiac, thoracic,
congenital)
Free or minimal cost: pdf, eBook,
Amazon ($22.50)
Downloaded Feedbooks: 8,406
# Purchased copies from Amazon:
449 ($4,141.96)
Translated into Turkish
THORACIC SURGERY
RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION
TSRA CLINICAL SCENARIOS
RELEASE: 2013 AATS
Audience: CT Surgery Residents
about to complete training
High yield, important scenarios
that may surface during practice.
(e.g. designed as a potential conversation
between a resident and faculty)
50 contributing residents, 50
faculty, 72 chapters (over 760
pages)
4 layers of peer-review: written
by resident, reviewed by faculty,
reviewed by section editors, and
reviewed by book editors.
Available on for free as pdf (free),
hard copy Amazon ($50), and as
iPhone app ($10)
THORACIC SURGERY
RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION
EDUCATION COMMITTEE Chair: Ryan Macke (Pittsburgh)
TSRA Luncheon Monday (5/6/13): 12:20pm; Room 200C, Second Level
“From Moodle to Milestone and the Brain in between – The
New Paradigms in Teaching Methods”
-Ara Vaporciyan
-Edward Verrier
-Stephen Yang
Socrates Award Tues (1/29/13) 10:30a; West Hall B
Recipient: Carolyn Reed (hon, MUSC)
McGoon Award
Tues (5/7/13) 10:05a; Main Auditorium AATS
Nominees: -Gorav Ailawadi (Virginia)
-Fred Chen (Brigham & Woman’s)
-Ahmet Kilic (the Ohio State)
-Shari Meyerson (Northwestern)
-Walter McGregor (Allegheny)
-Nahush Mokadam (Univ of Washington)
William Szeto (Univ Penn)
-Nabil Rizk (Memorial Sloan Kettering)
-Eric Roselli (Cleveland Clinic)
-Vinod Thourani (Emory)
William B. Tisol (Medical College of Wisconsin)
-Dennis Wigle (Mayo Clinic)
THORACIC SURGERY
RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Chair: Jennifer Nelson (Michigan)
Involvement/Recruitment of General Surgery Residents and Medical
Students
TSRA Social Mixer (Residents/Spouses) Monday (5/6/2013): 4:30pm; The Local (931 Nicollet Mall) W Olympic Blvd)
THORACIC SURGERY
RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION
THORACIC SURGERY
RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION (2013 Update)
Tom C. Nguyen, MD
President TSRA
Emory Advanced TAVR Fellow
Columbia University