The Surgery Specialty Forum provides a forum for medical students, premedical students and practicing physicains with the goal of:
American College of Surgeons' Online Guide for Choosing a Residency
So You Want to Be a Surgeon -
an ACS publication to help students understand what's involved in becoming a surgeon and to find a residency
Cardiothoracic Surgery General Links
Cardiothoracic Surgery Net -
excellent general reference for cardiothoracic surgery. Includes a full text cardiac surgery book, videos of various procedures, clinical situation simulators and many other multimedia resources.
Heart Surgery Forum - excellent cardiac surgery page. Includes a multimedia journal, videos of procedures, various multimedia lectures and many other resources.
Cardiothoracic Surgery at NYU -
includes many interesting articles, full-length surgical procedure videos and case studies
Mednets Cardiovascular Surgery - many cardiac and vascular surgery links
Heart Linx - excellent general cardiology reference
Cardiothoracic Surgery Organizations
American College of Cardiology
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
American Heart Association
American Association of Thoracic Surgeons
American Board of Thoracic Surgery
European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery
Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education
Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
PediHeart - excellent pediatric cardiology link. Covers, in great detail, various pathologies and their surgical treatments.
Kids Heart Surgery -
excellent site prepared by a pediatric cardiac surgeon at Stanford focusing on minimally invasive surgery.