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History of Medicine Series: Cardiac Surgery

In this video, Dr. Aldo Castañeda, Founder of the Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Unit of Guatemala and Professor Emeritus of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, will discuss the history of the field of cardiac surgery.

Released:

July 27, 2015

Audience:

Physicians

Learning Objectives
  • Understand one physician’s professional path that led him to a career in cardiac surgery

  • Describe the key proponents and landmark developments that advanced the field of cardiac surgery

  • Consider one physician’s perspective on life as a pediatric cardiac surgeon 

  • Hear one physician’s advice for young doctors starting out today

Author(s)

Aldo Castañeda, MD, PhD

Founder | Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Unit of Guatemala

Professor Emeritus of Surgery | Harvard Medical School


Traci Wolbrink, MD, MPH

Co-Director, OPENPediatrics; Co-Director, Center for Educational Excellence and Innovation; Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship; Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine | Boston Children’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Anaesthesia | Harvard Medical School


Jefferey Burns, MD, MPH

Assoc. Chief Medical Officer, Critical Care Services; Shapiro Chair in Critical Care Medicine, Division of Critical Care MedicineDirector, OPENPediatrics; Sr. Assoc. in Critical Care Medicine; Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care & Pain Medicine | Boston Children's Hospital

Professor of Anesthesia | Harvard Medical School

Citation

Castañeda A, Wolbrink TA, Burns JP. History of Medicine Series: Cardiac Surgery. 7/2015. Online video. OPENPediatrics. https://learn.openpediatrics.org/learn/course/internal/view/elearning/3066/history-of-medicine-series-cardiac-surgery.

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