Nina Braunwald, MD, cardiothoracic surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital, was among the first women to perform open heart surgery. She was the first woman to be certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and the first to be elected to the AATS. #WomensHistoryMonth

Brigham and Women's Cardiac Surgery does Harvard Medical School Surgery Research day. Good job everyone, especially to our stellar med students Robert Semco and Ajami Gikandi! ⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎉Welcome to our newest I6 Brigham and Women's Thoracic Surgery and Brigham and Women's Cardiac Surgery residents! Olivia McCloskey from CWRU School of Medicine and Peter Tramontozzi from UConn Health! We’re thrilled to welcome you to our program this summer!! #MATCH2024

Exciting day Brigham and Women's Hospital Brigham and Women's Cardiac Surgery with Dr. Chitwood presenting The Lawrence H. Cohn Visiting Professor Lecture. #legends #history Brigham and Women's Thoracic Surgery Mark Cunningham The Society of Thoracic Surgeons AATS

Happy International Women’s Day!

May we know them
May we be them
May we train them!

#IDW2024
#WomenInThoracic

Join the #BrighamBuddies to celebrate Oliver, the therapy dog's 13th birthday on 3/21/24, 10-11am Brigham Education Institute!

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STRATUS enjoyed hosting an HMS Cardiac Surgery workshop that assisted participants in learning instrument terminology, heart anatomy using pig hearts and basic surgical skills.

30 years ago today, on Feb. 27, 1994, the Brigham celebrated the completion of its new Center for Women and Newborns building. Anif McDonald was the first baby to be admitted to CWN’s NICU after the unit opened in March 1994. Read the full story: bwhbulletin.org/2024/02/27/cwn…

Happy Thank a Resident Day! 🌟

Today, we're extending our gratitude to our incredible team of residents for their dedication to our patients. Your hard work and compassion make all the difference. Thank you for everything you do! #ThankAResidentDay2024

Apply now for the WTS Colson Scholarship and WTS Intuitive Fellowship! These two incredible opportunities are available to our members to provide mentorship and training to women #CTSurgeons . Visit wtsnet.org to find out more and submit your application today.

You won't want to miss this year's Presidential Address at #AATS2024 . Hear Lars Svensson's speech in Toronto on how to lead during uncertain times. Don't wait! Register by this Thursday, 2/22 for early bird rates: events.aats.org/am24/registrat…

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Empiric flap coverage for the pneumonectomy stump: How protective is it? Find out the impact of empiric tissue flaps on bronchopleural fistula rates after pneumonectomy from researchers Brigham and Women's Thoracic Surgery in this #thoracic #JTCVS article: doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcv…