A thoracic surgeon provides care of patients with acquired and congenital pathologic conditions
of the chest.
They perform operations on the heart, lungs, esophagus, and other organs in the chest.
This includes surgeons who can be called cardiothoracic surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons,
general thoracic surgeons, or congenital heart surgeons.
Statistics show a median salary for a typical Thoracic Surgeon in the United States of
$403,000.
Latest Internet advertised thoracic surgery physician jobs have an average salary of
$262,000/year.
