This is episode 11 of The Beat with Joel Dunning and special guest, Sameh Said.
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Professional Affairs
June 8, 2023
In CTSNet’s flagship podcast, editor in chief Joel Dunning runs through the latest, most popular content on ctsnet.org—the largest online community of CT surgeons and source of CT surgery information—and breaking cardiothoracic surgery news and research from around the world.
May 18, 2023
This is episode 7 of The Beat podcast with Joel Dunning.
May 12, 2023
This is episode 6 of The Beat podcast with Joel Dunning.
May 4, 2023
This is episode 5 of The Beat podcast with Joel Dunning.
April 6, 2023
Although there are proportionate numbers of women and men in Canadian medical schools, women still only make up 33 percent of the surgeon population. The top paid specialties, cardiac and thoracic surgery, are only 9.4 and 10.9 percent women, respectively. This is despite the fact that surveys confirm more women are aspiring to become surgeons.
April 6, 2023
A strike by trainees in the UK is scheduled for April 11 through April 15 because of a pay dispute with the government and NHS. This ongoing conflict, which took junior doctors out of care settings in March as well, has caused a backup in appointments for patients.
March 23, 2023
Dr. Irene Cybulsky is being compensated by Hamilton Health Sciences, where she was the first woman head of cardiac surgery in Canada from 2009 to 2016, for discrimination against her based on her gender.