University of Alabama at Birmingham

Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham

1900 8th Avenue South
Tinsley Harrison Tower, Suite 760
Birmingham, Alabama 35294
(205) 934-2536
Rebecca Sharritt, Program Coordinator

James Davies, Jr., MD
Interim Division Chair

Robert Cerfolio, MD
Chief of Thoracic Division

David Cleveland, MD
Thoracic Surgery Residency Program Director

Program Information

• Traditional program 
• One resident accepted per year
• Separate adult cardiac and thoracic tracks

Additional Curriculum Information

We interview for one position per year and take the highest ranked recruit - regardless if this physician is congenital, cardiac, or thoracic.

Unique Program Components

Our residents quickly achieve their case load requirements as there is a high volume of operative procedures in the University Medical center setting -- to include congenital, robotic, and transplant. We also offer a three months rotation at a local Community based hospital which allows the resident to be hands-on with all aspects of private practice from the office consult, to the bed side, to the cath lab, to the operating room and back to the surgeon's office.