This episode features Dr. Abe DeAnda, MD, FACS. He attended medical school, residency, and fellowship training at Stanford University in California. He currently serves as a professor and chief of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery at UTMB. In this episode, we get a look at the first fellowship to be featured on the show! Tune in to learn all the ways to become a cardiac surgeon as well as tips on how to do so! RESOURCES: American Board of Thoracic Surgery (<a href='https://www.abts.org/'>https://www.abts.org/</a>)CTSNet (<a href='https://www.ctsnet.org/'>https://www.ctsnet.org/</a>)American Association for Thoracic Surgeons (<a href='https://www.aats.org/aatsimis/AATSWeb'>https://www.aats.org/aatsimis/AATSWeb</a>)Society of Thoracic Surgeons (<a href='https://www.sts.org/'>https://www.sts.org/</a>)Western Thoracic Surgical Association (<a href='https://westernthoracic.org/'>https://westernthoracic.org/</a>)Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (<a href='https://stsa.org/'>https://stsa.org/</a>) Dr. DeAnda: abdeanda@utmb.edu Me: atmeffor@utmb.edu

8. Gastroenterology with Dr. Karen Szauter, MD

In this podcast, we interview medical doctors and ask them for advice regarding the steps that need to be taken to match into their specialty.