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Year 1
Period	Six months July-December	Six months January-June
Location	UKMC/VAMC	UKMC/VAMC
Service	General Thoracic	Cardiac
Exposure Other Program Assignment On Call Assignment	Esophagus Chest wall Lung Pleura Mediastinum VATS Lung transplant General Thoracic and Lung Cancer clinics Surgical Endoscopy* (One month) October Esophagoscopy Pediatric Surgery* (One to three months) July-September Esophageal Atresia Closure of Fistula Fundoplication	Coronary bypass Valve surgery Heart transplant Cardiac assist devices Echocardiography Echoimaging Electrophysiology Perfusion services Open and closed congenital heart Adult and Congenital Cardiac, Heart Transplant clinics Electrophysiology Cardiology* * (One month) February Pacemaker Implant
* Other Program Assignment and On-Call Assignment in conjunction with General Thoracic Rotation ** Other Program Assignment in conjunction with Cardiac Rotation

Year 2
Period	Six months July-December	Six months January-June
Location	UKMC/VAMC	UKMC/VAMC
Service	General Thoracic	Cardiac
Exposure	Esophagus Chest wall Lung Pleura Mediastinum VATS Lung transplant General Thoracic and Lung Cancer clinics	Coronary bypass Valve surgery Heart transplant Cardiac assist devices Echocardiography Echoimaging Electrophysiology Perfusion services Open and closed congenital heart Adult and Congenital Cardiac, Heart Transplant clinics Electrophysiology Cardiology* * (One month) February Pacemaker Implant

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