A primer for the student joining the adult cardiac surgery service tomorrow: Primer 1 of 7Central Message

• Rohun Bhagat, MD,
• Mary A. Siki, BS,
• Nicholas Anderson, BS,
• Lena Trager, BA,
• Edgar Aranda-Michel, PhD,
• Daniel Ziazadeh, MD,
• Ashley Choi, MD, MHS,
• John A. Treffalls, BS,
• Valentino Bianco, DO, MPH,
• Clauden Louis, MD, MS,
• David Blitzer, MD,
• Marc R. Moon, MD

Affiliations

Rohun Bhagat, MD

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio; Address for reprints: Rohun Bhagat, MD, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195.

Mary A. Siki, BS

Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, La

Nicholas Anderson, BS

Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Chicago, Ill

Lena Trager, BA

University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minn

Edgar Aranda-Michel, PhD

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pa

Daniel Ziazadeh, MD

Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Ashley Choi, MD, MHS

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif

John A. Treffalls, BS

Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Tex

Valentino Bianco, DO, MPH

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa

Clauden Louis, MD, MS

Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Mass

David Blitzer, MD

Division of Cardiac Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY

Marc R. Moon, MD

The Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Tex; Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex