Residency Program Curriculum

Our program has 10 faculty members who perform over 1500 major operations each year, including adult cardiac, pediatric cardiac and lung procedures. Training is offered in advanced treatments such as minimally invasive techniques (including the Da Vinci Xi Robotic System) and cardiac assist devices.

Our program offers residents concentrated training at two outstanding facilities, both conveniently located on the Health Science Center campus: UofL Health - Jewish Hospital and Norton Children's Hospital. These opportunities include concentrated experience in complex adult cardiac surgery, heart failure intervention, ventricular assist devices, adult and pediatric heart transplantation, lung transplantation, thoracic and minimally invasive thoracic surgery, congenital heart surgery and structural heart procedures like TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve replacement) and MitraClip®.