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Carolinas Medical Center Thoracic Surgery - Independent

Residency · Charlotte, NC

Sponsored by Carolinas Medical Center · Director Kevin Lobdell

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Class size
1
Visas
J-1
PGY-6 salary
$91k2026 to 2027

Red flags

  • New program. Its ACGME accreditation is initial, so few classes have trained here.
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Getting in

How it chooses

  • Applicants must have completed an ACGME-approved general surgery program and a visiting rotation here before they are considered, and must be eligible for and keep a North Carolina medical license.

Who started, by class

Started 20241 on record · 1 US MD · 1 published before starting
  • Lexi MirandaEast Tennessee State Univ, James H Quillen Coll of Med1 paper

Training

3 training sites.

Months at each site

  • Carolinas Medical Center18 mo
  • Atrium Health - Pineville10 mo
  • Atrium Health Cabarrus1 mo

Where graduates went next

  • General Surgery Residency2
  • Vascular Surgery Fellowship2
  • Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship1
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship1
  • Surgery Residency1

Where graduates work now

  • Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center2
  • HCA Houston Healthcare/University of Houston1
  • Milford Vascular Institute PC1
  • Northeast Georgia Medical Center1
  • Novant Health Coastal Region1
  • University of Alabama Hospital1

Research

100% of current residents have a paper since 2023

1 of 1, 2 papers between them

  • Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
  • Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments
  • Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes

People

Leadership

  • Kevin LobdellProgram Director - CT Surgery Fellowship
  • Jeffrey HagenAssociate Director, Thoracic Surgery Fellowship; Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery
  • Shuddhadeb RayAssociate Director, Thoracic Surgery Fellowship
  • John FrederickChief, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery

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Faculty, residents, graduates and the people residents publish with.

Place

Summers reach 90°, winters fall to 32°. About 4 inches of snow a year.

Weather by month

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Commute

564k people live within 20 minutes of Carolinas Medical Center by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $1,720 a month within 10 miles of Carolinas Medical Center.

Hazards

  • River flooding
  • Tornadoes
  • Ice storms
  • Lightning