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Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Thoracic Surgery - Independent

Residency · New Brunswick, NJ

Sponsored by Rutgers Health · Director Anthony Lemaire

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Class size
1
Visas
J-1
PGY-1 salary
$85k2026 to 2027

Red flags

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

Medical schools

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • Rutgers Health- New Jersey Medical School
  • Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Training

4 training sites.

Months at each site

  • Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital21 mo
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia2 mo
  • Newark Beth Israel Medical Center1 mo

Where graduates went next

  • Fellowship1
  • Surgery Residency1

Where graduates work now

  • Allina Health1
  • MedStar Health Georgetown University1
  • Rutgers Health1
  • St Mary's General Hospital1
  • Yale-New Haven Hospital1

Research

67% of current residents have a paper since 2023

2 of 3, 9 papers between them

  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
  • Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
  • Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches

People

Leadership

  • Anthony LemaireProgram Director
  • Mark RussoChief of Cardiac Surgery
  • Richard LazzaroChief of Thoracic Surgery

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

Place

Summers reach 87°, winters fall to 23°. About 27 inches of snow a year.

Weather by month

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Commute

655k people live within 20 minutes of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $1,910 a month within 10 miles of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.

Hazards

  • Strong wind
  • Winter storms
  • Ice storms
  • River flooding