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University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson Thoracic Surgery - Independent

Residency · Tucson, AZ

Sponsored by University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson · Director Kenneth Fox

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Class size
1
Visas
J-1
PGY-6 salary
$86k2026 to 2027

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  • Fills every seat. Every seat filled in each of the last 4 Matches.
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Getting in

Medical schools

  • California Northstate University College of Medicine
  • Jordan University of Science and Technology Faculty of Medicine
  • Western U Health Science College Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Pomona Ca

Training

3 training sites. Most graduates on record went on to thoracic surgery.

Months at each site

  • Banner - University Medical Center - Tucson Campus22 mo
  • Banner-University Medical Center Phoenix2 mo

Where graduates went next

  • Thoracic Surgery Fellowship8
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship3
  • Surgery Residency2
  • Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship1
  • General Surgery Residency1

Where graduates work now

  • Eastern Maine Medical Center1
  • Emanate Health1
  • Fairfield Medical Center1
  • Gomez Kozar Mcelreath and Smith Professional Corporation1
  • Hartford Healthcare1
  • Kaiser Foundation Hospital1

Research

100% of current residents have a paper since 2023

3 of 3, 16 papers between them

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

People

Leadership

  • Kenneth FoxProgram Director
  • Stephanie WorrellInterim Division Chief

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

Place

Summers reach 102°, winters fall to 40°.

Weather by month

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Commute

543k people live within 20 minutes of Banner - University Medical Center - Tucson Campus by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $1,040 a month within 10 miles of Banner - University Medical Center - Tucson Campus.

Hazards

  • Heat waves
  • River flooding
  • Lightning
  • Wildfire