TSMA

TSMA was founded in 2020 to provide resources, mentorship, and networking opportunities to engage & support students pursuing CT surgery careers.

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🚨🫀TSMA MED STUDENTS

Don’t miss this incredible opportunity at ECTSS to network, improve your technical skills, and learn more about the field! Registration for the conference and workshop comes with one complimentary year of ECTSS candidate membership!

[Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society @ECTSS_CTsurg]

Calling all Medical Students! Don't forget to register for the Medical Student Simulation Workshop for FREE when you register for the Annual Meeting! Let's see who can suture their way to the top!! #ECTSS #medicalstudents

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@ECTSS_CTsurg

[TSMA @ThoracicStudent]

🚨🫀TSMA MED STUDENTS

Don’t miss this incredible opportunity at ECTSS to network, improve your technical skills, and learn more about the field! Registration for the conference and workshop comes with one complimentary year of ECTSS candidate membership!

[Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society @ECTSS_CTsurg]

Calling all Medical Students! Don't forget to register for the Medical Student Simulation Workshop for FREE when you register for the Annual Meeting! Let's see who can suture their way to the top!! #ECTSS #medicalstudents

[Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society @ECTSS_CTsurg]

Calling all Medical Students! Don't forget to register for the Medical Student Simulation Workshop for FREE when you register for the Annual Meeting! Let's see who can suture their way to the top!! #ECTSS #medicalstudents

[TSMA @ThoracicStudent]

Earlier this year at the 2026 STS National Advocacy Conference, TSMA President Nina Uzoigwe spoke with STS President Dr. Vinay Badhwar about key advocacy priorities impacting the future of cardiothoracic surgery. These conversations and advocacy efforts continue long after the conference ends—join TSMA and STS to learn how trainees can help shape our specialty's future. #CTSurgery #TSMA #Advocacy

@BadhwarVinay @STS_CTsurgery
@NinaUzoigwe_ @AndrewKalra23
@keyanazahiri @MarcMounzer20

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🚨APPLY TODAY! <1 week left!

Applications for the 2026–2027 TSMA Leadership Council are now open! We welcome both returning and new applicants who are passionate about student advocacy, professional development, and collaborative leadership in CT surgery.

🗓️ Applications due: Sunday, June 28, 2026 at 11:59 PM PST

We can’t wait to meet the next generation of TSMA leaders!

[TSMA @ThoracicStudent]

Happy Juneteenth TSMA Family!
Join us for a special discussion with Dr. Robert Higgins, a world-renowned heart and lung transplant surgeon and a leading voice in academic medicine. This is your chance to learn from one of the field’s most accomplished leaders—come ready to be inspired!! 🫀🫁
@roberthiggins32 @NinaUzoigwe_
@AndrewKalra23 @keyanazahiri @MarcMounzer20 @ABCTS_1999

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‼️📢Calling all US med students interested in CT surgery!

Applications for the 2026–2027 TSMA Leadership Council are now open! We welcome both returning and new applicants who are passionate about student advocacy, professional development, and collaborative leadership in CT surgery.

🗓️ Applications due: June 28, 2026 at 11:59 PM PST

We can’t wait to meet the next generation of TSMA leaders!

Apply today!

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💬 We’re also sharing a second Friday post from Dr. Andrew Vogel: his completion of the sentence, “Cardiothoracic surgery is for people who…”

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🧠 We’re closing the main arc of this week’s TSMA Micro Mentorship Series with Dr. Andrew Vogel by asking what he would tell his first-year medical student self.

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🧭 Thursday’s TSMA Micro Mentorship Series post with Dr. Andrew Vogel highlights advice that stayed with him and how he thinks about choosing a path with intention.

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🗂️ In today’s clip, Dr. Andrew Vogel discusses how students can advocate for themselves and frame those early mentor conversations thoughtfully.

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Want to help shape the future of TSMA?

Applications for the 2026–2027 TSMA Leadership Council are now open! We welcome both returning and new applicants who are passionate about student advocacy, professional development, and collaborative leadership in CT surgery.

🗓️ Applications due: June 28, 2026 at 11:59 PM PST

We can’t wait to meet the next generation of TSMA leaders!

[TSMA @ThoracicStudent]

@AndrewDVogel

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🤝 Tuesday’s TSMA Micro Mentorship Series post with Dr. Andrew Vogel focuses on how students can find mentors and what they should look for in those relationships.

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📖 In today’s clip, Dr. Andrew Vogel reflects on whether there was a moment when cardiothoracic surgery began to feel like the right path for him.

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🎙️ We’re pleased to feature Dr. Andrew Vogel in this week’s TSMA Micro Mentorship Series. Today’s clip is a brief self-introduction and opening to the conversation.

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💬 We’re also sharing a second Friday post from Dr. Velotta: his completion of the sentence, “Cardiothoracic surgery is for people who…”

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💡 Tune in with Dr. Velotta to learn about navigating feedback: how it should be given, received, and used well by students.

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📄 In today’s clip, Dr. Velotta discusses mentor-mentee dynamics, common challenges, and how students should think carefully about the signals in their letters and relationships.

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🤝 Wednesday’s TSMA Micro Mentorship Series post with Dr. Jeffrey Velotta focuses on the qualities that make a mentee relationship strong and productive.