Starting in 2009, the American Board of Thoracic Surgery offers a subspecialty certificate in Congenital Cardiac Surgery. Subspecialty Certification in Congenital Cardiac Surgery can be achieved by completing one of the following pathways and fulfillment of other requirements that are listed in the Congenital Cardiac Surgery Booklet of Information, which can be found on this web site.
Pathway One - Pathway One is the successful completion of a full congenital cardiac surgery residency approved by the ACGME, starting on July 1, 2008 or thereafter.
Pathway Two - Pathway Two is for those candidates who trained prior to July 1, 2008. Admission into the subspecialty certification process will be based on training, current clinical experience, and professional accomplishments in the field.
Applications for 2010 subspecialty certification process in Congenital Cardiac Surgery will be available in early March 2010. The deadline for submitting an application is August 15 each year (Since August 15, 2010 falls on a weekend, application will be accept on August 16). Applications received after August 15 (August 16 for 2010) will automatically be deferred to next year.
The Congenital Cardiac Surgery Part I (Written) will be held on November 22, 2010 at Pearson Testing Centers located throughout the United States.