Surgeons dedicated to thoracic surgery perform over 800 procedures annually at the Toronto General Hospital. Oncology comprises the majority of these cases. However, there are special interest groups for:
Members of the anesthesia department play an essential role in the evaluation and optimization of these patients as well as their care in the operating room and post-operative pain management.
University of Toronto PGY3-5 residents do a 3-week block of thoracic anesthesia as well as emergency cases on call. The thoracic anesthesia faculty organizes a series of didactic seminars in thoracic anesthesia for the PGY4 residents in the University of Toronto anesthesia program, as well as thoracic anesthesia seminars for U of T Anesthesia and thoracic surgical fellows.
