The Clinician's Guide to Your Next CT Surgery Role

A 10-page clinician guide for evaluating a cardiothoracic role before you commit. It works through your priorities, case mix and volume, call structure, support and culture, the anatomy of the offer, benchmark context, red flags, and a weighted decision scorecard.

Who it is for

CT surgeons, APPs, perfusionists, RNFAs, and OR and CVICU clinicians

What it helps you evaluate

Sections in this document

Set your priorities

A short exercise to rank what actually matters in this move before the first interview shapes your thinking.

Case mix, volume, and call

The questions that reveal real volume trends, production split, back-up structure, and how call is staffed on a bad week.

Support and culture

APP and perfusion coverage, CVICU escalation, outcomes review, and who runs the heart team in practice.

Anatomy of the offer

Guarantee period, wRVU rate and threshold, call pay, sign-on vesting, retention, relocation clawback, malpractice and tail, non-compete, and termination.

Benchmark context and red flags

How to read the numbers against the market and the patterns that deserve more diligence before you sign.

Weighted decision scorecard

A scoring tool that turns competing offers into a comparison you can defend to yourself and your family.

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