Stephens, Feins, Backer, Bacha, & LaPar (2026). A Call for Investment in Sponsorship, Apprenticeship, and Mentorship: Ensuring the Future of Congenital Heart Surgery.. The Annals of thoracic surgery.
Stephens, Feins, Backer, Bacha, LaPar. A Call for Investment in Sponsorship, Apprenticeship, and Mentorship: Ensuring the Future of Congenital Heart Surgery.. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2026; PMID: 42128126
Stephens, Feins, Backer, et al. A Call for Investment in Sponsorship, Apprenticeship, and Mentorship: Ensuring the Future of Congenital Heart Surgery.[J]. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2026.
@article{stephens2026,
author = {Stephens and Feins and Backer and Bacha and LaPar},
title = {A Call for Investment in Sponsorship, Apprenticeship, and Mentorship: Ensuring the Future of Congenital Heart Surgery.},
journal = {The Annals of thoracic surgery},
year = {2026},
note = {PMID: 42128126},
}
TY - JOUR AU - Stephens AU - Feins AU - Backer AU - Bacha AU - LaPar TI - A Call for Investment in Sponsorship, Apprenticeship, and Mentorship: Ensuring the Future of Congenital Heart Surgery. T2 - The Annals of thoracic surgery PY - 2026 AN - PMID:42128126 ER -
Becoming a successful congenital cardiac surgeon requires the investment of senior surgeons in sponsorship, apprenticeship and mentorship. The recent congenital workforce survey revealed distinct concerns from early career surgeons related to these functions. This invited perspective reviews the concerning findings of the survey regarding the future of the specialty, key barriers to senior surgeon investment, and provides potential solutions to the concerns.