<p>Hey guys! Does any one know the difference between Cardiology(Medicine) and Cardiology(Surgery), What is the occupation of each since both are considered Cardiologists? Sorry if I am posting in the wrong section or the questions have already been asked. Thanks in advance</p>
<p>You're thinking about Cardiology (Medicine) vs. Cardiothoracic Surgery. Cardiology doesn't cut people's chests open, split their ribs, and actually perform surgery on the heart. CT surgeons do.</p>
<p>Cardiologists are generally noninterventional. Some interventional cardiologists perform less invasive procedures with blood vessels (angioplasties and such). Cardiology is a fellowship following an internal medicine residency. It is very competitive to get into, pays well, but you'll have to work long hours.</p>
<p>Cardio-thoracic surgeons are surgeons. They do invasive procedures (surgery). CT surgery is currently not a tremendously competitive residency to get into due to the training involved: you must do a gen surgery residency followed by a fellowship. The training for CT surgeons is very long, even longer than for neurosurgeons and gen surgery is known to be a very long and grueling residency. In some years, there are more residency spots than applicants.</p>