Scandinavian Association for Thoracic Surgery -SATS-

The Scandinavian Association for Thoracic Surgery is a universal association of more than 1,100 of the world's first cardiothoracic specialists speaking to 31 nations. Established in 1927, its individuals have a demonstrated record of qualification inside the claim to fame and have made noteworthy commitments to the consideration and treatment of cardiothoracic illness all through the world. The Association's dedication to science, instruction and examination is shown by its Annual Meeting, and the production of its four authority diaries, the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, presentations in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and the Paediatric Cardiac Surgery. The backing of front line examination is exhibited every year by the yearly granting of two year grants to North American specialists in their initial three years of a scholarly arrangement who are focused on seeking after a scholastic profession in cardiothoracic surgery.

Since 1999 the Association has supported an opposition at its Annual Meeting perceiving the investigative commitments of inhabitants in CT surgical preparing programs all through North America. Also chose first and second year medicinal understudies are offered grants every late spring to empower them to work in the cardiothoracic surgery division of their therapeutic school with an SATS part. The mission of the SATS has developed since it’s establishing very nearly 100 years back to its present objective to Promote Scholarship, Advancement and Leadership in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Its administration and its individuals seek to copy the proverb: "We Model Excellence" while holding to the SATS centre estimations of Leadership, Scholarship, and Mentoring, Excellence in Patient Care, Integrity and Professionalism. To propel instruction in the field of heart, thoracic and vascular mediations and to advance and disperse research into cardiovascular and thoracic physiology, pathology and treatment