Thomas L. Carter, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S.
CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY

Education:
Point Loma Nazarene College, Point Loma, California, B.A., Biology 1980
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, M.D., 1984 
Residency:
Internship and Residency: General Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1984-89
Research Fellowship: General Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,1987-88
Chief Resident, General Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1989-90
Fellowship: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1990-93
Research Fellowship: American Heart Association, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1992-93
Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Children’s Heart Hospital and Health Center,
San Diego, California, 1993-94 
Certification: 
American Board of Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery 
Societies:
American Medical Association
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Illinois State Medical Society
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Winnebago County Medical Society
Interests:
Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Off Pump Bypass Surgery