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duh. did you read your question before you asked it? that's got to be one of the stupidest questions I've heard in a long time.

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If the surgery was not on the heart, then there would be no point for the surgeon to be there. I believe you were badly mistaken, unless of course this "HEART" is something else, which I doubt at the present moment it is.

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Q: A heart surgeon does surgery on the HEART?
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