I was just wondering what specialty folks here are leaning towards? Of course this could definitely change over the course of time but its nice to see. I'm interested in General Surgery. If I have time, and if it will help on the mission field (probably not) I might want to do a fellowship in MIS.

Emergency Medicine. I want a job in the medical field, not a life that revolves around medicine.

Family Medicine or Pediatrics;)

Pediatrics...possibly specializing in Infectious Diseases or Pulmonology.

Vascular Surgery by way of General Surgery.

I always loved working with my hands and also loved skeletons and muscle attachments even at a young age. By no means am I saying that I probably won't change my mind a thousand times while going throught rotations but right now, Ortho is where its at.

Neonatology :cool: ... I have love for the little ones...

I was just wondering what specialty folks here are leaning towards? Of course this could definitely change over the course of time but its nice to see. I'm interested in General Surgery. If I have time, and if it will help on the mission field (probably not) I might want to do a fellowship in MIS.


I found something that may be of interest to you.

http://www.map.org/site/PageServer?pagename=what_Medical_Fellowship

What is "MIS"?:confused:

MIS is Minimally Invavsive Surgery

Minimally invasive surgery.....oops, DoctaJay beat me to it.

Flor the longest time I have been interested in pediatrics, now all of a sudden I think I might want to do psych... maybe I'll combine the two interests somehow

Flor the longest time I have been interested in pediatrics, now all of a sudden I think I might want to do psych... maybe I'll combine the two interests somehow


Check out FREIDA (http://www.ama-assn.org/vapp/freida/srch/) (Fellowship and Residency Interactive Database). It is entirely possible to do what you are thinking about doing.

I'm interested in either general surgery or emergency medicine

Anesthesiology!!!!!!

I love crossword puzzles and sudokus :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :banana: :banana: :lol: :lol:

Pathology mates!!!!

Emergency Medicine!
I've done lots of shadowing in this specialty and like that you see a wide range of problems every hour.

Either family medicine with OB or OB/GYN. :love:

Anesthesia all the way baby!!!! I am happy to see we finally have a subsection for Latinos and African-americans on SDN!!! Up until now many of us have had to scrape and scrap our way through medical school with little to no mentoring. We def need to set up more networking to increase the numbers of underrepresented physicians in the US. Anyone interested in medicine or anesthesiology espescially, feel free to PM me!!

-Flaco

Nice to see more people interested in Anesthesiology, Cuban Doc!! what med school are u at???

-As my friend said it best...."I sit on my @$% and collect vitals!!" (much more to it than that but its a great depiction)

I would LOVE to do ortho and be the team physician for the Eagles...but, with plastics I can make enough money to pay for my BA, MPH, BA (or psot bac), and MD and still do some "probono" work, like helping kids who can't afford care. I'm also considering EM or ped hem/onc.

YEAH@!
:love::love::love:

Pathology..I would like to pursue a career in Forensic Pathology :)

Neonatology :cool: ... I have love for the little ones...
WisePrincess, you should PM OldBearProfessor and ask to join his Neonatology forum, especially if you might want to work in an academic setting. He's an academic neonatologist and really supportive of students.

Flaco, are you going into private practice or academia?

Ob/gyn or Psychiatry :p also somewhat considering Neonatology

Currently I am interesting in Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicine, but the intellectual challenge of Surgery intrigues me.

Anesthesiology!!!!!!

I love crossword puzzles and sudokus :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :banana: :banana: :lol: :lol:

I am jealous of you acceptance to UF:). I hope to be there next year.

Ob/gyn =]

I would love to cut peoples heads open for a living!

Emergency Medicine:cool:

I like the fact that this field constantly keeps you on your toes and it requires quick thinking and leadership..and I believe I have both of those qualities...:thumbup:

I can't decide between neurosurgery or orthopedic *sp surgery...

Currently I am interested in hematology/oncology...

I've been saying Rad, but I'm really not sure

I'm interested in Theriogenology, which is OB/GYN for animals... sort of.

Academic Neurological Surgery.


:)

Maternal-Fetal Medicine :D

Family Pratice or Forensic Pathology:love:

Neonatalogy or pediatric psychiatry :)

Pathology mates!!!!

OH YES, COUNT ME IN ON PATHOLOGY TOO!!!!

Anesthesiology, yup.

Internal Medicine- Cardiology hopefully (Academic Cardiology):love:

Neonatology :cool: ... I have love for the little ones...

ME too! I'm so interested in neonatology :D Babies are much better than adults

i'm shocked that there isn't many of us here but count me in for NEUROLOGY!!

Internal medicine--> Cardiology for me

Child Psychiatry For The Win!:clap:

...so watch out crazy kids.:laugh:;)

Internal Medicine, Cardiology

neonatology

Family Medicine- Sports Medicine. Maybe Orthopaedic Surgery.

Internal Medicine ---> Infectious Disease

At the moment...

peds w/fellowship in neonatology, critical care, or pediatric EM

I'm sure it will change

At the moment...

peds w/fellowship in neonatology, critical care, or pediatric EM

I'm sure it will change
Hey i just noticed that we both have our BU interview day together if neither of us withdraw!

ER baby!

I'm a diagnosed adrenaline junkie and working in the ER is like injecting an EpiPen every 10 minutes.

ER
ortho (sport or hand fellowship)
derm

pediatrics or Emergency medicine.. although i seem to change my mind at least once a month:D

PM&R with a fellowship in Sports Medicine...WOOF!

Neonatology or infectious Disease

TOP 5 SURGERY
1. NEURO:D
2. PLASTICS:thumbup:
3. ENT
4. Orthro
5. OB/GYN:confused:

TOP 5 MED
1. Anesthesiology :D
2. Emergency medicine:thumbup:
3. Hemo/ONC
4. Psych
5. Sports medicine

Considering:

Surgery (I like to use my hands!), Peds, Derm (haha impossible), anesthesiology, emergency medicine.

Either Family Medicine with a fellowship in Obstetrics or OB/GYN...

I was only thinking OB/GYN but then I realized that I have no interest in doing cesareans. I'd also like to actually work with families after those babies are born and be an advocate for breastfeeding, attachment parenting, etc. So, it just might be family medicine for me...

Either Family Medicine with a fellowship in Obstetrics or OB/GYN...

I was only thinking OB/GYN but then I realized that I have no interest in doing cesareans. I'd also like to actually work with families after those babies are born and be an advocate for breastfeeding, attachment parenting, etc. So, it just might be family medicine for me...

:love::love::thumbup::thumbup:

This is the route I'm considering as well. I was going OB (hence the moniker):thumbup: until my cesarean 3 months ago. Yowza. I won't even get into that here, but suffice it to say that I find no excitement or potential for satisfaction in the idea of cutting into pregnant women and contributing to the ridiculous cesarean rate. Being an AP parent myself, I also like the idea of following families and supporting them (I can support mainstream parents too, no problem, but AP parents find a lot less support).

I had abandoned the idea of medicine after my daughter's birth just from the sheer trauma of everything, but I'm coming back to center now and trying to assess what I really want. I'm only 31, I've got plenty of time. :meanie:

I am only a freshman in college but I am definitely leaning to Ophthalmology right now- to me the eye is one of the coolest organs in the body. :cool:

Too bad it is apparently one of the more competitive residencies to match into- or so I've heard.

i'm shocked that there isn't many of us here but count me in for NEUROLOGY!!

I'm glad to see someone else interested in neuro. There aren't too many at my school. The bright side is that it means less competition.

Orthopaedic Surgery---> Spine :)

I picked Emergency Medicine. I was an EMT and it was the best job ever! I love the range of medical cases that you get in EM. Additionally Im also interested in Forensic Pathology. My dream is to be the medical examiner for NYC... (sigh) hehe.

I feel deciding is gonna be the hardest part of Medical School, I'd ideally like something with direct patient contact...some ideas so far...

Surgery:
-Orthopedic Trauma
-Ortho
-Trauma
-Plastics
-Cardiothoracic
-Colorectal
-Vascular
Internal Medicine:
-Gastroenterology
-Cardiology
EM
Psychiatry


Probably not:
-Radiology
-Anesthesiology
-Pathology
-ENT
-Peds
-Neuro
-Optho
-OB/Gyn

I can't wait to find out:thumbup:...

most of you hae probably seen this before, but thought I'd post and see what people get! Even though I'm not going to UVA for med school....I still love 'em! Sometimes they just have the coolest things!

http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/specialties/

It changes every week I swear...

1. Ortho, if it doesn't work
2. EM:D:thumbup:
3. Internal medicine

peds--neonatology to be specific

i'm young, it could change...but i doubt it.

Psychiatry

IM with Critical Care fellowship I would like to be a Hospitalist. If not i want to do ER. I like shift work.

derm
plastics
anesth

I originally wanted to be a dermatologist, but then i realized the chances of that are slim.. i'm completely counting it out, but I will just have to wait to see what medical school is like for me next year... and i guess more importantly how i do on the boards.

My love right now is adolescent medicine :)

but now i'm also looking at gastroenterology.

Three completely different fields...

I was interested in neurosurgery, but after shadowing a neurosurgeon I find it a bit boring. I won't count it out completely though. Maybe it's because I'm observing and not really doing anything which is why its boring, but I do get a kick out of seeing the patients, so I might lean more towards internal medicine rather than surgery.

c.s.

I'm interested in family medicine or internal medicine. With family medicine, I can reach out to many patients with variety of diseases.

I was originally interested in peds, but now I'm following a DO family doc and am loving it so maybe family medicine is for me :love:

OTHER: Dentistry.... what is it with this forum...?? Dents get no love :S :rolleyes:

I'm definently leaning towards going into peds right now. Like you all said that can change but right now peds is it for me.

1. Ortho:D.......I saw a hip replacement surgery and I loved all the sawing and drilling.
2. Ophth
3. Pain management
4. Pathology
5. General surgery

Who the f*ck knows, just get me in

I co-sign with slicknick on the get me in statement.
But...radiology. ;)

I'm surprised Emergency Medicine is getting a lot of love.

Emergency Medicine
Neurosurgery
Pediatrics
Neurology
Plastic Surgery

My top 5. Wish me luck narrowing it down (although I have A LOT of years to decide) :)

Forensic pathology ^_^

It's like doing surgery without potentially hurting anyone.

OB/GYN without a doubt:)!

Anesthesiology Rocks

most likely internal/family medicine, hem/onc, or pathology...:o

med/peds
peds/ccm
im/ccm

Really want to do rad onc...it's gonna be really hard though. When I see pictures on rad onc residents there are so few of us...

OTHER: Dentistry.... what is it with this forum...?? Dents get no love :S :rolleyes:

Wooo Teeth Doctors!!! :D
Dentistry for me too, dunno what specialty within that though, i'll see when i get there.

DERMATOLOGY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

gotta get my hustle up;)

^I'm curious. What about the field of dermatology interests you?


I'm certainly not sure of my field, but lately I've been thinking of surgery -- maybe cardio or neuro? I dunno. :p