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[smith91]

Please I need clarification on some issues.please my brother is in his finals studying optometry,but he wants to be a heart surgeon,how possible is it and how long will It take for him to realize his dreams.

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[Betty Jones]

From where he wants to become surgeon?
From where you belong?

 

[deuist]

Possible and 10+ years.

How is your question military-related?

 

[pgg]

Why does he need your help figuring this out? That alone bodes ill for his odds.

 

[Perrotfish]

Please I need clarification on some issues.please my brother is in his finals studying optometry,but he wants to be a heart surgeon,how possible is it and how long will It take for him to realize his dreams.

He would need to complete the premedical requirements at an undergraduate level, for about a year. Then 4 years medical school, 5 years surgery residency, and two years cardiothorasic surgery fellowship. Every one of those steps involves an extremely competitive application followed by a period of intensive training.

 

[HighPriest]

It will also involve him realizing, hopefully during medical school rather than during fellowship, that he doesn't actually want to be a heart surgeon.

 

[colbgw02]

Hello.

 

[Homunculus]

all your base are belong to us.

--your friendly neighborhood "which is better #1, or #2? #3? or #4? #3 or #1? ok, now let me do your CABG" caveman

 

[Gastrapathy]

Lol. Perfect.

 

[pgg]

His best bet is probably to lobby the legislature to expand optometrists' practice rights to ophthalmologic surgery, because reasons.

Once he's doing an ophthalmologist's job it's just a short hop to the CT OR!