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What are you interested in???
I love trauma;
just torn between ortho or general surgery
I love trauma;
just torn between ortho or general surgery
Psych and neurology, though I am shadowing in the OR this summer, so that may spark an interest.
What are you interested in???
I love trauma;
just torn between ortho or general surgery
Isn't trauma a different specialty?
rad onc would the dream for me.
You're thinking of CCM....also for internal medicine
Ahh. I work with the ortho trauma side of things. Didn't know GI could lead into it too, but that makes sense. And yeah, I was saying for surgery, not for IM. Cool!
Dat proton therapy.
You're thinking of CCM.
GI trauma fellowship?
What are you interested in???
I love trauma;
just torn between ortho or general surgery
Physics =if i can handle the physics, rad onc. if not, peds heme/onc!
Neurology is my strongest interest at the moment. In theory, I love surgery, but I question my ability to handle trauma. But will shadow and get some exposure to see if it's really something of interest.
That being said if I couldn't so neurosurgery, I'd do neurology and if I couldn't do that it would be psych.
I'm just a mind/brain person do whatever gets me closest to that I'm game.
77% General Surgery with a Fellowship in Trauma & Shock Trauma or 20% EM. I've been an ER nurse for going on 3 years so that's my "comfort". 3% Maaaaaybe Gyn because I like Women's Health but NO Obstetric
Its such a rush I think you'd get used to it.
I really like some of the neurovascular surgeries I've seen online
Those surgeries can last all day (or longer) lol.
Right now, that's my favorite non-surgical specialty. It's immensely diverse and the hours are usually very favorable.I've always thought that PM&R would be really cool.
Orthopedic Surgery!
I also love the neurosurgery procedures on YouTube. Although, they usually only show you the "highlights." Quite a few full length ortho procedures are on youtube because they are shorter in length.
I hear spine gets long too.
I used to think spine would be really cool, just didn't like the surgeries when I watched them. I don't think I could spend a career doing laminectomies and fusions.
Some ortho surgeons (at least in NYC) do shoulder and knee replacements after completing a sports medicine fellowship.I really like joints too, especially knee.
Double fellowship?
I hear spine gets long too.
I used to think spine would be really cool, just didn't like the surgeries when I watched them. I don't think I could spend a career doing laminectomies and fusions.
I've always thought that PM&R would be really cool.
Almost certainly emergency medicine.
But I'm open to changing my mind should I fall in love with something else. I shadowed an infectious disease doctor (HIV concentration) and was very impressed by the importance and complexity.
Who was doing the revision scoli case? Were they orthopods, neurons, or both?I've also worked with and know sports med docs that operate.
Spine is hard to appreciate because the anatomy is very important and the difference are minute to the untrained eyes. I've done MIS TLIF's, put in pedicle screws, done discectomies, CT guided navigation guidewires, etc. during a cadaver lab and that really helped me appreciate the minutia.
I've also been in the OR watching the attendings I work for doing Revision Scoli cases in patients with Chordoma. That case ran for about 16 hours. I watched for a few hours but had to leave so I could get home before public transportation closed for the night.
I believe that 70% of surgical trauma cases fall into the orthopedic category.What are you interested in???
I love trauma;
just torn between ortho or general surgery
Right now, that's my favorite non-surgical specialty. It's immensely diverse and the hours are usually very favorable.
It is! I work with a PM&R slash Sports fellow who absolutely loves what she does.
The U of Wash might be one of the best places for pm&r training. Look at all the fellowships they offer!I'm really not sure why it's not mentioned more often in "specialty interest" threads like this one. To me it has it all: the hours and pay are relatively good, it's incredibly interesting, nice balance of procedures/treatment plans, not particularly competitive to get into, very diverse, and even has awesome subspecialties like Sports and Pain.
Who was doing the revision scoli case? Were they orthopods, neurons, or both?
From what I've heard, those are rare cases. I imagine that ppl from all over travel to your hospital to get treatment for those pathologies.Ortho onc. I work in a hospital with a specialized ortho onc center though. I've probably been in the OR for more sarcoma/chordoma cases than most orthopods see in their entire life.
Its such a rush I think you'd get used to it.
I really like some of the neurovascular surgeries I've seen online
This guy has treated almost 3,000 brain aneurysms and over 500 AVM's. Jesus...
http://neurosurgery.ucsf.edu/index.php/about_us_faculty_lawton.html
I have always avoided videos to avoid psyching myself out about surgery. But I watched it. I enjoyed it and it definitely sparked some interests. My mom had a ruptured aneurysm recently so it was particularly nice to see what that looks like on the inside.
Some of the thoracic stuff psyches me out, but its awesome.
http://cardiac.broadcastmed.com/359...t-obstructive-hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy-hcm
I just ate. Should I be waiting before watching? Lol
I hope your mom is doing ok. A friend of mine recently had surgery for an AVM and they also found an unruptured aneurysm in the vicinity (so they had to take care of that as well). Luckily, her surgery was a success.I have always avoided videos to avoid psyching myself out about surgery. But I watched it. I enjoyed it and it definitely sparked some interests. My mom had a ruptured aneurysm recently so it was particularly nice to see what that looks like on the inside.
In LA?Plasticssss