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For the past three years I have worked closely with heart surgeons and I hope to become one some day. Doing some research, I've found out that almost all fellowships to be trained as one are MD programs. Therefore I'll have to do an MD general surgery residency. My questions is, how difficult is it to obtain one of these residencies as DO?
P.S. I do realize that there are DO fellowships that train heart surgeons, but there are very few of them compared to the 80-90 MD programs, so an MD residency gives me the best shot at acceptance.
P.S. I do realize that there are DO fellowships that train heart surgeons, but there are very few of them compared to the 80-90 MD programs, so an MD residency gives me the best shot at acceptance.