Best schools for certain programs

[Javaman]

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What schools are best for learning the following programs and getting residencies into said programs?

1. Neurology
2. Nephrology
3. Internal Medicine
4. Cardiology

Also, I am interested in surgery (I would say very interested, but seeing as how I've never been awake during a surgical procedure, I really don't know how much I'd like it). Which schools are best for general surgery and surgery in the four listed categories?

 

[quiltlady]

A US medical school would be your best bet. It is easier to match into these specialties with a MD from a US school. Internal medicine is taught everywhere, so a DO school is also a possibility for IM, even a Caribbean school is OK for medicine.

 

[mfrizzo3]

In no particular order:

Albany Medical College (Albany, New York)

Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York)

Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas)

Boston University School of Medicine (Boston, MA)

Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University (Greenville, NC)

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (Cleveland, Ohio)

Chicago Medical School -- Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science (North Chicago, IL)

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (New York, NY)

Creighton University School of Medicine (Omaha, NE)

Dartmouth Medical School (Hanover, NH)

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (Los Angeles, CA)

Drexel University College of Medicine (Philadelphia, PA)

Duke University School of Medicine (Durham, NC)

East Tennessee State University - James H. Quillen College of Medicine (Johnson City, TN)

Eastern Virginia Medical School (Norfolk, VA)

Emory University School of Medicine (Atlanta, GA)

Florida International University College of Medicine (Miami, FL)

Florida State University College of Medicine (Tallahassee, FL)

George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (Washington, DC)

Georgetown University School of Medicine (Washington D.C.)

Harvard Medical School (Boston, Massachusetts)

Howard University College of Medicine (Washington, DC)

Indiana University School of Medicine (Indianapolis, IN)

Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University (Huntington, WV)

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Baltimore, MD)

Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Loma Linda University School of Medicine (Loma Linda, CA)

Louisiana State University HSC - School of Medicine at New Oreleans (New Orleans, LA)

Louisiana State University HSC - School of Medicine in Shreveport (Shreveport, LA)

Loyola University Chicago - Stritch School of Medicine (Maywood, IL)

Mayo Medical School -- Mayo Clinic College of Medicine (Rochester, MN)

Medical College of Georgia - School of Medicine (Augusta, GA)

Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, WI)

Medical University of South Carolina - College of Medicine (Charleston, SC)

Meharry Medical College (Nashville, TN)

Mercer University School of Medicine (Macon, GA)

Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (East Lansing, MI)

Morehouse School of Medicine (Atlanta, GA)

Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York, NY)

New York Medical College -- School of Medicine (Valhalla, NY)

New York University School of Medicine (New York, NY)

Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (Rootstown, OH)

Northwestern University - Feinberg School of Medicine (Chicago, IL)

Ohio State University College of Medicine (Columbus, OH)

Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine (Portland, OR)

Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine (Hershey, PA)

Ponce School of Medicine (Ponce, Puerto Rico)

Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center (Chicago, IL)

Saint Louis University School of Medicine (St. Louis, MO)

San Juan Bautista School of Medicine (Caguas, Puerto Rico)

Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota (Sioux Falls, SD)

School of Medicine at Stony Brook University Medical Center (Stony Brook, NY)

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (Springfield, IL)

Stanford University School of Medicine (Stanford, CA)

SUNY Downstate Medical Center - College of Medicine (Brooklyn, NY)

SUNY Upstate Medical University - College of Medicine (Syracuse, NY)

Temple University School of Medicine (Philadelphia, PA)

Texas A & M Health Science Center - College of Medicine (College Station, TX)

Texas Tech University HSC - Paul L. Foster School of Medicine (El Paso, TX)

Texas Tech University HSC School of Medicine (Lubbock, TX)

Thomas Jefferson University -- Jefferson Medical College (Philadelphia, PA)

Tufts University School of Medicine (Boston, MA)

Tulane University School of Medicine (New Orleans, LA)

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences - F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine (Bethesda, MD)

Universidad Central del Caribe - School of Medicine (Bayamon, Puerto Rico)

University at Buffalo - School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (The State University of New York)

University of Alabama School of Medicine (Birmingham, AL)

University of Arizona College of Medicine (Tucson, AZ)

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences -- College of Medicine (Little Rock, AR)

University of California Davis - School of Medicine (Sacramento, CA)

University of California Irvine - School of Medicine (Irvine, CA)

University of California San Diego - School of Medicine (San Diego, CA)

University of California San Francisco - School of Medicine

University of Central Florida College of Medicine (Orlando, FL)

University of Chicago - Pritzker School of Medicine (Chicago, IL)

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (Cincinnati, OH)

University of Colorado School of Medicine (Denver, CO)

University of Connecticut School of Medicine (Farmington, CT)

University of Florida College of Medicine (Gainesville, FL)

University of Hawaii at Manoa - John A. Burns School of Medicine (Honolulu, HI)

University of Illinois College of Medicine (Chicago, IL)

University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine (Iowa City, IA)

University of Kansas School of Medicine (Kansas City, KS)

University of Kentucky College of Medicine (Lexington, KY)

University of Louisville School of Medicine (Louisville, KY)

University of Maryland School of Medicine (Baltimore, MD)

University of Massachusetts School of Medicine (Worcester, MA)

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - New Jersey Medical School (Newark, NJ)

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (Piscataway, NJ)

University of Miami - Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine (Miami, FL)

University of Michigan Medical School (Ann Arbor, MI)

University of Minnesota Medical School (Minneapolis)

University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Medicine (Jackson, MS)

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

University of Missouri - Columbia School of Medicine (Columbia, MO)

University of Nebraska Medical Center - College of Medicine (Omaha, NE)

University of New Mexico School of Medicine (Albuquerque, NM)

University of Nevada School of Medicine (Reno, NV)

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill School of Medicine (Chapel Hill, NC)

University of North Dakota - School of Medicine and Health Sciences (Grand Forks, ND)

University of Oklahoma College of Medicine (Oklahoma City, OK)

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (Philadelphia, PA)

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (Pittsburgh, PA)

University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine (San Juan, Puerto Rico)

University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (Rochester, NY)

University of South Alabama College of Medicine (Mobile, AL)

University of South Florida College of Medicine (Tampa, FL)

University of Tennessee HSC College of Medicine (Memphis, TN)

University of Texas HSC - San Antonio School of Medicine (San Antonio, TX)

University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine (Galveston, TX)

University of Texas Medical School at Houston

University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio

University of Texas SMC at Dallas - Southwestern Medical School (Dallas, TX)

University of Toledo College of Medicine (Toledo, OH)

University of Utah School of Medicine (Salt Lake City, UT)

University of Virginia School of Medicine (Charlottesville, VA)

University of Vermont College of Medicine (Burlington, VT)

University of Washington School of Medicine / Alaska WWAMI

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (Madison, WI)

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (Nashville, TN)

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (Richmond, VA)

Wake Forest University School of Medicine - Bowman Gray Campus (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)

The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (Providence, RI)

Washington University in St. Louis - School of Medicine (St. Louis, MO)

Wayne State University School of Medicine (Detroit, MI)

Weill Cornell Medical College (Manhattan, NY)

West Virginia University School of Medicine (Morgantown, WV)

Wright State University - Boonshoft School of Medicine (Dayton, OH)

Yale University School of Medicine (New Haven, CT)

 

[SouthernSurgeon]

What schools are best for learning the following programs and getting residencies into said programs?

1. Neurology
2. Nephrology
3. Internal Medicine
4. Cardiology

Also, I am interested in surgery (I would say very interested, but seeing as how I've never been awake during a surgical procedure, I really don't know how much I'd like it). Which schools are best for general surgery and surgery in the four listed categories?

As the others alluded to, any US medical school will put you into a position to do any of those fields. Don't pick a med school based on some perceived notion that they "put" graduates into certain fields.

However, you should know that the four listed categories are NOT surgical. Nephro and cards are fellowships after an internal medicine residency. Neurology is its own residency (and is non-operative).

 

[shiftingmirage]

In no particular order:

Albany Medical College (Albany, New York)
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Yale University School of Medicine (New Haven, CT)

👍👍👍
Very complete list.

 

[shiftingmirage]

However, you should know that the four listed categories are NOT surgical. Nephro and cards are fellowships after an internal medicine residency. Neurology is its own residency (and is non-operative).

Not completely true. One could do a surgery residency in addition to neuro and be a neurosurgeon, and a surgery residency, followed by cardio to be a cardiac surgeon. I don't believe IM has a surgery option, but could be wrong. The only neph surg option I can think of is a transplant surgeon.

 

[BerlinDude]

In no particular order:

First, that was alphabetical order.

Second, you can make your point without a 2 page list.

 

[SouthernSurgeon]

Not completely true. One could do a surgery residency in addition to neuro and be a neurosurgeon, and a surgery residency, followed by cardio to be a cardiac surgeon. I don't believe IM has a surgery option, but could be wrong. The only neph surg option I can think of is a transplant surgeon.

I was specifically referring to the fields he listed. "Neurology" does not equal neurosurgery, and "cardiology" does not equal CT surgery. I am aware that you can operate on the brain and the heart - but the fields he listed are distinct fields with their own non-surgical residencies/fellowships.

 

[mfrizzo3]

First, that was alphabetical order.

Second, you can make your point without a 2 page list.

You can sit on a carrot and rotate.

 

[beanbean]

Shiftingmirage - I'm not sure if you were serious or not, but cardiothoracic surgery and neurosurgery separate subspecialties of surgery. They do not do residencies in cardiology or neurology.

OP- right now, like most premed students you have broad interests. The specialties you mention are all very common and you will get exposure at any medical school.

 

[DrBeks]

First, that was alphabetical order.

it was in no particular order based on getting into the specialties. 👍

 

[diosa428]

What schools are best for learning the following programs and getting residencies into said programs?

1. Neurology
2. Nephrology
3. Internal Medicine
4. Cardiology

Also, I am interested in surgery (I would say very interested, but seeing as how I've never been awake during a surgical procedure, I really don't know how much I'd like it). Which schools are best for general surgery and surgery in the four listed categories?

It doesn't matter where you go. Neurology is not a competitive field and the competitiveness of internal medicine varies by program but it is the field with the most residency spots so as long as you get good clinical grades and good board scores you'll get a spot at a well-regarded program, regardless of where you went to medical school. Nephrology and Cardiology are fellowships that you do after residency and it only matters where you did residency and how well you did there; fellowship programs don't care where you went to med school.

As mentioned, surgery is entirely different and neurosurgery and cardiothoracic surgery are surgical specialties. The list of "the best" surgery programs varies a lot by candidate because of the continued existence of very malignant surgery programs that have an excellent reputation but are horrible places to spend 5-10 years of your life in training.

 

[TopSecret]

What schools are best for learning the following programs and getting residencies into said programs?

1. Neurology
2. Nephrology
3. Internal Medicine
4. Cardiology

Also, I am interested in surgery (I would say very interested, but seeing as how I've never been awake during a surgical procedure, I really don't know how much I'd like it). Which schools are best for general surgery and surgery in the four listed categories?

Nephrology and Cardiology are medical subspecialties. They require internal medicine residency.

For the other specialties (Neurology and Internal Medicine) you probably want to check the US News and World Report rankings.

http://health.usnews.com/health/best-hospitals/neurology-and-neurosurgery-hospital-rankings/

http://consusrankings.com/2008/04/19/us-news-best-medical-schools-primary-care-2008/