Can I be a neurosurgeon and a cardiac surgeon? Is it possible?

[mantranz11]

I'm a final year medical student in Malaysia and I have an interest in both these fields. Was just wondering is it even possible to do both?

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[cabinbuilder]

Neurosurgery residency is 7 years.

CT surgery is also 6-7 years.

 

[QualityProcess]

just a student's guess here... but I think if you were trained in both, you might end up not very good at either. these fields take dedication.

 

[Dr. Death]

No.

 

[Doctor Bob]

It is possible in theory.
It is not possible in reality.
You would lose the skills necessary to practice whichever field you did first while you were in training for the second.

 

[evilbooyaa]

And you're from Malaysia, so definitely not gonna be able to do neurosurgery in the US anyways.

 

[TypeADissection]

Quick answer: No.

Two completely different tracks and neither is a field that you do part-time. Remember that it isn't just about the surgery but also the management. All of that takes time to learn and master. Find the one thing you really enjoy and go full bore. Cheers.

 

[themockjock]

Why stop there? You should aim to be a pediatric cardiac neurosurgical oncologist and operate only on malignancies of the AV node in infants and neonates.

 

[Doctor Bob]

Why stop there? You should aim to be a pediatric cardiac neurosurgical oncologist and operate only on malignancies of the AV node in infants and neonates.

... via transcranial approach

 

[TypeADissection]

... via transcranial approach

Child's play. Transphenoidal approach or nothing at all...

 

[gmbz]

You can be everything, and not very good at anything.

 

[Top Gun]

Why would you want to? Both specialties require at least 6-7 years of training following med school and both are very demanding. Very frequently you can get called to operate in the middle of the night for either specialty alone, let alone both.

 

[akwho]

Child's play. Transphenoidal approach or nothing at all...

Transorbital approach to the heart or bust.

 

[PL198]

Why would you want to? Both specialties require at least 6-7 years of training following med school and both are very demanding. Very frequently you can get called to operate in the middle of the night for either specialty alone, let alone both.

hell do both. guy has a tumor? take it out. also needs a CABG and AVR? might as well do it while you're in there

 

[WedgeDawg]

If you want a serious answer, you could do cerebrovascular neurosurgery. You get to operate on the brain, but also on blood vessels and deal with cardiovascular disease.

 

[WedgeDawg]

Moving to International-East Asia subforum as this is not the appropriate place for this thread.

 

[Medstart108]

I'm a final year medical student in Malaysia and I have an interest in both these fields. Was just wondering is it even possible to do both?

Can you please not disparage Malaysia... no final year medical student in the world would ask such a silly question seriously.

 

[StraightOuttaBrooklyn]

And you're from Malaysia, so definitely not gonna be able to do neurosurgery in the US anyways.

omg lol this is so bad


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