Columbia MD/PhD

[Lockheed]

I am about to start my PhD program at Columbia (first year) in a department that is based in the medical school (Neuro). While in college I thought that I only wanted to pursue a PhD, but now I am reconsidering and think I may want to do a MD/PhD. Does anyone know anyone who has, or know if it is possible to transfer from a PhD program into an MD/PhD program at Columbia?????

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[StIGMA]

Contact the program directly. You will not find any useful information here. Regardless, you will have to take the MCAT and go through the medical school application process.

 

[secondguesser]

I feel you lockheed - I posted a similar question a little while back. I am entering a PhD program (biomed) and am second guessing (see name) my decision, wondering if I should try to get into my school's MD/PhD program (if possible - it's impossible to get in normally and I have yet to contact the program as I want to be 100% sure I want to open this giant can of worms...). I have found that there are very few of us (people on the PhD side of the MD/PhD - most 'lean' MD... as I was told during my PhD interviews when they asked me if I ever considered MD/PhD - some of my interviewers were MSTP program adcom members and they did seem very interested in the idea of encouraging more research focused students to do MSTP). PhD vs MSTP is never talked about - all I can find are articles, discussions, advice on choosing MD vs MSTP.