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Hey everyone,
I know that you can do critical care by itself after IM (though it's rare to do without the pulm), and I also know that it can be done after another fellowship (such as ID), but has anyone ever heard of someone trained in both heme/onc and critical care? I'm on the ICU now and absolutely love it (though the pulm part, not so much), but I especially enjoy (well, if that's the right word) the patients with metastatic cancers presenting with things like respiratory failure or pericardial effusion - these cases are fascinating to me. I'm not a fan of outpatient medicine, and though I have a lot of interest in cancer, would prefer to work with cancer patients in an inpatient setting.
Anyway, anybody ever heard of this being done, and would I ever be able to get a job with that combo? I'm still an M3 yet to apply in internal medicine, so I know this is premature, but I just am wondering if my passions are way out of left field. lol
I know that you can do critical care by itself after IM (though it's rare to do without the pulm), and I also know that it can be done after another fellowship (such as ID), but has anyone ever heard of someone trained in both heme/onc and critical care? I'm on the ICU now and absolutely love it (though the pulm part, not so much), but I especially enjoy (well, if that's the right word) the patients with metastatic cancers presenting with things like respiratory failure or pericardial effusion - these cases are fascinating to me. I'm not a fan of outpatient medicine, and though I have a lot of interest in cancer, would prefer to work with cancer patients in an inpatient setting.
Anyway, anybody ever heard of this being done, and would I ever be able to get a job with that combo? I'm still an M3 yet to apply in internal medicine, so I know this is premature, but I just am wondering if my passions are way out of left field. lol