I am in the wrong program. Can I leave?

[whatsthepoint]

EM PGY-1 here. I switched to EM late in 4th year of medical school after dual applying for a surgical subspecialty. I SOAPed into EM and have regretted it a lot.

Somehow I made it through this intern year, and I am finishing my last month in the ED as an intern. My program is aware of my desire to switch but is giving me the option to stay if I want to finish out the 3-year program. However, if I decide I want to switch, then I have to leave after this intern year ends. I know the logical answer is to stay. But I truly feel miserable here and feel like I don't belong. I miss the operating room so much.
I'm a USMD with 24x step 2. Can I leave my program after June 30, and take the next academic year off to apply to surgery? Or will this be career suicide?

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[GoSpursGo]

OP, by my count you've asked about switching out of EM in at least 3 other threads. Please bump one of your old threads if you have additional information or a new question, however there is no need to start another thread and largely repeat the same conversation.