If Michael J. Fox was a 4th year medical student, what specialty will he be going into?

[The Buff OP]

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Neurosurgery?

 

[RJGOP]

Such a random question bro.

 

[Goro]

The real question should be what specialty would Stephen Hawking go into!

 

[RJGOP]

The real question should be what specialty would Stephen Hawking go into!

I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess he wouldn't be a surgeon. Just a hunch.

 

[Lawpy]

The real question should be what specialty would Stephen Hawking go into!

I was about to say vascular surgery, but we already have that on SDN

 

[deleted407021]

Plastic surgery, of course.

 

[The Buff OP]

Such a random question bro.

The things I think of in the toilet when there isn't any shampoo bottles to read. 😛

 

[The Buff OP]

The real question should be what specialty would Stephen Hawking go into!

Pediatrics or nuclear medicine. 😛

 

[deleted407021]

The things I think of in the toilet when there isn't any shampoo bottles to read. 😛

Lol, sometimes the more posh brands have something interesting on them.

 

[Jimmy Jones]

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[Gauss44]

MJF is an excellent example of a person with a disability who is an incredible successful actor. I hope he would get into any residency he qualifies for, but suspect that some people would make inaccurate assumptions based on his visible disability.

One thing I love about Tufts Medical Center in Boston is that they have physicians in wheelchairs, a cross-eyed physician (who is great & I've seen her twice), and others who have disabilities that do not impact the quality of their work!

 

[Banco]

If I understand what you are getting at OP, this is kind of messed up.

 

[deleted393595]

Rads

 

[ChrisMack390]

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do you feel big and strong?

 

[Proteinz]

Anything except surgery

 

[familyaerospace]

When he was on Scrubs, he played a surgeon of some form. Actually, I think he double boarded in medicine and some form of surgery. The character was given OCD in order to hide MJF's Parkinson's.

 

[The Buff OP]

When he was on Scrubs, he played a surgeon of some form. Actually, I think he double boarded in medicine and some form of surgery. The character was given OCD in order to hide MJF's Parkinson's.

Yeah, I liked that episode. He will always be Marty Mcfly for me, though.

 

[familyaerospace]

Yeah, I liked that episode. He will always be Marty Mcfly for me, though.

I just want my hoverboard. Not like I would be good enough to ride it, but I want one. I will settle for self-lacing shoes as I am lazy.

 

[The Buff OP]

I just want my hoverboard. Not like I would be good enough to ride it, but I want one. I will settle for self-lacing shoes as I am lazy.

I want that oven that makes lil pizza into a big one. 😉

 

[familyaerospace]

I want that oven that makes lil pizza into a big one. 😉

I don't. It would make it too easy to eat an entire pizza by myself. That thing would blow my diet.

 

[The Buff OP]

I don't. It would make it too easy to eat an entire pizza by myself. That thing would blow my diet.

I was looking at your MDapps and damn 400 hours of shadowing, lol I was just hoping to do less than 100 hours.

 

[kenjixshadow]

I was like, "Who?" at the title then proceeded to Wiki. Don't judge me, never heard of him before.

 

[Law2Doc]

I know someone who had to give up his clinical duties in a surgical subspecialty as his Parkinson's advanced. There just aren't that many fields that are amenable to more advanced Parkinson's. Even MJF had to give up jobs where he was required to work more than a few hours a day (the window his meds would work). While we all like to feel people with disabilities can do anything with the right accommodations, that's unfortunately not true for every ailment and this has to be looked at on a case by case basis.

 

[Grace184]

I could see him doing family practice...he has the heart for it. Love him!

 

[Lucca]

When he was on Scrubs, he played a surgeon of some form. Actually, I think he double boarded in medicine and some form of surgery. The character was given OCD in order to hide MJF's Parkinson's.

That episode was so good. It was quite emotional, watching everyone overcome their jealousy of his intelligence and skill by realizing the immense amount of sacrifice it took him to perform at that level or at all with his crippling OCD. Realizing how much others sacrifice to get where they are is like 99.99% of being a competitive student. Oh Scrubs, why did season 9 have to be the worst thing to happen ever.

 

[Dreamstoo]

I remember him in Scrubs. Haven't touched that show in over 2+ years.

 

[familyaerospace]

I was looking at your MDapps and damn 400 hours of shadowing, lol I was just hoping to do less than 100 hours.

425+ actually. Easy to do once you get in with a few doctors. I did 225+ in internal medicine alone. I miss shadowing. Haven't done any in over a year.

 

[The Buff OP]

I remember him in Scrubs. Haven't touched that show in over 2+ years.

Get on Netflix naoooo!😉

 

[The Buff OP]

425+ actually. Easy to do once you get in with a few doctors. I did 225+ in internal medicine alone. I miss shadowing. Haven't done any in over a year.

I don't want to be a lazy guy, but I just hope the opportunity is there so I can actually spend a good amount of time in different specialties.

 

[familyaerospace]

I don't want to be a lazy guy, but I just hope the opportunity is there so I can actually spend a good amount of time in different specialties.

Just keep asking. I would state that the number 1 reason premeds don't end up with a lot of shadowing hours is because they give up too soon because they are used to people just giving them what they want and that doesn't happen with shadowing. You might get 15 nos or no responses before you even get a response back at all.