Neurosurgery Subspecialities

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[Dr. Death]

Which of the neurosurgery subspecialties are most interesting? most technical? have the best future prospects?

Cerebrovascular, functional, neuro-oncology, skull base, spinal, peripheral nerve or paediatric?

All of them
All of them
All of them
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[planeblue]

I don't see cardiac surgery there

 

[Lannister]

I'd worry about getting into a neurosurgery residency before you worry about subspecialties.

 

[Nietzsche's Barber]

Insert: calm yourself meme.

 

[Goro]

How about getting into med school, before worrying about sub specializing in a hyper competitive field?

 

[BurghStudent]

The field is changing even now. Focus on getting into medical school.

Only 200 people get into residency per year.

 

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[blackroses]

I think you're going to set a new record for the most number of ridiculous specialty/subspecialty threads created by a pre-med.

 

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[blackroses]

Is anybody going to answer the question? Or should I stop bothering to check for replies.

You have now posted 3 separate threads about subspecialties and the overwhelming response to each of these threads has been "worry about that after you get into med school". Your question has been answered repeatedly by many people. You just don't like the answer.

 

[Weirdy]

Is anybody going to answer the question? Or should I stop bothering to check for replies.

I'm curious to see how this mentality will carry you in your future.

Its one thing to spam the forums with questions even after ignoring the context and advice here.

Its another to do it with so much bravado because you feel you are superior to real life experiences many of the members on here have given you.

Every single question you've spammed could be answered in other ways besides this forum. Use your resources.

 

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[Goro]

The question has been answered.
You could try shadowing a neurosurgeon and asking them.

So thats a no then. Nobody's going to answer the question itself.

 

[21Rush12]

Become an MD/PHD/JD/Astronaut cardioneuroorthoplastic trauma surgeon all at once; that way you'll be so famous and important you'll never have to die.




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[Weirdy]

Become an MD/PHD/JD/Astronaut cardioneuroorthoplastic trauma surgeon all at once; that way you'll be so famous and important you'll never have to die.




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HE HAS TRANSCENDED MEDICINE.

WE MERE MORTALS CANNOT KEEP UP WITH HIM.

 

[Espressso]

Which of the neurosurgery subspecialties are most interesting? most technical? have the best future prospects?

Cerebrovascular, functional, neuro-oncology, skull base, spinal, peripheral nerve or paediatric?

I feel like the "most interesting" neusu subspecialty is highly dependent on the individual neurosurgeon, no?
Most technical? Most technical in what regard? I mean, every single neurosurgery is highly technical and I would assume that the differences in technicality between subspecialties are minuscule.. i.e. they're all technical af.
Best future prospects? I think this question is unanswerable. At least in the pre-med forum. It seems as if neurosurg is a specialty that has a good overall future prospect. But again, as @Goro mentions above, your best bet would be to shadow a neurosurgeon. You seem to have extreme interest in neurosurgery, maybe shadowing one will give you more insight?

 

[BombsAway]

specialising

This is America (back to back world war champs), we use Z's here. No need to apologiZe, you just need to recogniZe before you specialiZe.

I wouldn't normally troll anyone on here, but gosh darn it, you're special.

 

[studentdocftw]

This is a thread that should be posted 3rd year of medical school. An answer you receive today could be completely different 4 years from now, and assuming you are a pre-med, that's the minimum amount of time before you match.
One step at a time.
1st step = Step 1. See what I did there?

 

[neusu]

Which of the neurosurgery subspecialties are most interesting? most technical? have the best future prospects?

Cerebrovascular, functional, neuro-oncology, skull base, spinal, peripheral nerve or paediatric?

Interesting is a subjective term. I suspect the specialists of each field find their respective fields most interesting. Personally, I like vascular and skull base. Perhaps those who do peds, functional, or spine find these too tedious or trivial.

Again, technical challenging is also subjective. Functional, on appearance does not appear technically challenging (at least from a dexterity perspective). The nuances and intellectual part of it, though is very technical.

 

[Psai]

Why not do all of them? Something something ben carson

 

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[idontwatchgreysanatomy]

You guys ever look at the AAMC matriculant statistics and wonder how the person with a 4.0 and 525 got rejected? It's this guy right here.

 

[21Rush12]

You guys ever look at the AAMC matriculant statistics and wonder how the person with a 4.0 and 525 got rejected? It's this guy right here.

I wish I could like this post 5 times


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[BurghStudent]

So thats a no then. Nobody's going to answer the question itself.

Have you read Do No Harm, by Henry Marsh? I highly recommend it.

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

1st step = Step 1. See what I did there?

This got me. Although technically his first step should be getting into medical school, but maybe I'm just nitpicking

 

[deleted245139]

Your question can't even be answered well for you. That's the point. By the time you start medical school, and finish your NS residency, we are talking 2028 or so. Not a single person in their field can predict the market that far out. Which is the inherent issue with medicine of you are money minded..... Our path is too long to give it anything other than an educated guess.

As for interest, you need to talk to a NS. Not a premed or med sub forum

 

[bluepink21]

Your question can't even be answered well for you. That's the point. By the time you start medical school, and finish your NS residency, we are talking 2028 or so. Not a single person in their field can predict the market that far out. Which is the inherent issue with medicine of you are money minded..... Our path is too long to give it anything other than an educated guess.

As for interest, you need to talk to a NS. Not a premed or med sub forum

See your point. I was sort of asking peoples opinions at this moment in time, rather than something for me as a career path - I know I've got more than a decade to educate myself and decide. I probably should have asked this in some other forum, rather than pre-med though.

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

I probably should have asked this in some other forum, rather than pre-med though.

No, it would be moved here anyway. Pre-meds don't get to make threads in other forums, and your posts are an example of why. That poster meant that you need to talk to a living breathing neurosurgeon.

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

I seriously doubt that OP has the potential to get a 525 if he's the type of person to spend the bulk of his free time spamming sdn with cringey posts and butting heads with people on the internet. I assume that people who perform well on the MCAT have the capacity to learn from their mistakes and correct themselves. Let's not give him too much credit.

I'm not so sure. I've met people who are extremely book smart but lack any social skills including the ability to evaluate themselves.

 

[mmmcdowe]

Highly variable depending on the individual. I find cerebrovascular research the most interesting, but clinically I prefer pediatrics. Most technical would be skull base and open cerebrovascular IMO. Best future for great strides would be functional, endovascular, and peds again just in my opinion.

 

[DrNero]

All of them
All of them
All of them
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Hi, Neuro-oncology & Spinal surgery is what is a sought after sub-spec these days. But its all about going with your gut!