I am planning to become a pediatric surgeon; however, CT surgery also interests me, so I have thought about maybe just combining the two. From what I've researched, though, ped CT surgeons go through cardio residency/fellowships and never need to do their fellowship in pediatrics; however, I don't know if this would leave me able to perform many types of surgeries on children, or if it would limit me to only CT surgeries.
With the rising integrated CT-general surgery residencies, I have thought about doing that and then the fellowship in pediatric surgery. But, what I read says that to get into any pediatric fellowship, you NEED to be an ABS certified general surgeon. Do these integrated residencies allow that? All I ever see them mention is that you are qualified, after completion, to take the exams to be a certified CT surgeon.
Ultimately, I'm curious: is there anyway to get into pediatric CT surgery without having to go general residency, peds fellow, CT fellow, CT peds fellow? Or is my idea of being able to do it all just kind of silly? I do want the realistic answers, please! I don't mind if I can't do it all -- I know I have a habit of biting off more than I can chew -- but if I could do more than just CT surgeries in children, that'd be great!
I so heavily apologize if this has been answered anywhere else; I feel like I'm asking too many specific questions that I can't seem to easily find what I'm looking for. Thank you all for your time, though!
With the rising integrated CT-general surgery residencies, I have thought about doing that and then the fellowship in pediatric surgery. But, what I read says that to get into any pediatric fellowship, you NEED to be an ABS certified general surgeon. Do these integrated residencies allow that? All I ever see them mention is that you are qualified, after completion, to take the exams to be a certified CT surgeon.
Ultimately, I'm curious: is there anyway to get into pediatric CT surgery without having to go general residency, peds fellow, CT fellow, CT peds fellow? Or is my idea of being able to do it all just kind of silly? I do want the realistic answers, please! I don't mind if I can't do it all -- I know I have a habit of biting off more than I can chew -- but if I could do more than just CT surgeries in children, that'd be great!
I so heavily apologize if this has been answered anywhere else; I feel like I'm asking too many specific questions that I can't seem to easily find what I'm looking for. Thank you all for your time, though!